Known For
Acting
Born
Aug 11, 1974
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Credits
76 titles
Chris 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.
Known For
Filmography
Pressure
Irving Krick
Juror #2
Eric Resnick
I.S.S.
Gordon Barrett
Dreamin' Wild
Matt Sullivan
Based on a True Story
Nathan Bartlett
The Boogeyman
Will Harper
Air
David Falk
Call Jane
Will
The Aviary
Seth
Gaslit
Angelo Lano
Love Is Love Is Love
Jack (segment "Two for Dinner")
I Care a Lot
Dean Ericson
The Secrets We Keep
Lewis
She Dies Tomorrow
Jason
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Victor Zsasz
The True Adventures of Wolfboy
Denny
Zeroville
Brian De Palma
Light of My Life
Thanks
Too Long at the Fair
Lee
Sharp Objects
Richard Willis
Blame
Jeremy Woods
The Sweet Life
Kenny
Live by Night
Dion Bartolo
Ordinary World
Jake
Digging for Fire
Tango
OM CITY
Joseph
Manglehorn
Jacob
Alex of Venice
George
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
The Oven
Narrator
Cake
Jason Bennett
The Mindy Project: Cast and Creators Live at PALEYFEST 2014
Self
Palo Alto
Mitch
Showing Up
Self
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self
Fairhaven
Dave
Argo
Malinov
The Mindy Project
Dr. Danny Castellano
Celeste & Jesse Forever
Paul
Ruby Sparks
Harry
Denise
Brad
The Newsroom
Reese Lansing
The Giant Mechanical Man
Tim
28 Hotel Rooms
Man
Like Crazy
Mike Appletree
The Trouble with Bliss
NJ
An Invisible Sign
Ben Smith
Devil
Detective Bowden
Monogamy
Theo
Greenberg
Phillip Greenberg