1974-08-11 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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I.S.S. | Gordon Barrett | 2024-01-19 |
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Air | David Falk | 2023-04-05 |
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Dreamin' Wild | Matt Sullivan | 2023-08-04 |
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The Boogeyman | Will Harper | 2023-05-31 |
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The Aviary | Seth | 2022-04-29 |
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Call Jane | Will | 2022-10-27 |
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I Care a Lot | Dean Ericson | 2021-02-19 |
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Love Is Love Is Love | Jack (segment "Two for Dinner") | 2021-10-07 |
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She Dies Tomorrow | Jason | 2020-07-31 |
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Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) | Victor Zsasz | 2020-02-05 |
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The Secrets We Keep | Lewis | 2020-09-16 |
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Zeroville | Brian De Palma | 2019-09-19 |
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The True Adventures of Wolfboy | Denny | 2019-12-08 |
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Too Long at the Fair | Lee | 2018-07-26 |
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Blame | Jeremy Woods | 2018-01-05 |
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The Sweet Life | Kenny | 2017-09-13 |
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Live by Night | Dion Bartolo | 2016-12-25 |
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Ordinary World | Jake | 2016-10-14 |
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Digging for Fire | Tango | 2015-08-21 |
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Manglehorn | Jacob | 2015-06-03 |
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Alex of Venice | George | 2015-04-17 |
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The Oven | Narrator | 2014-12-18 |
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Cake | Jason Bennett | 2014-09-07 |
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Showing Up | Self | 2014-02-25 |
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Fairhaven | Dave | 2013-01-11 |
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Palo Alto | Mitch | 2013-12-29 |
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Argo | Malinov | 2012-10-11 |
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Celeste & Jesse Forever | Paul | 2012-08-03 |
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Denise | Brad | 2012-07-04 |
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The Giant Mechanical Man | Tim | 2012-04-27 |
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28 Hotel Rooms | Man | 2012-01-21 |
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Ruby Sparks | Harry | 2012-07-25 |
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Like Crazy | Mike Appletree | 2011-10-28 |
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The Trouble with Bliss | NJ | 2011-10-01 |
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Devil | Detective Bowden | 2010-09-16 |
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Greenberg | Phillip Greenberg | 2010-03-26 |
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Monogamy | Theo | 2010-04-24 |
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An Invisible Sign | Ben Smith | 2010-10-06 |
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Julie & Julia | Eric Powell | 2009-08-06 |
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Brief Interviews with Hideous Men | Subject #19 | 2009-09-25 |
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Away We Go | Tom | 2009-06-05 |
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Anatomy of Hope | Dr. Gary Caplan | 2009-01-01 |
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Vicky Cristina Barcelona | Doug | 2008-08-15 |
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Made of Honor | Dennis | 2008-04-30 |
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Humboldt County | Max | 2008-09-26 |
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Towelhead | Barry | 2008-09-12 |
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Ira & Abby | Ira Black | 2006-06-23 |
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Road | Larry | 2005-06-24 |
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Turn It Up | Baz | 2000-09-06 |
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You've Got Mail | Fox Salesperson | 1998-12-18 |
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The Siege | Corporal | 1998-11-06 |
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Rounders | Higgins | 1998-09-11 |
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