Chris Messina
birthday: 1974-08-11
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA

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.

Greenberg

Greenberg

2010 . movie

Turn It Up

Turn It Up

2000 . movie

Like Crazy

Like Crazy

2011 . movie

Ira & Abby

Ira & Abby

2006 . movie

Devil

Devil

2010 . movie

Argo

Argo

2012 . movie

Away We Go

Away We Go

2009 . movie

Monogamy

Monogamy

2010 . movie

Ruby Sparks

Ruby Sparks

2012 . movie

Fairhaven

Fairhaven

2013 . movie

The Aviary

The Aviary

2022 . movie

Denise

Denise

2012 . movie

Air

Air

2023 . movie

Manglehorn

Manglehorn

2015 . movie

Showing Up

Showing Up

2014 . movie

Towelhead

Towelhead

2008 . movie

Juror #2

Juror #2

2024 . movie

Cake

Cake

2014 . movie

Palo Alto

Palo Alto

2013 . movie

Rounders

Rounders

1998 . movie

Zeroville

Zeroville

2019 . movie

The Oven

The Oven

2014 . movie

Lear Rex

Lear Rex

. movie

Blame

Blame

2018 . movie

I Care a Lot

I Care a Lot

2021 . movie

The Siege

The Siege

1998 . movie

I.S.S.

I.S.S.

2024 . movie

Call Jane

Call Jane

2022 . movie

Pressure

Pressure

. movie

Road

Road

2005 . movie

Hellhound

Hellhound

. movie

Medium

Medium

2005 . tv

Six Feet Under

Six Feet Under

2001 . tv

Damages

Damages

2007 . tv

Gaslit

Gaslit

2022 . tv

Sharp Objects

Sharp Objects

2018 . tv

Law & Order

Law & Order

1990 . tv

Law & Order

Law & Order

1990 . tv

The View

The View

1997 . tv

Law & Order

Law & Order

1990 . tv

The Newsroom

The Newsroom

2012 . tv

Third Watch

Third Watch

1999 . tv