Actor
Michael Ornstein
January 1, 1963 · 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 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.
Notable work
8Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
as Charles Denis
8.4Sons of Anarchy (2008)
as Chuck 'Chucky' Marstein
8.3Seinfeld (1989)
as Waiter
7.5NCIS: Los Angeles (2009)
as Frank Davis
8Mayans M.C. (2018)
as Chuck 'Chucky' Marstein
7.3Law & Order (1990)
as Sklar and as Eugene Miller
7.6Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001)
as Howard and as Philip and as Florist
Often works with
Dann Florek
2 titles together
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order
Richard Belzer
2 titles together
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Homicide: Life on the Street
Danny Pino
2 titles together
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Mayans M.C.
Ryan Hurst
2 titles together
Sons of Anarchy, The Abandons
Emilio Rivera
2 titles together
Sons of Anarchy, Mayans M.C.
Nia Long
2 titles together
NCIS: Los Angeles, Third Watch
Full filmography · 20
The Abandons
as Issac Marstein
20255.8
Mayans M.C.
as Chuck 'Chucky' Marstein
20188
Good Game
as Lorenzo Santella Jr.
2017
NCIS: Los Angeles
as Frank Davis
20097.5
Sons of Anarchy
as Chuck 'Chucky' Marstein
20088.4
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Howard and as Philip and as Florist
20017.6
Third Watch
as Banks
19997.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Charles Denis
19998
Homicide: Life on the Street
as Detective Bonaventura
19938.1
Law & Order
as Sklar and as Eugene Miller
19907.3
Seinfeld
as Waiter
19898.3