Michael Burstein (Hebrew: מייק בורשטיין; born July 1, 1945) is an Israeli-American actor known onstage as Mike Burstyn.

He was born in New York City to the late Yiddish-language actors, Pesach Burstein and Lillian Lux.

(Mike and his twin sister were billed as Motele and Zisele) in standard Pesach Burstein productions like A Khasene in Shtetl (A Wedding in the Village).

[citation needed] Among his most noted roles in Yiddish theater was the part in his father's production of Itzik Manger's Songs of the Megillah (the longest running Yiddish production to date in Israel, released on Broadway as Megilla of Itzik Manger).

[citation needed] Burstyn appeared on Broadway in Barnum, where he succeeded Jim Dale in the title role.