Christopher Messina (born August 11, 1974 in Northport, New York) is an American actor and director of Italian descent.
A supporting actor with numerous movie credits to his name since 1995, he's probably most well known since the 2010s for playing Dr. Daniel Castellano in The Mindy Project and Detective Richard Willis in Sharp Objects. His role as Malinov in 2012's Argo earned him multiple award nominations.
Works on TV Tropes:
Film:
- Rounders (1998) as Higgins
- The Siege (1998) as Corporal
- You've Got Mail (1998) as Fox salesman
- Made of Honor (2008) as Dennis
- Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) as Doug
- Away We Go (2009) as Tom Garnett
- Julie & Julia (2009) as Eric Powell
- Devil (2010) as Detective Bowden
- Like Crazy (2011) as Mike Appletree
- 28 Hotel Rooms as man
- Argo (2012) as Malinov
- Ruby Sparks (2012) as Harry Weir-Fields
- Live by Night (2016) as Dion Bartolo
- Blame as Jeremy Woods
- Birds of Prey (2020) as Victor Zsasz
- She Dies Tomorrow (2020) as Jason
- I Care a Lot (2021) as Dean Ericson
- The Aviary (2022) as Seth
- Air (2023) as David Falk
- The Boogeyman (2023) as Dr. Will Harper
- I.S.S. (2024) as Gordon Barrett
Live-Action Television:
- Six Feet Under (2005) as Ted
- Damages (2011-2012) as Chris Sanchez
- The Newsroom (2012-2014) as Reese Lansing
- The Mindy Project (2012-2017) as Danny Castellano
- Sharp Objects (2018) as Detective Richard Willis
- The Sinner (2020) as Nick Haas
- Gaslit (2022) as Agent Angelo Lano
- Based on a True Story (2023-) as Nathan Bartlett
