Michael Chernus

Michael Chernus Biography

Michael 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-present).

Career

Chernus is a graduate of the Juilliard School's Drama Division. An accomplished stage actor, Michael won a 2011 Obie Award and received a Lucille Lortel Award nomination for his performance in Lisa Kron's In the Wake at The Public Theater in New York City. On stage, he co-starred with David Hyde Pierce in the Manhattan Theater Club production of Close Up Space at New York City Center. Other New York credits include such theaters as Playwrights Horizons, the Roundabout Theatre Company, Primary Stages, New York Theatre Workshop, The Atlantic Theater Company, and many productions at the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, where he played the lead role of KJ in Annie Baker's play, The Aliens, which Charles Isherwood, of The New York Times, named the best play of 2010.

His most recent role was Second Stage Theatre's production of Lips Together, Teeth Apart, co-starring America Ferrera. Chernus has acted in films such as Men in Black 3, Captain Phillips, The Bourne Legacy, and Jack and Diane. His most notable role to date is Cal Chapman, the lead character's brother, in the Netflix original comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Winter Passing	Ben
2007	Lovely by Surprise	Humpkin
2008	High Street Plumbing	Kirby	Short film
2009	The Messenger	Alan
2009	The Rebound	Actor #3
2009	Feed the Fish	JP
2010	Nonames	Danny
2010	Coach	Michael
2010	Love & Other Drugs	Jerry
2011	Split	Chris	Short film
2011	Higher Ground	Ned
2011	The Handel-Halvorsen Passacaglia	The Man
2012	Jack & Diane	Jaimie
2012	Men in Black 3	Jeffrey Price
2012	The Bourne Legacy	Arthur Ingram
2013	He's Way More Famous Than You	Himself
2013	The Mouseketeer		Short film
2013	Mutual Friends	Chernus
2013	Captain Phillips	Shane Murphy
2014	Goodbye to All That	Freddie
2014	Alex of Venice	Trofimov
2014	Glass Chin	Brian Colby
2014	Mistress America	Dylan
2014	The Rub	Henry	Short film
2015	People Places Things	Gary
2015	Aloha	Roy
2015	The Family Fang	Kenny	Post-production
2016	Complete Unknown	Clyde	Post-production
2017	The Most Hated Woman in America		Filming
2017	Spider-Man: Homecoming	Phineas Mason / Tinkerer	Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Bored to Death	Francis Hamm	Episode: "Take a Dive"
2009-10	Mercy	Ryan Flanagan	9 episodes
2011	Damages	New Jersey Bar Owner	2 episodes
2011	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Jay Delaney	Episode: "Educated Guess"
2012	The Big C	Pastor Rick	4 episodes
2012	The New Normal	Paul	Episode: "Nangasm"
2013	Nurse Jackie	Louie	Episode: "Walk of Shame"
2013-16	Orange Is the New Black	Cal Chapman	13 episodes
2013	Royal Pains	Pat McRevis	Episode: "Can of Worms"
2013	Nashville	Howie V	Episode: "They Don't Make 'Em Like My Daddy Anymore"
2014	Elementary	Edwin Borstein	Episode: "Bella"
2014-15	Manhattan	Louis "Fritz" Fedowitz	22 episodes
2015	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Tommy Sullivan	Episode: "Parole Violations"
2015	Patriot	Congressman Edward Tavner	Unsold TV pilot
2015	The Good Wife	Spencer Harman	Episode: "Discovery"
2016	Easy		Upcoming series

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	The Aliens	KJ	Rattlestick Playwrights Theater
2011	In the Wake	Danny	The Public Theater
2011	Close Up Space	Steve	New York City Center
2014	Lips Together, Teeth Apart	Sam	Second Stage Theatre

Awards and nominations

Year	Nominated work	Award	Category	Result
2011	In the Wake	Lucille Lortel Awards	Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
2011	In the Wake	Obie Awards	Outstanding Performance by a Featured Actor

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