Chris Messina

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.

Cast

Made of Honor

(Dennis)

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

(Doug)

Dreamin' Wild

(Matt Sullivan)

Julie & Julia

(Eric Powell)

Greenberg

(Phillip Greenberg)

Turn It Up

(Baz)

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men

(Subject #19)

Humboldt County

(Max)

Like Crazy

(Mike Appletree)

Ira & Abby

(Ira Black)

Devil

(Detective Bowden)

Argo

(Malinov)

Away We Go

(Tom Garnett)

The Boogeyman

(Will Harper)

Monogamy

(Theo)

Too Long at the Fair

(Lee)

28 Hotel Rooms

(Man)

Celeste & Jesse Forever

(Paul)

An Invisible Sign

(Ben Smith)

The Giant Mechanical Man

(Tim)

Ruby Sparks

(Harry)

Fairhaven

(Dave)

The Aviary

(Seth)

Denise

(Brad)

Anatomy of Hope

(Dr. Gary Caplan)

Air

(David Falk)

Manglehorn

(Jacob)

Showing Up

(Self)

Alex of Venice

(George)

We're Just Married

Towelhead

(Barry)

Juror #2

(Eric Resnick)

Cake

(Jason Bennett)

Digging for Fire

(Tango)

Palo Alto

(Mitch)

Rounders

(Higgins)

Zeroville

(Brian De Palma)

The Trouble With Bliss

(NJ)

The Oven

(Narrator)

Ordinary World

(Jake)

The Sweet Life

(Kenny)

Live by Night

(Dion Bartolo)

You've Got Mail

(Fox Salesperson)

Lear Rex

(Cornwall)

Blame

(Jeremy Woods)

Secret Ingredients: Creating Julie & Julia

(Self)

The True Adventures of Wolfboy

(Denny)

Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)

(Victor Zsasz)

The Secrets We Keep

(Lewis)

I Care a Lot

(Dean Ericson)

Love is Love is Love

(Jack (segment "Two for Dinner"))

The Siege

(Corporal)

She Dies Tomorrow

(Jason)

I.S.S.

(Gordon Barrett)

Call Jane

(Will)

Pressure

(Irving P. Krick)

Medium

(Casey Edward Frank)

Six Feet Under

(Ted Fairwell)

Damages

The Mindy Project

(Dr. Danny Castellano)

Gaslit

(Angelo Lano)

The Late Late Show with James Corden

(Self - Guest)

Sharp Objects

(Richard Willis)

Law & Order

(Tommy Bell)

Law & Order

(Kevin Turner)

The View

(Self)

Law & Order

(Don Cushman)

Based on a True Story

(Nathan Bartlett)

Off Camera with Sam Jones

(Self)

The Newsroom

(Reese Lansing)

Third Watch

(Charlie)