Ochlan appeared on Broadway in Abe Lincoln in Illinois and in the New York Shakespeare Festival production of Love's Labour's Lost for Joseph Papp.

Additional recurring roles include The Carsey-Werner Company primetime series Grand and the soap Another World, both for NBC.

In 1991 he appeared in the widely acclaimed role of Damon Wells, "The Mathemagician," in Jodie Foster's directorial debut Little Man Tate.

On stage, Ochlan played Moth in the New York Shakespeare Festival production of Love's Labour's Lost for Joseph Papp at the Public Theater.

Concurrent with his acting career, Ochlan works as a dialect and performance coach for film, television, stage and voiceover.