Michael Marisi Ornstein (born 1963) is an American actor and
painter.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 for Crossing
Delancey, in which he played the minor character Mickey. Television
credits include a recurring role as Detective Bonnaventura in
Homicide: Life on the Street, and a two-episode arc in 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.
painter.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 for Crossing
Delancey, in which he played the minor character Mickey. Television
credits include a recurring role as Detective Bonnaventura in
Homicide: Life on the Street, and a two-episode arc in 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.
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