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
Complete Filmography

Köln 75
2025
as Michael Watts
Behind one of the best-selling jazz records of all time, Keith Jarrett’s 1975 Köln Concert, how it almost didn’t happen, and how one formidable German...

A Complete Unknown
2024
as Theodore Bikel
New York, early 1960s. Against the backdrop of a vibrant music scene and tumultuous cultural upheaval, an enigmatic 19-year-old from Minnesota arrives...
The Wake
2024
as Jack
Three men grieve the loss of their best friend over the course of a tumultuous weekend; their mishaps, witnessed by a young, female, film student whos...

Birthrite
2024
as Paul
When a pregnant woman is bequeathed a home from an estranged aunt, she and her girlfriend leave the city behind to begin new chapter. But when a karmi...

Molli and Max in the Future
2024
as Turboschmuck
A man and a woman find their orbits repeatedly colliding over the course of 12 years, four planets, three dimensions and one space cult.

Out of My Mind
2024
as Mr. Dimming
Melody Brooks, a sixth grader with cerebral palsy, has a quick wit and a sharp mind, but because she is non-verbal and uses a wheelchair, she is not g...

The Courtroom
2022
as John Keathley
After mistakenly registering to vote, a Filipina immigrant faces deportation and permanent separation from her American husband and newborn child. Usi...

Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
2022
as Self (archive footage)
JB Smoove and Martin Starr host a celebration of 20 years of "Spider-Man" movies, from the Sam Raimi trilogy to Marc Webb's movies and the trio from J...

Werewolves Within
2021
as Pete Anderton
When a proposed pipeline creates hostilities between residents of a small town, a newly-arrived forest ranger must keep the peace after a snowstorm co...

Materna
2020
as David
A psychological portrait of four women, whose lives are bound together by an incident on the New York City subway.

Inez & Doug & Kira
2019
as Doug
When a bipolar woman commits suicide, her sister and her sister's fiancé become entangled in an attempt to discover what pushed her to the brink.

The Kindergarten Teacher
2018
as Grant Spinelli
Lisa Spinelli is a Staten Island teacher who is unusually devoted to her students. When she discovers one of her five-year-olds is a prodigy, she beco...

Furlough
2018
as Bus Driver
In between caring for her mother, a young woman works part time at a prison. The rookie guard gets a chance to prove her mettle when she's tasked with...

Wormwood
2017
as Mal
In this genre-bending tale, Errol Morris explores the mysterious death of a U.S. scientist entangled in a secret Cold War program known as MK-Ultra.

The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
2017
as Male Nurse
An estranged family gathers together in New York for an event celebrating the artistic work of their father.

Spider-Man: Homecoming
2017
as Phineas Mason / Tinkerer
Following the events of Captain America: Civil War, Peter Parker, with the help of his mentor Tony Stark, tries to balance his life as an ordinary hig...

The Dinner
2017
as Dylan Heinz
Two brothers and their wives meet up at a haute-cuisine restaurant to discuss what to do about a horrific crime that their sons committed together. As...

The Most Hated Woman in America
2017
as Jon Garth Murray
The true story of Madalyn Murray O'Hair -- iconoclast, opportunist, and outspoken atheist -- from her controversial rise to her untimely demise.

Complete Unknown
2016
as Clyde Goodwin Jr.
Tom’s birthday dinner party is turned upside down by the unexpected arrival of Alice, an old flame who changed her identity and vanished without a tra...

The Family Fang
2016
as Kenny
A brother and sister return to their family home in search of their world famous parents who have disappeared.

Mistress America
2015
as Dylan
A college freshman (Lola Kirke) cures her disappointment and loneliness by allowing herself to be pulled into the wacky schemes of her future stepsist...

People, Places, Things
2015
as Gary
Will Henry is a newly single graphic novelist balancing being a parent to his young twin daughters and teaching a classroom full of college students, ...

Aloha
2015
as Roy
A celebrated military contractor returns to the site of his greatest career triumphs and re-connects with a long-ago love while unexpectedly falling f...

Alex of Venice
2015
as Trofimov
After her stay-at-home husband leaves her, a workaholic lawyer finds that she is not completely up to the tasks of caring for her young son, ailing fa...

Goodbye to All That
2014
as Freddie
Otto Wall is just a little unlucky in life, and unbeknownst to him, in love. When his wife suddenly asks for a divorce, he bounces between a search fo...

Glass Chin
2014
as Brian Colby
After going down in the fifth round, boxer Bud Gordon bowed out of the limelight. Now residing in a fixer-upper apartment in New Jersey with his girlf...

Captain Phillips
2013
as Shane Murphy
The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship...

He's Way More Famous Than You
2013
as Michael Chernus
When once-up-and-coming indie film starlet Halley Feiffer loses her boyfriend, her agent and her career in one fell swoop she finally realizes that so...

Jack & Diane
2012
as Jaimie
The romance between two teenage girls quickly manifests as terrifying, violent and inexplicable.

The Bourne Legacy
2012
as Arthur Ingram
New CIA operative Aaron Cross experiences life-or-death stakes that have been triggered by the previous actions of Jason Bourne.

Men in Black 3
2012
as Jeffrey Price
Agents J and K are back...in time. J has seen some inexplicable things in his 15 years with the Men in Black, but nothing, not even aliens, perplexes ...

Higher Ground
2011
as Ned
Vera Farmiga's directorial debut, HIGHER GROUND, depicts the landscape of a tight-knit spiritual community thrown off-kilter when one of their own beg...

Love & Other Drugs
2010
as Jerry
Maggie is an alluring free spirit who won't let anyone – or anything – tie her down. But she meets her match in Jamie, whose relentless and nearly inf...

Coach
2010
as Michael
A slacker trust-fund type finds the motivation to pick up a job as the coach of middle school soccer team

The Messenger
2009
as Alan
Will Montgomery, a U.S. Army Staff Sergeant who has returned home from Iraq, is assigned to the Army’s Casualty Notification service. Montgomery is pa...

The Rebound
2009
as Actor #3 / Twentysomething #1
Upon discovering her husband's infidelity, Sandy leaves the suburbs and moves into the city. There, she befriends Aram, a guy whose wife only married ...
High Street Plumbing
2008
as Kirby
Two car thieves steal an FBI surveillance van and become invested in the marriage unraveling inside a bugged suburban home.
Lovely by Surprise
2007
as Humkin
Lovely by Surprise follows the journey of novelist Marian Walker as she attempts to finish her first novel. Facing the age-old problem of writer’s blo...

Winter Passing
2006
as Ben
Actress Reese Holden has been offered a small fortune by a book editor if she can secure for publication the love letters that her father, a reclusive...