Michael Ornstein
9 movies · 11 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jan 1, 1963 (age 63)
- Place of birth
- Passaic, New Jersey, USA
- Also known as
- Michael Marisi Ornstein
Biography
Ornstein studied acting as a child at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City, and later studied under Stella Adler. After high school, he enrolled in the Mason Gross School of the Arts. He quit after his first year and moved to New York City to begin working professionally.
Ornstein's first film credit was in Crossing Delancey, where he played the minor character "Mickey". Television credits include a recurring role as Detective Bonnaventura on Homicide: Life on the Street, and a two-episode arc on Third Watch, as well as parts in Seinfeld, Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and Law & Order: Criminal Intent.
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Ornstein's stage acting credits span twenty-five years worth of new plays in New York City, in addition to creating the role of Louis Ironson in the 1991 World Premiere of Angels in America at the Eureka Theater in San Francisco.
Ornstein plays Chuck Marstein on Sons of Anarchy.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Michael Ornstein: movies and TV shows
Acting (20)
- 2025
- 2022 Mosquito
as Butcher
- 2018
- 2017
- 2017 The Saint
as Kal Barko
- 2015 Zelos
as Mordecai
- 2009
- 2008
- 2001
- 1999 Let It Snow
as Lenny Ellis
- 1999
- 1999
- 1998 The Book of Life
as Computer Wizard
- 1996 Kansas City
as Jackie Ciro
- 1995 Man of the Year
as Mike Miller
- 1993
- 1993 Blindsided
as Det. Sartucci
- 1990
- 1989
- 1988 Crossing Delancey
as Mickey