Michael Marisi Ornstein, (born 1963 in Passaic, New Jersey), 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 in Crossing Delancey, where he played the minor character "Mickey".