Acting
Michael Chernus
Aug 8, 1977 (49 years) 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.
Known for
8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Tommy Sullivan
7.3
Spider-Man: Homecoming
Phineas Mason / The Tinkerer
7.6
Elementary
Edwin Borstein
7.6
Orange Is the New Black
Cal Chapman
6.5
Men in Black 3
Jeffrey Price
8.4
Severance
Ricken Hale
7.0
Love & Other Drugs
Jerry
6.3
The Bourne Legacy
Arthur Ingram
7.5
Captain Phillips
Shane Murphy
7.6
The Good Wife
Spencer Harman
7.8
Evil
Dr Paul Wimsimer
7.1
A Complete Unknown
Theodore Bikel
8.0
Prodigal Son
Jerry
6.5
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
Male Nurse
5.5
Aloha
Roy
Filmography
A Statement
2026 · Tom McPherson
Ray Gunn
2026 · Sam Stelfreeze (voice)
7.5
Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy
2025 · John Wayne Gacy
7.1
Köln 75
2025 · Michael Watts
4.0
Birthrite
2025 · Paul
7.1
A Complete Unknown
2024 · Theodore Bikel
7.8
Out of My Mind
2024 · Mr. Dimming
6.6
Molli and Max in the Future
2024 · Turboschmuck
The Wake
2024 · Jack
6.1
Dead Ringers
2023 · Tom
7.3
Carol & the End of the World
2023 · Eric (voice)
8.4
Severance
2022 · Ricken Hale
The Courtroom
2022 · John Keathley
6.0
Werewolves Within
2021 · Pete Anderton
6.6
Little America
2020
6.6
Monsterland
2020 · Tommy
7.6
Tommy
2020 · Ken Rosey
4.5
Materna
2020 · David
7.8
Evil
2019 · Dr Paul Wimsimer
8.0
Prodigal Son
2019 · Jerry
7.3
Ramy
2019 · Michael
7.3
Perpetual Grace LTD
2019 · Everly Pirdoo
5.0
Inez & Doug & Kira
2019 · Doug
6.5
The Kindergarten Teacher
2018 · Grant Spinelli
5.7
Furlough
2018 · Bus Driver
7.3
Spider-Man: Homecoming
2017 · Phineas Mason / The Tinkerer
6.5
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
2017 · Male Nurse
4.5
The Dinner
2017 · Dylan Heinz
6.2
The Most Hated Woman in America
2017 · Jon Garth Murray
6.9
Wormwood
2017 · Mal