Biography
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 (2...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Juror #2
2024
as Eric Resnick
While serving as a juror in a high profile murder trial, family man Justin Kemp finds himself struggling with a serious moral dilemma…one he could use...

I.S.S.
2024
as Gordon Barrett
Tensions flare in the near future aboard the International Space Station as a conflict breaks out on Earth. U.S. and Russian astronauts receive orders...

Dreamin' Wild
2023
as Matt Sullivan
The true story of the Emerson family and the tumult that followed the success of their self-recorded pop-funk album of the same name, which went large...

The Boogeyman
2023
as Will Harper
Still reeling from the tragic death of their mother, a teenage girl and her younger sister find themselves plagued by a sadistic presence in their hou...

Air
2023
as David Falk
Discover the game-changing partnership between a then undiscovered Michael Jordan and Nike's fledgling basketball division which revolutionized the wo...

Call Jane
2022
as Will
A married woman with an unwanted pregnancy lives in a time in America where she can't get a legal abortion and works with a group of suburban women to...

The Aviary
2022
as Seth
A twisted journey of two women’s desperate flee to escape the clutches of Skylight, an insidious cult. Lured in by the promise of “freedom” in the iso...

Love is Love is Love
2021
as Jack (segment "Two for Dinner")
Three stories that explore love, commitment, and loyalty between couples and friends. "Two for Dinner" where a married couple temporarily ...

I Care a Lot
2021
as Dean Ericson
A court-appointed legal guardian defrauds her older clients and traps them under her care. But her latest mark comes with some unexpected baggage.

The Secrets We Keep
2020
as Lewis
In post-World War II America, a woman, rebuilding her life in the suburbs with her husband, kidnaps her neighbor and seeks vengeance for the heinous w...

She Dies Tomorrow
2020
as Jason
Amy is ravaged by the notion that she is going to die tomorrow, which sends her down a dizzying emotional spiral. When her skeptical friend Jane disco...

Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
2020
as Victor Zsasz
Harley Quinn joins forces with a singer, an assassin and a police detective to help a young girl who had a hit placed on her after she stole a rare di...

The True Adventures of Wolfboy
2019
as Denny
Follows a young boy who runs away from home in the search of his estranged mother.

Zeroville
2019
as Brian De Palma
A young actor arrives in Hollywood in 1969 during a transitional time in the Industry.

Light of My Life
2019
Thanks
Parent and child journey through the outskirts of society a decade after a pandemic has wiped out half the world's population. As a father struggles t...

Too Long at the Fair
2018
as Lee
Charlie and Val are best friends and owners of a fledgeling Princess party business in Los Angeles. After a mishap at a client’s party, the two find t...

Blame
2018
as Jeremy Woods
A drama teacher's taboo relationship with an unstable student strikes a nerve in her jealous classmate, sparking a vengeful chain of events within the...

The Sweet Life
2017
as Kenny
Kenny is an ice cream vendor in Chicago with a crisp white uniform and an apathetic heart. When he encounters Lolita, a sharp-tongued but despondent i...

Live by Night
2016
as Dion Bartolo
A group of Boston-bred gangsters set up shop in balmy Florida during the Prohibition era, facing off against the competition and the Ku Klux Klan.

Ordinary World
2016
as Jake
Perry is a happily married father of two living a comfortable but sedate life in the suburbs. On the occasion of his 40th birthday, he seeks to revisi...

Digging for Fire
2015
as Tango
Tim and Lee are married with a young child. The chance to stay at a fancy home in the Hollywood Hills is complicated by Tim's discovery of a bone and ...

Manglehorn
2015
as Jacob
AJ Manglehorn is an aging, ordinary guy in a small town. He nurses his sick cat, squeezes out a conversation with the local bank teller every Friday, ...

Alex of Venice
2015
as George
After her stay-at-home husband leaves her, a workaholic lawyer finds that she is not completely up to the tasks of caring for her young son, ailing fa...

Alex of Venice
2015
Director
After her stay-at-home husband leaves her, a workaholic lawyer finds that she is not completely up to the tasks of caring for her young son, ailing fa...
The Oven
2014
as Narrator
A young couple get into a fight before a very important party. Little do they know an outsider has tuned into their conversation.

Cake
2014
as Jason Bennett
After having visions of a member of her support group who killed herself, a woman who also suffers with chronic pain seeks out the widower of the suic...

Showing Up
2014
as Self
An unprecedented look at the audition, compiled from more than 50 interviews with notable artists including Kristin Chenoweth, Richard Griffiths, Zoe ...

Palo Alto
2013
as Mitch
A lack of parental guidance encourages teens in an affluent California town to rebel with substance abuse and casual sex.

Fairhaven
2013
as Dave
Long-time friends reconnect when one returns to their small Massachusetts town for a funeral.

Fairhaven
2013
Executive Producer
Long-time friends reconnect when one returns to their small Massachusetts town for a funeral.

Argo
2012
as Malinov
As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter ...

Celeste & Jesse Forever
2012
as Paul
Celeste and Jesse met in high school and got married young. They laugh at the same jokes and finish each other’s sentences. They are forever linked in...

Ruby Sparks
2012
as Harry
Calvin is a young novelist who achieved phenomenal success early in his career but is now struggling with his writing – as well as his romantic life. ...
Denise
2012
as Brad
A girl helps a guy untangle his web of lies.

The Giant Mechanical Man
2012
as Tim
An offbeat romantic comedy about a silver-painted street performer and the soft spoken zoo worker who falls for him.

28 Hotel Rooms
2012
as Man
While traveling for work in a city far from their homes, a novelist and a corporate accountant find themselves in bed together. Although she’s married...

28 Hotel Rooms
2012
Executive Producer
While traveling for work in a city far from their homes, a novelist and a corporate accountant find themselves in bed together. Although she’s married...

Like Crazy
2011
as Mike Appletree
A British college student falls for an American student, only to be separated from him when she's banned from the U.S. after overstaying her visa.

The Trouble With Bliss
2011
as NJ
35-year-old Morris Bliss is clamped in the jaws of New York City inertia: he wants to travel but has no money, he needs a job but has no prospects, he...

An Invisible Sign
2010
as Ben Smith
Mona Gray is a 20-year-old loner who, as a child, turned to math for salvation after her father became ill. As an adult, Mona now teaches the subject ...

Devil
2010
as Detective Bowden
A group of people are trapped in an elevator high above Philadelphia, and one of them is the devil.

Monogamy
2010
as Theo
Exhibitionism, voyeurism, jealousy, lust. Brooklyn wedding photographer Theo’s side business shooting surveillance-style photos of clients on the sly...

Greenberg
2010
as Phillip Greenberg
Roger Greenberg (Ben Stiller), a failed musician now making a living as a carpenter in New York, returns to Los Angeles to house-sit for his brother (...

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
2009
as Subject #19
After her boyfriend mysteriously leaves her with little explanation, a doctoral candidate in anthropology at a prestigious East Coast university is le...

Julie & Julia
2009
as Eric Powell
Julia Child and Julie Powell – both of whom wrote memoirs – find their lives intertwined. Though separated by time and space, both women are at loose ...

Away We Go
2009
as Tom
Verona and Burt have moved to Colorado to be close to Burt's parents but, with Verona expecting their first child, Burt's parents inexplicably decide ...

Anatomy of Hope
2009
as Dr. Gary Caplan
Medical drama based on the lives of cancer patients. Based on Jerome Groopman's "The Anatomy of Hope: How People Prevail in the Face of Illness."

Humboldt County
2008
as Max
Peter is a medical student about to graduate and begin his residency. When his professor fails him, he winds up in bed with an actress and singer name...

Towelhead
2008
as Barry
A young Arab-American girl struggles with her sexual obsession, a bigoted Army reservist, and her strict father during the Gulf War.

Vicky Cristina Barcelona
2008
as Doug
Two girlfriends on a summer holiday in Spain become enamored with the same painter, unaware that his ex-wife, with whom he has a tempestuous relations...

Made of Honor
2008
as Dennis
Tom and Hannah have been platonic friends for 10 years. He's a serial dater, while she wants marriage but hasn't found Mr. Right. Just as Tom is start...

Ira & Abby
2006
as Ira Black
A neurotic, young psychology student, with low self-esteem, has a chance encounter with a free-spirited, extremely gregarious woman who works at the P...

Road
2005
as Larry
Two exes take a dual-purpose road trip: allow Margaret (Catherine Kellner), a freelance photographer, to complete her assignment to check up on toxic ...

Turn It Up
2000
as Baz
Trying to bootstrap his way out of Brooklyn's mean streets is Diamond, a rap musician. With his long-time pal Gage acting as his manager, he's trying ...

You've Got Mail
1998
as Fox Salesperson
Book superstore magnate, Joe Fox and independent book shop owner, Kathleen Kelly fall in love in the anonymity of the Internet—both blissfully unaware...

The Siege
1998
as Corporal
The secret US abduction of a suspected terrorist from his Middle East homeland leads to a wave of terrorist attacks in New York. An FBI senior agent ...

Rounders
1998
as Higgins
A young reformed gambler must return to playing big stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks.

We're Just Married
N/A
A suburban wife ends her marriage after having an affair with her neighbor.

Lear Rex
N/A
as Cornwall
An aging king splits up his kingdom for his three daughters to govern, but is misled about their affections and driven into exile.

Pressure
N/A
as Irving P. Krick
In the seventy two hours leading up to D-Day, all the pieces are in place except for one key element – the British weather. Britain’s chief meteorolog...
Hellhound
N/A
When a zombie outbreak hits small-town New York, a washed-up veterinarian must team up with his ex-wife and her new cop boyfriend to stop President Wi...