Chris Messina
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
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.
Also Known For
Made of Honor
Apr 30, 2008
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Aug 15, 2008
Dreamin' Wild
Aug 04, 2023
Julie & Julia
Aug 06, 2009
Greenberg
Mar 26, 2010
Turn It Up
Sep 06, 2000
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
Sep 25, 2009
Humboldt County
Sep 26, 2008
Like Crazy
Oct 28, 2011
Ira & Abby
Jun 23, 2006
Devil
Sep 16, 2010
Argo
Oct 11, 2012
Away We Go
Jun 05, 2009
The Boogeyman
May 31, 2023
Monogamy
Apr 24, 2010
Too Long at the Fair
Jul 26, 2018
28 Hotel Rooms
Jan 21, 2012
Celeste & Jesse Forever
Aug 03, 2012
An Invisible Sign
Oct 06, 2010
The Giant Mechanical Man
Apr 27, 2012
Ruby Sparks
Jul 25, 2012
Fairhaven
Jan 11, 2013
The Aviary
Apr 29, 2022
Denise
Jul 04, 2012
Anatomy of Hope
Jan 01, 2009
Air
Apr 05, 2023
Manglehorn
Jun 03, 2015
Showing Up
Feb 25, 2014
Alex of Venice
Apr 17, 2015
We're Just Married
Towelhead
Sep 12, 2008
Juror #2
Oct 30, 2024
Digging for Fire
Aug 21, 2015
Cake
Sep 07, 2014
Palo Alto
Dec 29, 2013
Rounders
Sep 11, 1998
Zeroville
Sep 19, 2019
The Trouble With Bliss
Oct 01, 2011
The Oven
Dec 18, 2014
Ordinary World
Oct 14, 2016
The Sweet Life
Sep 13, 2017
Live by Night
Dec 25, 2016
You've Got Mail
Dec 18, 1998
Lear Rex
Blame
Jan 05, 2018
The True Adventures of Wolfboy
Dec 08, 2019
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Feb 05, 2020
I Care a Lot
Feb 19, 2021
The Secrets We Keep
Sep 16, 2020
Love is Love is Love
Oct 07, 2021
The Siege
Nov 06, 1998
She Dies Tomorrow
Jul 31, 2020
I.S.S.
Jan 19, 2024
Call Jane
Oct 27, 2022
Pressure
Road
Jun 24, 2005
Hellhound
Medium
Jan 03, 2005
Six Feet Under
Jun 03, 2001
Damages
Jul 24, 2007
The Mindy Project
Sep 25, 2012
Gaslit
Apr 24, 2022
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Mar 23, 2015
Sharp Objects
Jul 08, 2018
Law & Order
Sep 13, 1990
Law & Order
Sep 13, 1990
The View
Aug 11, 1997
Law & Order
Sep 13, 1990
Based on a True Story
Jun 08, 2023
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Feb 06, 2014
The Newsroom
Jun 24, 2012
