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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 th…
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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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Pressure
as Irving Krick
Juror #2
as Eric Resnick
I.S.S.
as Gordon Barrett
Dreamin' Wild
as Matt Sullivan
The Boogeyman
as Will Harper
Air
as David Falk
Call Jane
as Will
The Aviary
as Seth
Love Is Love Is Love
as Jack (segment "Two for Dinner")
I Care a Lot
as Dean Ericson
The Secrets We Keep
as Lewis
She Dies Tomorrow
as Jason
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
as Victor Zsasz
The True Adventures of Wolfboy
as Denny
Zeroville
as Brian De Palma
Too Long at the Fair
as Lee
Blame
as Jeremy Woods
The Sweet Life
as Kenny
Live by Night
as Dion Bartolo
Ordinary World
as Jake
Digging for Fire
as Tango
Manglehorn
as Jacob
Alex of Venice
as George
Cake
as Jason Bennett
No Poster
The Oven
as Narrator
The Mindy Project: Cast and Creators Live at PALEYFEST 2014
as Self
Palo Alto
as Mitch
Showing Up
as Self
Fairhaven
as Dave
Argo
as Malinov
Celeste & Jesse Forever
as Paul
Ruby Sparks
as Harry
No Poster
Denise
as Brad
The Giant Mechanical Man
as Tim
28 Hotel Rooms
as Man
Like Crazy
as Mike Appletree
The Trouble with Bliss
as NJ
An Invisible Sign
as Ben Smith
Devil
as Detective Bowden
Monogamy
as Theo
Greenberg
as Phillip Greenberg
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
as Subject #19
Julie & Julia
as Eric Powell
Away We Go
as Tom
Humboldt County
as Max
Towelhead
as Barry
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
as Doug
Made of Honor
as Dennis
No Poster
Security
as Zelly
Ira & Abby
as Ira Black
Road
as Larry
Turn It Up
as Baz
You've Got Mail
as Fox Salesperson
The Siege
as Corporal
Rounders
as Higgins
No Poster
Tumor
We're Just Married
No Poster
Lear Rex
as Cornwall
No Poster