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.

Filmography

• 2026Pressure — Irving Krick
• 2024I.S.S. — Gordon Barrett
• 2024Juror #2 — Eric Resnick
• 2023Air — David Falk
• Based on a True Story — Nathan Bartlett
• 2023Dreamin' Wild — Matt Sullivan
• 2023The Boogeyman — Will Harper
• 2022Call Jane — Will
• Gaslit — Angelo Lano
• 2022The Aviary — Seth
• 2021I Care a Lot — Dean Ericson
• 2021Love Is Love Is Love — Jack (segment "Two for Dinner")
• 2020Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) — Victor Zsasz
• 2020She Dies Tomorrow — Jason
• 2020The Secrets We Keep — Lewis
• 2019Light of My Life — Thanks
• 2019The True Adventures of Wolfboy — Denny
• 2019Zeroville — Brian De Palma
• 2018Blame — Jeremy Woods
• Sharp Objects — Richard Willis
• 2018Too Long at the Fair — Lee
• 2017The Sweet Life — Kenny
• 2016Live by Night — Dion Bartolo
• 2016Ordinary World — Jake
• 2015Alex of Venice — George, Director
• 2015Digging for Fire — Tango
• 2015Manglehorn — Jacob
• OM CITY — Joseph
• 2014Cake — Jason Bennett
• 2014Palo Alto — Mitch
• 2014The Oven — Narrator
• 2013Fairhaven — Dave, Executive Producer
• 201228 Hotel Rooms — Man, Executive Producer
• 2012Argo — Malinov
• 2012Celeste & Jesse Forever — Paul
• 2012Denise — Brad
• 2012Ruby Sparks — Harry
• 2012The Giant Mechanical Man — Tim
• The Mindy Project — Dr. Danny Castellano
• The Newsroom — Reese Lansing
• 2011Like Crazy — Mike Appletree
• 2011The Trouble with Bliss — NJ
• 2010An Invisible Sign — Ben Smith
• 2010Devil — Detective Bowden
• 2010Greenberg — Phillip Greenberg
• 2010Monogamy — Theo
• 2009Away We Go — Tom
• 2009Brief Interviews with Hideous Men — Subject #19
• 2009Julie & Julia — Eric Powell
• 2008Humboldt County — Max
• 2008Made of Honor — Dennis
• 2008Towelhead — Barry
• 2008Vicky Cristina Barcelona — Doug
• Damages — Chris Sanchez
• 2007Security — Zelly
• 2006Ira & Abby — Ira Black
• Medium — Casey Edward Frank
• 2005Road — Larry
• Six Feet Under — Ted Fairwell
• 2000Turn It Up — Baz
• Third Watch — Charlie
• 1998Rounders — Higgins
• 1998The Siege — Corporal
• 1998You've Got Mail — Fox Salesperson
• Law & Order — Tommy Bell, Kevin Turner, Don Cushman
• Hellhound
• Lear Rex — Cornwall
• Tumor
• We're Just Married

Appearances as themselves (6)

• The Late Late Show with James Corden — Self - Guest
• Off Camera with Sam Jones — Self
• 2014Showing Up — Self
• 2014The Mindy Project: Cast and Creators Live at PALEYFEST 2014 — Self
• Made in Hollywood — Self
• The View — Self