Chris Messina

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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.

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2026
Pressure
Movie Irving Krick
2024
Juror #2
Movie Eric Resnick
2024
I.S.S.
Movie Gordon Barrett
2023
Dreamin' Wild
Movie Matt Sullivan
2023
Based on a True Story
TV show Nathan Bartlett
2023
The Boogeyman
Movie Will Harper
2023
Air
Movie David Falk
2022
Call Jane
Movie Will
2022
The Aviary
Movie Seth
2022
Gaslit
TV show Angelo Lano
2021
Love Is Love Is Love
Movie Jack (segment "Two for Dinner")
2021
I Care a Lot
Movie Dean Ericson
2020
The Secrets We Keep
Movie Lewis
2020
She Dies Tomorrow
Movie Jason
2020
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Movie Victor Zsasz
2019
The True Adventures of Wolfboy
Movie Denny