Person Details

Birthday: 1974-08-11 19:05:48

Aliases: Christopher Messina

Gender: Male

Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA

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Movie Involvements: 35

TV Involvements: 8


Most Famous Work

Biography

Christopher Messina (born August 11, 1974) is an American actor and film director. He has appeared in supporting roles in films such as Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Argo, Julie & Julia, Ruby Sparks, Celeste and Jesse Forever, You've Got Mail, and Birds of Prey. He starred in the film The Giant Mechanical Man. On television, he appeared in roles as Chris Sanchez in Damages, Reese Lansing in The Newsroom and as Danny Castellano in The Mindy Project, the latter of which earned him two nominations for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series.

Most Famous Work

Law & Order
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7

Law & Order

(1990) Don Cushman
Medium
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8

Medium

(2005) Casey Edward Frank
Six Feet Under
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8

Six Feet Under

(2001) Ted Fairwell
The Newsroom
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8

The Newsroom

(2012) Reese Lansing
Sharp Objects
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8

Sharp Objects

(2018) Richard Willis
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
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7
Air
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7

Air

(2023) David Falk
The Boogeyman
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6

The Boogeyman

(2023) Will Harper

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2024 Gordon Barrett
2023 Matt Sullivan
Nathan Bartlett
Will Harper
David Falk
2022 Will
Seth
Angelo Lano
2021 Jack - (segment "Two for Dinner")
Dean Ericson
2020 Lewis
Jason
Victor Zsasz
2019 Denny
Brian De Palma
2018 Lee
Richard Willis
Jeremy Woods
2017 Kenny
2016 Dion Bartolo
Jake
2015 Tango
Jacob
George
Self - Guest
2014 Narrator
Jason Bennett
Self
Self
2013 Mitch
Dave
2012 Malinov
Dr. Danny Castellano
Paul
Harry
Brad
Reese Lansing
Tim
Man
2011 Mike Appletree
NJ
2010 Ben Smith
Detective Bowden
Theo
Phillip Greenberg
2009 Self
Subject #19
Eric Powell
Tom Garnett
Dr. Gary Caplan
2008 Max
Barry
Doug
Dennis
2007 N/A
2006 Ira Black
2005 Casey Edward Frank
2001 Ted Fairwell
2000 Baz
1998 Fox Salesperson
Corporal
Higgins
1997 Self
1990 Don Cushman
Kevin Turner
Tommy Bell
N/A
N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

Crew

Year Role Movie/Tv
2019 Thanks
Year Role Movie/Tv

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2015 Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2013 Executive Producer
2012 Executive Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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