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Chris Messina

Acting
Known For

50 Years Old

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.

Born

New York City, New York, USA on 11th August 1974

All Credits

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The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
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Law & Order
Don Cushman
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Law & Order
Kevin Turner
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Law & Order
Tommy Bell
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Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self
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The View
Self
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The Mindy Project
Dr. Danny Castellano
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Medium
Casey Edward Frank
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Damages
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Six Feet Under
Ted Fairwell
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The Newsroom
Reese Lansing
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Sharp Objects
Richard Willis
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Based on a True Story
Nathan Bartlett
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Third Watch
Charlie
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Gaslit
Angelo Lano
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Juror #2
Eric Resnick
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Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Victor Zsasz
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Air
David Falk
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Argo
Malinov
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Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Doug
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The Siege
Corporal
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I Care a Lot
Dean Ericson
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You've Got Mail
Fox Salesperson
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I.S.S.
Gordon Barrett
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Julie & Julia
Eric Powell
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Made of Honor
Dennis
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Rounders
Higgins
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The Boogeyman
Will Harper
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Cake
Jason Bennett
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Devil
Detective Bowden
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Palo Alto
Mitch
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Ruby Sparks
Harry
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Live by Night
Dion Bartolo
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Like Crazy
Mike Appletree
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Call Jane
Will
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Greenberg
Phillip Greenberg
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The Secrets We Keep
Lewis
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Celeste & Jesse Forever
Paul
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Away We Go
Tom
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Zeroville
Brian De Palma
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Blame
Jeremy Woods
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Towelhead
Barry
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An Invisible Sign
Ben Smith
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Dreamin' Wild
Matt Sullivan
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Manglehorn
Jacob
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Alex of Venice
George
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Digging for Fire
Tango
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She Dies Tomorrow
Jason
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The Aviary
Seth
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The Trouble With Bliss
NJ
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Ordinary World
Jake
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Love is Love is Love
Jack (segment "Two for Dinner")
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Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
Subject #19
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28 Hotel Rooms
Man
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The Giant Mechanical Man
Tim
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The True Adventures of Wolfboy
Denny
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Lear Rex
Cornwall
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Showing Up
Self
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Turn It Up
Baz
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The Sweet Life
Kenny
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Pressure
Irving P. Krick
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Fairhaven
Dave
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Monogamy
Theo
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Humboldt County
Max
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Ira & Abby
Ira Black
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Anatomy of Hope
Dr. Gary Caplan
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Road
Larry
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The Oven
Narrator
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Too Long at the Fair
Lee
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Denise
Brad
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Hellhound
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We're Just Married