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Chris Messina

Chris Messina

Birthday: 1974-08-11 | Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA

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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
The Aviary

as    Seth

2022
Call Jane

as    Will

2021
I Care a Lot

as    Dean Ericson

2021
Love is Love is Love

as    Jack (segment "Two for Dinner")

2020
She Dies Tomorrow

as    Jason

2020
The Secrets We Keep

as    Lewis

2018
Blame

as    Jeremy Woods

2018
Sharp Objects

as    Richard Willis

2016
Live by Night

as    Dion Bartolo

2016
Ordinary World

as    Jake

2015
Alex of Venice

as    George

2015
Manglehorn

as    Jacob

2015
Digging for Fire

as    Tango

2014
Cake

as    Jason Bennett

2014
Palo Alto

as    Mitch

2014
The Oven

as    Narrator

2013
Fairhaven

as    Dave

2012
Ruby Sparks

as    Harry

2012
28 Hotel Rooms

as    Man

2012
Celeste & Jesse Forever

as    Paul

2012
The Giant Mechanical Man

as    Tim

2011
Like Crazy

as    Mike Appletree

2011
The Trouble With Bliss

as    NJ

2010
An Invisible Sign

as    Ben Smith

2010
Devil

as    Detective Bowden

2010
Greenberg

as    Phillip Greenberg

2010
Monogamy

as    Theo