Chris Messina

Known for ActingBorn 1974-08-11 (age 51)New York City, New York, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

OM CITY

Showing Up

The Newsroom

Pressure

Six Feet Under

Sharp Objects

Third Watch

Damages

Medium

Air

Argo

Ruby Sparks

Based on a True Story

Law & Order

Juror #2

Denise

Gaslit

Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)

Rounders

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Julie & Julia

Blame

I Care a Lot

Away We Go

Call Jane

You've Got Mail

Light of My Life

The Boogeyman

The Giant Mechanical Man

Made of Honor

Celeste & Jesse Forever

Like Crazy

Live by Night

Cake

The Sweet Life

The Mindy Project

Dreamin' Wild

The Siege

Towelhead

Palo Alto

Devil

The Secrets We Keep

The Oven

The True Adventures of Wolfboy

Alex of Venice

I.S.S.

Greenberg

Ordinary World