Chris Messina

Chris Messina

  • Birthday: 1974-08-11
  • Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
  • Also know as: Christopher Messina

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.

Filmography

Devil

2010

As Detective Bowden

Ira & Abby

2006

As Ira Black

28 Hotel Rooms

2012

As Man

Monogamy

2010

As Theo

Fairhaven

2013

As Dave

The Sweet Life

2017

As Kenny

Anatomy of Hope

2009

As Dr. Gary Caplan

Denise

2012

As Brad

Love is Love is Love

2021

As Jack - (segment "Two for Dinner")

I.S.S.

2024

As Gordon Barrett

Ruby Sparks

2012

As Harry

The Oven

2014

As Narrator

The Secrets We Keep

2020

As Lewis

Call Jane

2022

As Will

The Boogeyman

2023

As Will Harper

The Aviary

2022

As Seth

Julie & Julia

2009

As Eric Powell

An Invisible Sign

2010

As Ben Smith

Manglehorn

2015

As Jacob

Live by Night

2016

As Dion Bartolo

Air

2023

As David Falk

Made of Honor

2008

As Dennis

Alex of Venice

2015

As George

Ordinary World

2016

As Jake

I Care a Lot

2021

As Dean Ericson

She Dies Tomorrow

2020

As Jason

Dreamin' Wild

2023

As Matt Sullivan

Greenberg

2010

As Phillip Greenberg

Turn It Up

2000

As Baz

Humboldt County

2008

As Max

Juror No. 2

0000

As

Like Crazy

2011

As Mike Appletree

Cake

2014

As Jason Bennett

Palo Alto

2014

As Mitch

Towelhead

2008

As Barry

Blame

2018

As Jeremy Woods

Digging for Fire

2015

As Tango

Argo

2012

As Malinov

Away We Go

2009

As Tom Garnett

Showing Up

2014

As Self

Zeroville

2019

As Brian De Palma

The Siege

1998

As Corporal

Rounders

1998

As Higgins

You've Got Mail

1998

As Fox Salesperson

Production

Light of My Life

2019

As Thanks

Alex of Venice

2015

As Director

28 Hotel Rooms

2012

As Executive Producer

Fairhaven

2013

As Executive Producer

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