Chris Messina

Chris Messina

Birthday: 1974-08-11

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

Also known as: Christopher Messina, 克里斯·梅西納, کریس مسینا

imdb_id: nm0582149

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.

Played in movies:

Showing Up

Score: 9.2

Air

Score: 7.3

Argo

Score: 7.3

Ruby Sparks

Score: 7.1

Rounders

Score: 7.0

Denise

Score: 7.0

Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)

Score: 6.9

Juror #2

Score: 6.8

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Score: 6.8

Julie & Julia

Score: 6.7

You've Got Mail

Score: 6.7

Away We Go

Score: 6.7

Blame

Score: 6.6

I Care a Lot

Score: 6.6

The Giant Mechanical Man

Score: 6.5

Made of Honor

Score: 6.4

Celeste & Jesse Forever

Score: 6.4

The Boogeyman

Score: 6.4

Call Jane

Score: 6.4

Like Crazy

Score: 6.4

The Siege

Score: 6.3

Cake

Score: 6.3

Live by Night

Score: 6.3

Towelhead

Score: 6.2

Palo Alto

Score: 6.1

Devil

Score: 6.1

The True Adventures of Wolfboy

Score: 6.0

The Sweet Life

Score: 6.0

The Oven

Score: 6.0

The Secrets We Keep

Score: 6.0

Alex of Venice

Score: 5.9

Greenberg

Score: 5.9

Ordinary World

Score: 5.8

Dreamin' Wild

Score: 5.8

I.S.S.

Score: 5.8

Humboldt County

Score: 5.7

28 Hotel Rooms

Score: 5.5

Ira & Abby

Score: 5.5

Manglehorn

Score: 5.4

The Aviary

Score: 5.3

An Invisible Sign

Score: 5.2

She Dies Tomorrow

Score: 5.2

The Trouble With Bliss

Score: 5.1

Zeroville

Score: 5.1

Digging for Fire

Score: 5.1

Fairhaven

Score: 5.1

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men

Score: 5.1

Turn It Up

Score: 4.9

Love is Love is Love

Score: 4.6

Monogamy

Score: 4.2

Road

Score: 2.2

Pressure

Score: 0.0

Lear Rex

Score: 0.0

We're Just Married

Score: 0.0

Anatomy of Hope

Score: 0.0

Too Long at the Fair

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Six Feet Under

Score: 8.1

The Newsroom

Score: 8.1

Third Watch

Score: 7.9

Sharp Objects

Score: 7.7

Damages

Score: 7.5

Medium

Score: 7.5

Law & Order

Score: 7.4

Law & Order

Score: 7.4

Law & Order

Score: 7.4

Based on a True Story

Score: 7.3

Gaslit

Score: 7.0

The Mindy Project

Score: 6.3

The Late Late Show with James Corden

Score: 5.3

The View

Score: 4.5

Off Camera with Sam Jones

Score: 4.0