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Chris Messina

Chris Messina

Birthday: 1974-08-11 | Place of Birth: 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2024
Juror #2

as    Eric Resnick

2024
I.S.S.

as    Gordon Barrett

2023
Air

as    David Falk

2023
Dreamin' Wild

as    Matt Sullivan

2023
Based on a True Story

as    Nathan Bartlett

2023
The Boogeyman

as    Will Harper

2022
The Aviary

as    Seth

2022
Call Jane

as    Will

2021
I Care a Lot

as    Dean Ericson

2021
Love Is Love Is Love

as    Jack (segment "Two for Dinner")

2020
She Dies Tomorrow

as    Jason

2020
The Secrets We Keep

as    Lewis

2019
2018
Blame

as    Jeremy Woods

2018
Sharp Objects

as    Richard Willis

2017
The Sweet Life

as    Kenny

2016
Live by Night

as    Dion Bartolo

2016
Ordinary World

as    Jake

2015
Alex of Venice

as    George

2015
Manglehorn

as    Jacob

2015
OM CITY

as    Joseph

2014
Cake

as    Jason Bennett

2014
Palo Alto

as    Mitch

2014
The Oven

as    Narrator

2013
Fairhaven

as    Dave

2012
28 Hotel Rooms

as    Man