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Chris Messina

Born: 1974

Biography

Christopher Messina (born August 11, 1974) is an American actor, director, writer, and producer. He is best known for starring as Danny Castellano in the series The Mindy Project (2012–2017), which earned him two nominations for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series. He has appeared in films such as Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008), Julie & Julia (2009), Devil (2010), Argo (2012), Ruby Sparks (2012), Celeste and Jesse Forever (2012), Cake (2014), Birds of Prey (2020), I Care a Lot (2020), Call Jane (2022), Air (2023) and The Boogeyman (2023). Messina wrote, executive produced, and starred in the comedy film Fairhaven (2012). He also directed and starred in the drama film Alex of Venice (2014). On television, Messina appeared as Ted Fairwell in the HBO drama series Six Feet Under (2005), Chris Sanchez in the Audience Network legal thriller series Damages (2011–2012), Reese Lansing in the HBO political drama series The Newsroom (2012–2014), Richard Willis in the HBO miniseries Sharp Objects (2018), Nick Haas in the USA Network crime drama series The Sinner (2020), Angelo Lano in the Starz political miniseries Gaslit (2022), and as Nathan Bartlett in the Peacock comedy thriller Based on a True Story (2023). Description above from the Wikipedia article Chris Messina, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For Acting
Gender Male
Place of Birth New York City, New York, USA

Resources

Movies

Made of Honor

Dennis in Made of Honor

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Doug in Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Dreamin' Wild

Matt Sullivan in Dreamin' Wild

Julie & Julia

Eric Powell in Julie & Julia

Greenberg

Phillip Greenberg in Greenberg

Turn It Up

Baz in Turn It Up

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men

Subject #19 in Brief Interviews with Hideous Men

Humboldt County

Max in Humboldt County

Like Crazy

Mike Appletree in Like Crazy

Ira & Abby

Ira Black in Ira & Abby

Devil

Detective Bowden in Devil

Argo

Malinov in Argo

Away We Go

Tom Garnett in Away We Go

The Boogeyman

Will Harper in The Boogeyman

Monogamy

Theo in Monogamy

Too Long at the Fair

Lee in Too Long at the Fair

28 Hotel Rooms

Man in 28 Hotel Rooms

Celeste & Jesse Forever

Paul in Celeste & Jesse Forever

An Invisible Sign

Ben Smith in An Invisible Sign

The Giant Mechanical Man

Tim in The Giant Mechanical Man

Ruby Sparks

Harry in Ruby Sparks

Fairhaven

Dave in Fairhaven

The Aviary

Seth in The Aviary

Denise

Brad in Denise

Anatomy of Hope

Dr. Gary Caplan in Anatomy of Hope

Air

David Falk in Air

Manglehorn

Jacob in Manglehorn

Showing Up

Self in Showing Up

Alex of Venice

George in Alex of Venice

We're Just Married

in We're Just Married

Towelhead

Barry in Towelhead

Juror #2

in Juror #2

Cake

Jason Bennett in Cake

Digging for Fire

Tango in Digging for Fire

Palo Alto

Mitch in Palo Alto

Rounders

Higgins in Rounders

Zeroville

Brian De Palma in Zeroville

The Trouble With Bliss

NJ in The Trouble With Bliss

The Oven

Narrator in The Oven

Ordinary World

Jake in Ordinary World

The Sweet Life

Kenny in The Sweet Life

Live by Night

Dion Bartolo in Live by Night

You've Got Mail

Fox Salesperson in You've Got Mail

Lear Rex

Cornwall in Lear Rex

Blame

Jeremy Woods in Blame

Secret Ingredients: Creating Julie & Julia

Self in Secret Ingredients: Creating Julie & Julia

The True Adventures of Wolfboy

Denny in The True Adventures of Wolfboy

Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)

Victor Zsasz in Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)

I Care a Lot

Dean Ericson in I Care a Lot

The Secrets We Keep

Lewis in The Secrets We Keep

Love is Love is Love

Jack (segment "Two for Dinner") in Love is Love is Love

The Siege

Corporal in The Siege

She Dies Tomorrow

Jason in She Dies Tomorrow

I.S.S.

Gordon Barrett in I.S.S.

Call Jane

Will in Call Jane

Pressure

Irving P. Krick in Pressure

TV Shows