Chris Messina
- Known For: Acting
- Birthday: 11-08-1974
- Gender: Male
- Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
- Also Known As:
Christopher Messina
- Popularity: 20.48
- Homepage: N/A
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Christopher Messina (born August 11, 1974) is an American actor and film director. He has appeared in supporting roles in films such as Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Argo, Julie & Julia, Ruby Sparks, Celeste and Jesse Forever, You've Got Mail, and Birds of Prey. He starred in the film The Giant Mechanical Man. On television, he appeared in roles as Chris Sanchez in Damages, Reese Lansing in The Newsroom and as Danny Castellano in The Mindy Project, the latter of which earned him two nominations for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series.
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| Year | Movie | Character |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Devil | as Detective Bowden |
| 2006 | Ira & Abby | as Ira Black |
| 2012 | 28 Hotel Rooms | as Man |
| 2010 | Monogamy | as Theo |
| 2013 | Fairhaven | as Dave |
| 2012 | Denise | as Brad |
| 2017 | The Sweet Life | as Kenny |
| 2012 | The Giant Mechanical Man | as Tim |
| 2023 | I.S.S. | as Gordon Barrett |
| 2023 | The Boogeyman | as Will Harper |
| 1970 | We're Just Married | |
| 2012 | Ruby Sparks | as Harry |
| 2014 | The Oven | as Narrator |
| 2020 | The Secrets We Keep | as Lewis |
| 2021 | Love is Love is Love | as Jack (segment "Two for Dinner") |
| 2022 | Call Jane | as Will |
| 2018 | Too Long at the Fair | as Lee |
| 2022 | The Aviary | as Seth |
| 2009 | Julie & Julia | as Eric Powell |
| 2010 | An Invisible Sign | as Ben Smith |
| 2015 | Manglehorn | as Jacob |
| 2016 | Live by Night | as Dion Bartolo |
| 2008 | Made of Honor | as Dennis |
| 2012 | Celeste & Jesse Forever | as Paul |
| 2015 | Alex of Venice | as George |
| 2016 | Ordinary World | as Jake |
| 2019 | The True Adventures of Wolfboy | as Denny |
| 2021 | I Care a Lot | as Dean Ericson |
| 2020 | She Dies Tomorrow | as Jason |
| 2023 | Dreamin’ Wild | as Matt Sullivan |
| 2008 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | as Doug |
| 2009 | Secret Ingredients: Creating Julie & Julia | |
| 2020 | Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) | as Victor Zsasz |
| 2023 | Air | as David Falk |
| 2010 | Greenberg | as Phillip Greenberg |
| 2000 | Turn It Up | as Baz |
| 2008 | Humboldt County | as Max |
| 2011 | The Trouble with Bliss | as NJ |
| 2011 | Like Crazy | as Mike Appletree |
| 2014 | Cake | as Jason Bennett |
| 2013 | Palo Alto | as Mitch |
| 2008 | Towelhead | as Barry |
| 2018 | Blame | as Jeremy Woods |
| 2015 | Digging for Fire | as Tango |
| 2012 | Argo | as Malinov |
| 2009 | Brief Interviews with Hideous Men | as Subject #19 |
| 2009 | Away We Go | as Tom Garnett |
| 2014 | Showing Up | as Self |
| 2019 | Zeroville | as Brian De Palma |
| 1998 | The Siege | as Corporal |
| 1998 | Rounders | as Higgins |
| 1998 | You've Got Mail | as Fox Salesperson |
| 2019 | Light of My Life | |
| 2015 | Alex of Venice | |
| 2012 | 28 Hotel Rooms | |
| 2013 | Fairhaven |
| Photo | Name | Department |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Six Feet Under (12 episode) | as Ted Fairwell |
| 2005 | Medium (1 episode) | as Casey Edward Frank |
| 2007 | Damages (1 episode) | |
| 2012 | The Mindy Project (93 episode) | as Danny Castellano |
| 2018 | Sharp Objects (8 episode) | as Richard Willis |
| 1997 | The View (1 episode) | as Self |
| 2014 | Off Camera with Sam Jones (1 episode) | as Self |
| 2012 | The Newsroom (14 episode) | as Reese Lansing |
| 1990 | Law & Order (1 episode) | as Tommy Bell |
| 1990 | Law & Order (1 episode) | as Kevin Turner |
| 1990 | Law & Order (1 episode) | as Don Cushman |
| 2023 | Based on a True Story (8 episode) | as Nathan Bartlett |