Chris Messina
Acting • Born 1974-08-11
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
75 credits
Made of Honor
Movie • 2008
Dennis
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Movie • 2008
Doug
Dreamin' Wild
Movie • 2023
Matt Sullivan
Julie & Julia
Movie • 2009
Eric Powell
Greenberg
Movie • 2010
Phillip Greenberg
Turn It Up
Movie • 2000
Baz
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
Movie • 2009
Subject #19
Humboldt County
Movie • 2008
Max
Like Crazy
Movie • 2011
Mike Appletree
Ira & Abby
Movie • 2006
Ira Black
Devil
Movie • 2010
Detective Bowden
Argo
Movie • 2012
Malinov
Away We Go
Movie • 2009
Tom
The Boogeyman
Movie • 2023
Will Harper
Monogamy
Movie • 2010
Theo
Too Long at the Fair
Movie • 2018
Lee
28 Hotel Rooms
Movie • 2012
Man
Celeste & Jesse Forever
Movie • 2012
Paul
An Invisible Sign
Movie • 2010
Ben Smith
The Giant Mechanical Man
Movie • 2012
Tim
Ruby Sparks
Movie • 2012
Harry
Fairhaven
Movie • 2013
Dave
The Aviary
Movie • 2022
Seth
Denise
Movie • 2012
Brad
Anatomy of Hope
Movie • 2009
Dr. Gary Caplan
Air
Movie • 2023
David Falk
Manglehorn
Movie • 2015
Jacob
Showing Up
Movie • 2014
Self
Alex of Venice
Movie • 2015
George
We're Just Married
Movie
Towelhead
Movie • 2008
Barry
Juror #2
Movie • 2024
Eric Resnick
Cake
Movie • 2014
Jason Bennett
Digging for Fire
Movie • 2015
Tango
Palo Alto
Movie • 2014
Mitch
Rounders
Movie • 1998
Higgins
Zeroville
Movie • 2019
Brian De Palma
The Trouble with Bliss
Movie • 2011
NJ
The Oven
Movie • 2014
Narrator
Ordinary World
Movie • 2016
Jake
The Sweet Life
Movie • 2017
Kenny
Live by Night
Movie • 2016
Dion Bartolo
You've Got Mail
Movie • 1998
Fox Salesperson
Lear Rex
Movie
Cornwall
Blame
Movie • 2018
Jeremy Woods
The True Adventures of Wolfboy
Movie • 2019
Denny
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Movie • 2020
Victor Zsasz
The Secrets We Keep
Movie • 2020
Lewis
I Care a Lot
Movie • 2021
Dean Ericson
Love Is Love Is Love
Movie • 2021
Jack (segment "Two for Dinner")
The Siege
Movie • 1998
Corporal
She Dies Tomorrow
Movie • 2020
Jason
I.S.S.
Movie • 2024
Gordon Barrett
Call Jane
Movie • 2022
Will
Pressure
Movie • 2026
Irving P. Krick
Road
Movie • 2005
Larry
Hellhound
Movie
Security
Movie • 2007
Zelly
Medium
TV • 2005
Casey Edward Frank
Six Feet Under
TV • 2001
Ted Fairwell
Damages
TV • 2007
Chris Sanchez
The Mindy Project
TV • 2012
Dr. Danny Castellano
Gaslit
TV • 2022
Angelo Lano
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV • 2015
Self - Guest
Sharp Objects
TV • 2018
Richard Willis
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Tommy Bell
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Kevin Turner
The View
TV • 1997
Self
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Don Cushman
Based on a True Story
TV • 2023
Nathan Bartlett
Off Camera with Sam Jones
TV • 2014
Self
The Newsroom
TV • 2012
Reese Lansing
Third Watch
TV • 1999
Charlie
OM CITY
TV • 2015
Joseph
Made in Hollywood
TV • 2005
Self