Michael Chernus
Department: Acting
Biography
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.
Known For
Lovely by Surprise
2007
The Messenger
2009
Men in Black 3
2012
The Courtroom
2022
The Bourne Legacy
2012
Captain Phillips
2013
He's Way More Famous Than You
2013
Goodbye to All That
2014
Glass Chin
2014
Out of My Mind
2024
Molli and Max in the Future
2024
The Family Fang
2016
Köln 75
2025
Birthrite
2025
Mistress America
2015
People, Places, Things
2015
Aloha
2015
Complete Unknown
2016
The Dinner
2017
The Most Hated Woman in America
2017
Spider-Man: Homecoming
2017
Winter Passing
2006
Higher Ground
2011
Jack & Diane
2012
Wormwood
2017
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
2017
The Kindergarten Teacher
2018
High Street Plumbing
2008
The Rebound
2009
Love & Other Drugs
2010
Furlough
2018
Coach
2010
Alex of Venice
2015
Inez & Doug & Kira
2019
Materna
2020
Werewolves Within
2021
A Complete Unknown
2024
The Wake
2024
Evil Genius
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Capturing Captain Phillips
2014
Prodigal Son
2019
Orange Is the New Black
2013
The New Normal
2012
Elementary
2012
Manhattan
2014
Patriot
2015
The Big C
2010
The Good Wife
2009
Mercy
2009
Damages
2007
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Easy
2016
Severance
2022
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Monsterland
2020
Carol & the End of the World
2023
Perpetual Grace LTD
2019
Evil
2019
Tommy
2020
Little America
2020
Dead Ringers
2023
Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy
2025
Ramy
2019
Bored to Death
2009
After Midnight
2024