Chris Messina
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
Credits
- 2024 · Juror #2 as Eric Resnick
- 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 as
- 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
- Future · Pressure as Irving P. Krick
- 2006 · Ira & Abby as Ira Black
- Future · Lear Rex as Cornwall
- Future · We're Just Married as