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Chris Messina

11 Aug, 1974 in New York City, New York, USA

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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Christopher Messina克里斯·梅西納

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Argo
73% (2012)
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Monogamy
41% (2010)
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Fairhaven
51% (2013)
Denise
70% (2012)
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Air
73% (2023)
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Manglehorn
55% (2015)
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Towelhead
62% (2008)
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Cake
63% (2014)
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Palo Alto
61% (2014)
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Rounders
70% (1998)
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Zeroville
51% (2019)
The Oven
60% (2014)
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Lear Rex
0% (1970)
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Blame
67% (2018)
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Call Jane
66% (2022)