Chris Messina

Chris Messina

1974-08-11 New York City, New York, USA 61 Credits

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...

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Juror #2

Juror #2

2024

as Eric Resnick

6.8
Acting

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.

I.S.S.

2024

as Gordon Barrett

5.8
Acting

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

Dreamin' Wild

2023

as Matt Sullivan

5.9
Acting

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

The Boogeyman

2023

as Will Harper

6.4
Acting

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

Air

2023

as David Falk

7.3
Acting

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

Call Jane

Call Jane

2022

as Will

6.4
Acting

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

The Aviary

2022

as Seth

5.3
Acting

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

Love is Love is Love

2021

as Jack (segment "Two for Dinner")

4.6
Acting

Three sto­ries that explore love, com­mit­ment, and loy­al­ty between cou­ples and friends. "Two for Din­ner" where a mar­ried cou­ple tem­porar­i­ly ...

I Care a Lot

I Care a Lot

2021

as Dean Ericson

6.6
Acting

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

The Secrets We Keep

2020

as Lewis

6.0
Acting

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

She Dies Tomorrow

2020

as Jason

5.1
Acting

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)

Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)

2020

as Victor Zsasz

6.9
Acting

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

The True Adventures of Wolfboy

2019

as Denny

5.9
Acting

Follows a young boy who runs away from home in the search of his estranged mother.

Zeroville

Zeroville

2019

as Brian De Palma

5.1
Acting

A young actor arrives in Hollywood in 1969 during a transitional time in the Industry.

Light of My Life

Light of My Life

2019

Thanks

6.4

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

Too Long at the Fair

2018

as Lee

Acting

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

Blame

2018

as Jeremy Woods

6.6
Acting

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

The Sweet Life

2017

as Kenny

6.0
Acting

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

Live by Night

2016

as Dion Bartolo

6.3
Acting

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

Ordinary World

2016

as Jake

5.8
Acting

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

Digging for Fire

2015

as Tango

5.1
Acting

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

Manglehorn

2015

as Jacob

5.4
Acting

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

Alex of Venice

2015

as George

5.9
Acting

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

Alex of Venice

2015

Director

5.9
Directing

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

6.0
Acting

A young couple get into a fight before a very important party. Little do they know an outsider has tuned into their conversation.

Cake

Cake

2014

as Jason Bennett

6.3
Acting

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

Showing Up

2014

as Self

9.2
Acting

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

Palo Alto

Palo Alto

2013

as Mitch

6.1
Acting

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

Fairhaven

Fairhaven

2013

as Dave

5.1
Acting

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

Fairhaven

Fairhaven

2013

Executive Producer

5.1
Producing

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

Argo

Argo

2012

as Malinov

7.3
Acting

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

Celeste & Jesse Forever

2012

as Paul

6.4
Acting

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

Ruby Sparks

2012

as Harry

7.1
Acting

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

7.0
Acting

A girl helps a guy untangle his web of lies.

The Giant Mechanical Man

The Giant Mechanical Man

2012

as Tim

6.5
Acting

An offbeat romantic comedy about a silver-painted street performer and the soft spoken zoo worker who falls for him.

28 Hotel Rooms

28 Hotel Rooms

2012

as Man

5.5
Acting

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

28 Hotel Rooms

2012

Executive Producer

5.5
Producing

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

Like Crazy

2011

as Mike Appletree

6.4
Acting

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

The Trouble With Bliss

2011

as NJ

5.0
Acting

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

An Invisible Sign

2010

as Ben Smith

5.2
Acting

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

Devil

2010

as Detective Bowden

6.1
Acting

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

Monogamy

Monogamy

2010

as Theo

4.2
Acting

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

Greenberg

Greenberg

2010

as Phillip Greenberg

5.9
Acting

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

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men

2009

as Subject #19

5.1
Acting

After her boyfriend mysteriously leaves her with little explanation, a doctoral candidate in anthropology at a prestigious East Coast university is le...

Julie & Julia

Julie & Julia

2009

as Eric Powell

6.7
Acting

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

Away We Go

2009

as Tom

6.7
Acting

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

Anatomy of Hope

2009

as Dr. Gary Caplan

1.0
Acting

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

Humboldt County

2008

as Max

5.7
Acting

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

Towelhead

2008

as Barry

6.2
Acting

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

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

2008

as Doug

6.8
Acting

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

Made of Honor

2008

as Dennis

6.5
Acting

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

Ira & Abby

2006

as Ira Black

5.6
Acting

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

Road

2005

as Larry

2.2
Acting

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

Turn It Up

2000

as Baz

4.7
Acting

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

You've Got Mail

1998

as Fox Salesperson

6.7
Acting

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

The Siege

1998

as Corporal

6.3
Acting

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

Rounders

1998

as Higgins

7.0
Acting

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

We're Just Married

We're Just Married

N/A

Acting

A suburban wife ends her marriage after having an affair with her neighbor.

Lear Rex

Lear Rex

N/A

as Cornwall

Acting

An aging king splits up his kingdom for his three daughters to govern, but is misled about their affections and driven into exile.

Pressure

Pressure

N/A

as Irving P. Krick

Acting

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

Acting

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...