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Michael 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.

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.

Known For

Man of the Year
Man of the Year
Blindsided
Blindsided
Zelos
Zelos
Let It Snow
Let It Snow

Filmography

2022 Mosquito
as Butcher
2018 Mayans M.C.
as Chuck 'Chucky' Marstein
2017 Good Game
as Lorenzo Santella Jr.
2017 The Saint
as Kal Barko
2015 Zelos
as Mordecai
2009 NCIS: Los Angeles
as Frank Davis
2008 Sons of Anarchy
as Chuck 'Chucky' Marstein
2008 Sons of Anarchy
as 'Chucky' Marstein
2001 Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Howard
2001 Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Philip
2001 Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Florist
1999 Let It Snow
as Lenny Ellis
1999 Third Watch
as Banks
1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Charles Denis
1998 The Book of Life
as Computer Wizard
1996 Kansas City
as Jackie Ciro
1995 Man of the Year
as Mike Miller
1993 Homicide: Life on the Street
as
1993 Blindsided
as Det. Sartucci
1990 Law & Order
as Sklar