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.

Filmography

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

Appearances as themselves (2)

• After Midnight — Self
• 2014Capturing Captain Phillips — Self