Chris Messina

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

68

Gender

Male

Birthday

1974-08-11 (49 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

  • Christopher Messina

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).

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Known For

Argo
7.3%

Argo

Oct 11, 2012

Vicky Cristina Barcelona
6.8%

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Aug 15, 2008

You've Got Mail
6.7%

You've Got Mail

Dec 18, 1998

Devil
6.1%

Devil

Sep 16, 2010

I Care a Lot
6.6%

I Care a Lot

Feb 19, 2021

Julie & Julia
6.7%

Julie & Julia

Aug 6, 2009

Air
7.4%

Air

Apr 5, 2023

Rounders
7.0%

Rounders

Sep 11, 1998

Made of Honor
6.4%

Made of Honor

Apr 30, 2008

Ruby Sparks
7.1%

Ruby Sparks

Jul 25, 2012

Live by Night
6.2%

Live by Night

Dec 25, 2016

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Acting

We're Just Married
Juror No. 2
2024
I.S.S. as Gordon Barrett
2023
Dreamin' Wild as Matt Sullivan
2023
Based on a True Story as Nathan Bartlett
2023
The Boogeyman as Will Harper
2023
Air as David Falk
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
The Secrets We Keep as Lewis
2020
She Dies Tomorrow as Jason
2020
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) as Victor Zsasz
2019
The True Adventures of Wolfboy as Denny
2019
Zeroville as Brian De Palma
2018
Too Long at the Fair as Lee
2018
Sharp Objects as Richard Willis
2018
Blame as Jeremy Woods
2017
The Sweet Life as Kenny
2016
Live by Night as Dion Bartolo
2016
Ordinary World as Jake
2015
Digging for Fire as Tango
2015
Manglehorn as Jacob
2015
Alex of Venice as George
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
2014
The Oven as Narrator
2014
Cake as Jason Bennett
2014
Palo Alto as Mitch
2014
Showing Up as Self
2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
2013
Fairhaven as Dave
2012
Argo as Malinov
2012
The Mindy Project as Dr. Danny Castellano
2012
Celeste & Jesse Forever as Paul
2012
Ruby Sparks as Harry
2012
Denise as Brad
2012
The Newsroom as Reese Lansing
2012
The Giant Mechanical Man as Tim
2012
28 Hotel Rooms as Man
2011
Like Crazy as Mike Appletree
2011
The Trouble With Bliss as NJ
2010
An Invisible Sign as Ben Smith
2010
Devil as Detective Bowden
2010
Monogamy as Theo
2010
Greenberg as Phillip Greenberg
2009
Secret Ingredients: Creating Julie & Julia as Self
2009
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men as Subject #19
2009
Julie & Julia as Eric Powell
2009
Away We Go as Tom Garnett
2009
Anatomy of Hope as Dr. Gary Caplan
2008
Humboldt County as Max
2008
Towelhead as Barry
2008
Vicky Cristina Barcelona as Doug
2008
Made of Honor as Dennis
2007
Damages
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
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

Crew

2019
Light of My Life as Thanks

Directing

2015
Alex of Venice as Director

Production

2013
Fairhaven as Executive Producer
2012
28 Hotel Rooms as Executive Producer
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