Michael Chernus

Michael Chernus

1977-08-08 Rocky River, Ohio, USA 39 Credits

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.

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Köln 75

Köln 75

2025

as Michael Watts

7.8
Acting

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

A Complete Unknown

2024

as Theodore Bikel

7.1
Acting

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

Acting

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

Birthrite

2024

as Paul

Acting

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

Molli and Max in the Future

2024

as Turboschmuck

6.4
Acting

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

Out of My Mind

2024

as Mr. Dimming

7.9
Acting

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

The Courtroom

2022

as John Keathley

Acting

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

Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home

2022

as Self (archive footage)

6.8
Acting

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

Werewolves Within

2021

as Pete Anderton

6.0
Acting

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

Materna

2020

as David

4.5
Acting

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

Inez & Doug & Kira

Inez & Doug & Kira

2019

as Doug

5.0
Acting

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

The Kindergarten Teacher

2018

as Grant Spinelli

6.6
Acting

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

Furlough

2018

as Bus Driver

5.7
Acting

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

Wormwood

2017

as Mal

6.9
Acting

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)

The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)

2017

as Male Nurse

6.5
Acting

An estranged family gathers together in New York for an event celebrating the artistic work of their father.

Spider-Man: Homecoming

Spider-Man: Homecoming

2017

as Phineas Mason / Tinkerer

7.3
Acting

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

The Dinner

2017

as Dylan Heinz

4.5
Acting

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

The Most Hated Woman in America

2017

as Jon Garth Murray

6.2
Acting

The true story of Madalyn Murray O'Hair -- iconoclast, opportunist, and outspoken atheist -- from her controversial rise to her untimely demise.

Complete Unknown

Complete Unknown

2016

as Clyde Goodwin Jr.

5.1
Acting

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

The Family Fang

2016

as Kenny

5.8
Acting

A brother and sister return to their family home in search of their world famous parents who have disappeared.

Mistress America

Mistress America

2015

as Dylan

6.5
Acting

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

People, Places, Things

2015

as Gary

6.6
Acting

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

Aloha

2015

as Roy

5.5
Acting

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

Alex of Venice

2015

as Trofimov

5.9
Acting

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

Goodbye to All That

2014

as Freddie

4.8
Acting

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

Glass Chin

2014

as Brian Colby

4.7
Acting

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

Captain Phillips

2013

as Shane Murphy

7.5
Acting

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

He's Way More Famous Than You

2013

as Michael Chernus

4.0
Acting

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

Jack & Diane

2012

as Jaimie

4.0
Acting

The romance between two teenage girls quickly manifests as terrifying, violent and inexplicable.

The Bourne Legacy

The Bourne Legacy

2012

as Arthur Ingram

6.2
Acting

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

Men in Black 3

2012

as Jeffrey Price

6.5
Acting

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

Higher Ground

2011

as Ned

5.8
Acting

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

Love & Other Drugs

2010

as Jerry

7.0
Acting

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

Coach

2010

as Michael

5.1
Acting

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

The Messenger

The Messenger

2009

as Alan

6.8
Acting

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

The Rebound

2009

as Actor #3 / Twentysomething #1

6.5
Acting

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

Acting

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

6.0
Acting

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

Winter Passing

2006

as Ben

6.1
Acting

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...