Chris Messina

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1974-08-11 (50 years old)

Place of Birth New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As Christopher Messina, 克里斯·梅西納

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

Actor

Lear Rex

as Cornwall

Pressure

as Irving P. Krick

2024
Juror #2

as Eric Resnick

2024
I.S.S.

as Gordon Barrett

2023
Dreamin' Wild

as Matt Sullivan

2023
The Boogeyman

as Will Harper

2023
Air

as David Falk

2023
Based on a True Story

as Nathan Bartlett

2022
Call Jane

as Will

2022
The Aviary

as Seth

2022
Gaslit

as Angelo Lano

2021
Love is Love is Love

as Jack (segment "Two for Dinner")

2021
I Care a Lot

as Dean Ericson

2020
2020
2019
Zeroville

as Brian De Palma

2018
Blame

as Jeremy Woods

2018
Sharp Objects

as Richard Willis

2017
2016
Live by Night

as Dion Bartolo

2016
2015
2015
Manglehorn

as Jacob

2015
Alex of Venice

as George

2014
The Oven

as Narrator

2014
Cake

as Jason Bennett

2014
Palo Alto

as Mitch

2014
Showing Up

as Self

2013
Fairhaven

as Dave

2012
Argo

as Malinov

2012
Ruby Sparks

as Harry

2012
Denise

as Brad

2012
2012
The Mindy Project

as Dr. Danny Castellano

2012
The Newsroom

as Reese Lansing

2011
Like Crazy

as Mike Appletree

2010
An Invisible Sign

as Ben Smith

2010
Devil

as Detective Bowden

2010
Monogamy

as Theo

2010
Greenberg

as Phillip Greenberg

2009
Julie & Julia

as Eric Powell

2009
Away We Go

as Tom Garnett

2009
Anatomy of Hope

as Dr. Gary Caplan

2008
2008
Towelhead

as Barry

2008
Made of Honor

as Dennis

2006
Ira & Abby

as Ira Black

2005
Medium

as Casey Edward Frank

2001
Six Feet Under

as Ted Fairwell

2000
Turn It Up

as Baz

1999
Third Watch

as Charlie

1998
You've Got Mail

as Fox Salesperson

1998
The Siege

as Corporal

1998
Rounders

as Higgins

1997
The View

as Self

1990
Law & Order

as Tommy Bell

1990
Law & Order

as Kevin Turner

1990
Law & Order

as Don Cushman

Producer

2013
Fairhaven

as Executive Producer

2012
28 Hotel Rooms

as Executive Producer

Director

2015
Alex of Venice

as Director

Crew

2019