
Chris Messina
Born August 11, 1974 · 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.
Notable Appearances
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Live by Night

Rounders

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Devil

Cake

Ruby Sparks

Like Crazy

I.S.S.

The Secrets We Keep

Call Jane

Away We Go

Greenberg

Palo Alto

Celeste & Jesse Forever

The True Adventures of Wolfboy

Zeroville

Manglehorn

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men

Love Is Love Is Love

Towelhead

An Invisible Sign

Digging for Fire

Alex of Venice

The Aviary

She Dies Tomorrow

Dreamin' Wild

Blame

Showing Up

The Sweet Life

28 Hotel Rooms

Road

Turn It Up

Ordinary World

The Giant Mechanical Man

Humboldt County

Ira & Abby

Monogamy

The Trouble with Bliss

We're Just Married

Fairhaven

The Mindy Project: Cast and Creators Live at PALEYFEST 2014


























