--- description: The comedian is headed to prison...on TV. title: Mike Birbiglia Joins Cast in Orange Is the New Black on Netflix image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9f0c49cd5470451d/69869f9c13c79f6a7719379b/486827891.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Mike Birbiglia Joins Cast of _Orange Is the New Black_  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Aug 15, 2014 12:25 AM CUT  Comedian Mike Birbiglia performs on stage during the Moontower Comedy Festival at The Paramount Theater on April 25, 2014 in Austin, Texas. Comedian Mike Birbiglia performs on stage during the Moontower Comedy Festival at The Paramount Theater on April 25, 2014 in Austin, Texas.Rick Kern—WireImage  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Aug 15, 2014 12:25 AM CUT Comedian Mike Birbiglia is headed to prison… on TV. The actor will join the cast of the critically-acclaimed Netflix show _Orange Is the New Black_ about a women’s prison, [according to](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/mike-birbiglia-lands-role-orange-725672 "undefined") _The Hollywood Reporter_. His role is still under wraps, but most men on the Emmy-nominated show play love interests and relatives of the prisoners or prison guards, so it’s a fair guess he’ll be in one of those categories. Birbiglia’s new role is just another bullet point on his increasingly impressive resume: he was recently in the box office triumph _The Fault in Our Stars_ and an episode of the HBO series _Girls_. Coming up, he will appear in the new _Annie_ movie with Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz, _Don’t Mess With Texas_ with Reese Witherspoon and Judd Apatow and Amy Schumer’s [_Trainwreck_](http://time.com/91948/lebron-james-to-star-in-new-judd-apatow-film/ "undefined")_._ Birbiglia has put out several comedy specials and shows including the 2013 _My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend_ with Neftlix. \[[_THR_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/mike-birbiglia-lands-role-orange-725672 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3114132/mike-birbiglia-joins-cast-in-orange-is-the-new-black/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3114132/mike-birbiglia-joins-cast-in-orange-is-the-new-black/"},"headline":"Mike Birbiglia Joins Cast of Orange Is the New Black","datePublished":"2014-08-15T00:25:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:41:07.385Z","description":"Birbiglia's role is still secret","url":"https://time.com/3114132/mike-birbiglia-joins-cast-in-orange-is-the-new-black/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9f0c49cd5470451d/69869f9c13c79f6a7719379b/486827891.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9f0c49cd5470451d/69869f9c13c79f6a7719379b/486827891.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Moontower Comedy Festival - Day 3","caption":"Moontower Comedy Festival - Day 3","creditText":"Rick Kern—WireImage","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3114132/mike-birbiglia-joins-cast-in-orange-is-the-new-black/","name":"Mike Birbiglia Joins Cast of Orange Is the New Black"}}]}] ```