Chris Messina
Born: 1974-08-11
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA

Chris Messina

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.

Known For

Law & Order7.3
Law & Order
1990
Law & Order7.3
Law & Order
1990
Law & Order7.3
Law & Order
1990
Medium7.5
Medium
2005
Third Watch7.9
Third Watch
1999
The Late Late Show with James Corden5.2
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
The View4.4
The View
1997
Six Feet Under8.1
Six Feet Under
2001
Damages7.5
Damages
2007
The Mindy Project6.2
The Mindy Project
2012
The Newsroom8.1
The Newsroom
2012
Off Camera with Sam Jones5.0
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014
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