Chris Messina
Age: N/A | From: New York City, New York, USA
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Christopher Messina , 克里斯·梅西納
Gender: Male
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 35
TV Involvements: 8
Most Famous Work
Biography
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.
Most Famous Work
Law & Order
(1990) Don Cushman
Medium
(2005) Casey Edward Frank
Six Feet Under
(2001) Ted Fairwell
The Newsroom
(2012) Reese Lansing
Sharp Objects
(2018) Richard Willis
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
(2020) Victor Zsasz
Air
(2023) David Falk
The Boogeyman
(2023) Will HarperActing
| 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 | Tommy Bell | |
| Kevin Turner | ||
| Don Cushman | ||
| 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 |