Acting

Michael Chernus

Born 1977-08-08 · Rocky River, Ohio, USA

Michael Louis Chernus (born August 8, 1977) is an American actor. He has acted on film, television, and the stage. He is perhaps best known for his role as Cal Chapman on the Netflix original comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black (2013–2019). Chernus played Phineas Mason / Tinkerer in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Spider-Man: Homecoming, which was released on July 7, 2017.

Credits

Newest first

Ray Gunn
as Sam Stelfreeze (voice)
2026
A Statement
as Tom McPherson
2026
Evil Genius
2026
Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy
as John Wayne Gacy
2025
Birthrite
as Paul
2025
Köln 75
as Michael Watts
2025
Köln 75
Associate Producer
2025
A Complete Unknown
as Theodore Bikel
2024
The Wake
as Jack
2024
Molli and Max in the Future
as Turboschmuck
2024
Out of My Mind
as Mr. Dimming
2024
After Midnight
as Self
2024
Carol & the End of the World
as Eric (voice)
2023
Dead Ringers
as Tom
2023
The Courtroom
as John Keathley
2022
Severance
as Ricken Hale
2022
Werewolves Within
as Pete Anderton
2021
Monsterland
as Tommy
2020
Materna
as David
2020
Tommy
as Ken Rosey
2020
Little America
2020
Inez & Doug & Kira
as Doug
2019
Evil
as Dr Paul Wimsimer
2019
Prodigal Son
as Jerry
2019
Perpetual Grace LTD
as Everly Pirdoo
2019
Ramy
as Michael
2019
The Kindergarten Teacher
as Grant Spinelli
2018
Furlough
as Bus Driver
2018
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
as Male Nurse
2017
Wormwood
as Mal
2017
Spider-Man: Homecoming
as Phineas Mason / The Tinkerer
2017
The Dinner
as Dylan Heinz
2017
The Most Hated Woman in America
as Jon Garth Murray
2017
Easy
as Kyle
2016
Complete Unknown
as Clyde Goodwin Jr.
2016
The Family Fang
as Kenny
2016
Patriot
as Edward Tavner
2015
Mistress America
as Dylan
2015
People, Places, Things
as Gary
2015
Aloha
as Roy
2015
Alex of Venice
as Trofimov
2015
Goodbye to All That
as Freddie
2014
Manhattan
as Louis "Fritz" Fedowitz
2014
Glass Chin
as Brian Colby
2014
Capturing Captain Phillips
as Self
2014
Captain Phillips
as Shane Murphy
2013
Orange Is the New Black
as Cal Chapman
2013
He's Way More Famous Than You
as Michael Chernus
2013
Jack & Diane
as Jaimie
2012
Elementary
as Edwin Borstein
2012
The New Normal
as Paul
2012
The Bourne Legacy
as Arthur Ingram
2012
Men in Black 3
as Jeffrey Price
2012
Higher Ground
as Ned
2011
Feed the Fish
as JP
2011
Love & Other Drugs
as Jerry
2010
The Big C
as Pastor Rick
2010
Coach
as Michael
2010
The Messenger
as Alan
2009
Mercy
as Ryan Flanagan
2009
The Good Wife
as Spencer Harman
2009
Bored to Death
as Francis Hamm
2009
The Rebound
as Actor #3 / Twentysomething #1
2009
Nurse Jackie
as Louie
2009
High Street Plumbing
as Kirby
2008
Damages
as New Jersey Bar Owner
2007
Lovely by Surprise
as Humkin
2007
Winter Passing
as Ben
2006
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Tommy Sullivan
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Jay Delaney
1999