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Michael Ornstein

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Michael Ornstein
Michael Ornstein is an actor, writer and visual artist, best known for his role as Chucky on Sons of Anarchy and Mayans MC. Ornstein's NYC stage career spans a stream of new plays from 1982 through 2006, and includes creating the role of Louis in the 1991 World Premiere of Angels in America at the Eureka Theater in San Francisco. His first film role was Crossing Delancey, where he played Peter Riegert's brother, Mickey. His film and television credits include Sons of Anarchy, Mayans MC, Mob City, Homicide: Life on the Street, Third Watch, Seinfeld, NCIS: Los Angeles, New York Undercover, Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Hal Hartley's film Book of Life and Robert Altman's Kansas City.
BornJune 22, 1963
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    Known for

    JD Pardo in Mayans M.C. (2018)
    Mayans M.C.
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Chuck 'Chucky' Marstein
    Ron Perlman, Jimmy Smits, Katey Sagal, Drea de Matteo, Mark Boone Junior, Dayton Callie, Kim Coates, Rockmond Dunbar, Tommy Flanagan, Charlie Hunnam, Ryan Hurst, William Lucking, Michael Ornstein, Emilio Rivera, Theo Rossi, McNally Sagal, Winter Ave Zoli, Niko Nicotera, Maggie Siff, David Labrava, Chris Reed, Ryder Londo, and Rusty Coones in Sons of Anarchy (2008)
    Sons of Anarchy
    8.5
    TV Series
    • Chuck 'Chucky' Marstein
    Edward Burns and Jon Bernthal in Mob City (2013)
    Mob City
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Ray Berman
    Zelos (2015)
    Zelos
    6.7
    Short
    • Mordecai
    • Maria's husband
    • 2015

    Credits

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    Actor



    • The Abandons
      • Completed
      • TV Series
      • 2025



    • Mosquito (2022)
      Mosquito
      6.2
      • Butcher
      • 2022
    • Dino Andrade, Joey Camen, Danny Fehsenfeld, Joe Ochman, Michael Ornstein, Jordan Tartakow, Mark Irons, and Laila Berzins in Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness (2022)
      Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness
      6.3
      • Aide
      • Big Oxe (voice, as Michael Orenstein)
      • 2022
    • JD Pardo in Mayans M.C. (2018)
      Mayans M.C.
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Chuck 'Chucky' Marstein
      • 2018–2019
    • Michael Ornstein, Michele Morrow, Arin Hanson, Dan Avidan, Rahul Abburi, and Jade Payton in Good Game (2017)
      Good Game
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Lorenzo Santella Jr.
      • 2017
    • Eliza Dushku and Adam Rayner in The Saint (2017)
      The Saint
      4.9
      TV Movie
      • Kal Barko
      • 2017
    • Zelos (2015)
      Zelos
      6.7
      Short
      • Mordecai
      • Maria's husband
      • 2015
    • Ron Perlman, Jimmy Smits, Katey Sagal, Drea de Matteo, Mark Boone Junior, Dayton Callie, Kim Coates, Rockmond Dunbar, Tommy Flanagan, Charlie Hunnam, Ryan Hurst, William Lucking, Michael Ornstein, Emilio Rivera, Theo Rossi, McNally Sagal, Winter Ave Zoli, Niko Nicotera, Maggie Siff, David Labrava, Chris Reed, Ryder Londo, and Rusty Coones in Sons of Anarchy (2008)
      Sons of Anarchy
      8.5
      TV Series
      • Chuck 'Chucky' Marstein
      • 2008–2014
    • Edward Burns and Jon Bernthal in Mob City (2013)
      Mob City
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Ray Berman
      • 2013
    • NCIS: Los Angeles (2009)
      NCIS: Los Angeles
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Frank Davis
      • 2009
    • Vincent D'Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe, Eric Bogosian, Julianne Nicholson, and Chris Noth in Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001)
      Law & Order: Criminal Intent
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Florist
      • Philip
      • Howard
      • 2001–2008
    • Law & Order (1990)
      Law & Order
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Sklar
      • Eugene Miller
      • 2000–2005
    • Michael Beach, Eddie Cibrian, Kim Raver, Jason Wiles, Coby Bell, Amy Carlson, Molly Price, Anthony Ruivivar, and Skipp Sudduth in Third Watch (1999)
      Third Watch
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Banks
      • 2003
    • Mariska Hargitay in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
      Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Charles Denis
      • 2000
    • Let It Snow (1999)
      Let It Snow
      5.4
      • Lenny Ellis
      • 1999
    • Michelle Forbes, Yaphet Kotto, Max Perlich, Kyle Secor, Richard Belzer, Andre Braugher, Reed Diamond, Clark Johnson, and Melissa Leo in Homicide: Life on the Street (1993)
      Homicide: Life on the Street
      8.7
      TV Series
      • Detective Bonaventura
      • 1998–1999

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      • Michael Orenstein
    • Born
      • June 22, 1963
      • Passaic, New Jersey, USA

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