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Michael Ornstein
Passaic, New Jersey, USA
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 Gro…
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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.
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2025
The Abandons
TV show Issac Marstein
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2022
Mosquito
Movie Butcher
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2018
Mayans M.C.
TV show Chuck 'Chucky' Marstein
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2017
Good Game
TV show Lorenzo Santella Jr.
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2017
The Saint
Movie Kal Barko
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2015
Zelos
Movie Mordecai
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2009
NCIS: Los Angeles
TV show Frank Davis
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2008
Sons of Anarchy
TV show Chuck 'Chucky' Marstein
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2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV show Howard
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1999
Let It Snow
Movie Lenny Ellis
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1999
Third Watch
TV show Banks
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1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV show Charles Denis
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1998
The Book of Life
Movie Computer Wizard
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1996
Kansas City
Movie Jackie Ciro
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1995
Man of the Year
Movie Mike Miller
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1993
Homicide: Life on the Street
TV show Detective Bonaventura
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1993
Blindsided
Movie Det. Sartucci
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1990
Law & Order
TV show Sklar
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1989
Seinfeld
TV show Waiter
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1988
Crossing Delancey
Movie Mickey
