Chris Messina - wikipedia Chris Messina This article is about the actor. For the open source advocate, see Chris Messina ( open source advocate ). Chris Messina Messina in 2014 ( 1974 - 08 - 11 ) August 11, 1974 ( age 43 ) Northport, New York, U.S. Occupation Actor, film director Years active 1995 -- present Spouse ( s ) Rosemarie DeWitt ( m. 1995 ; div. 2006 ) Partner ( s ) Joan Del Santo Children Chris 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, and You 've Got Mail. He won critical acclaim for his lead performance in the film The Giant Mechanical Man. On television, he is known for his roles as Chris Sanchez in Damages and as Danny Castellano in The Mindy Project. Contents 1 Life and career 1.1 Personal life 2 Filmography 2.1 Film 2.2 Television 3 Stage 4 Awards and nominations 5 References 6 External links Life and career Messina was born in Northport, New York. He studied theater in high school, and attended Marymount Manhattan College, but dropped out after one semester. He studied acting privately with teachers around Manhattan, and started his career as an off - Broadway actor. He has appeared in episodes of the television series Law & Order, Third Watch, and Medium. He had a recurring role in the fifth and final season of the HBO drama series Six Feet Under as Ted Fairwell. His film credits include Rounders, The Siege, You 've Got Mail, and Towelhead. He starred in an HBO pilot Anatomy of Hope, directed by J.J. Abrams. Simon Callow also starred, but the pilot was not picked up to series. In October 2007, Daily Variety named him as one of ten actors to watch. He starred in Devil, under the direction of John Erick Dowdle and Drew Dowdle, for producer M. Night Shyamalan and Universal Pictures. In April 2010, Monogamy, directed by Dana Adam Shapiro and starring Messina and Rashida Jones, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, where the film won the jury prize for Best New York Narrative. Messina joined the cast of Damages for its fourth and fifth seasons. He played a recurring character on HBO 's The Newsroom. Messina was a series regular on the Hulu sitcom The Mindy Project, playing Dr. Danny Castellano. In 2014, Messina played the role of a cheating spouse in the music video for Sam Smith 's `` I 'm Not the Only One ''. That same year, he directed the independent drama, Alex of Venice, starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Don Johnson and Matthew Del Negro. He co-starred in friend Ben Affleck 's crime drama Live by Night, which was released in December 2016. Personal life Messina was married to actress Rosemarie DeWitt from 1995 to 2006. Messina and producer Jennifer Todd have two sons, Milo and Giovanni, born in 2008 and 2009, respectively. Messina is a Democrat. Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1995 When Dating Turns Dangerous Zach Educational film 1998 Rounders Higgins 1998 Siege, The The Siege Corporal 1998 You 've Got Mail Fox salesperson 2000 Turn It Up Baz 2001 Ordinary Sinner Silvio 2005 Road Larry 2005 Bittersweet Place Seymour 2005 Crooked Corner, The The Crooked Corner Nephew 2006 Ira & Abby Ira Black 2007 Security Zelly Short film 2007 Towelhead Barry 2008 Humboldt County Max 2008 Made of Honor Dennis 2008 Vicky Cristina Barcelona Doug 2009 Brief Interviews with Hideous Men Subject # 19 2009 Away We Go Tom Garnett 2009 Julie & Julia Eric Powell Greenberg Philip Greenberg Monogamy Theo Devil Detective Bowden Invisible Sign, An An Invisible Sign Ben Smith 2011 Like Crazy Mike Appletree 2011 Trouble with Bliss, The The Trouble with Bliss NJ 2012 Celeste and Jesse Forever Paul 2012 28 Hotel Rooms Man Also executive producer 2012 Giant Mechanical Man, The The Giant Mechanical Man Tim 2012 Fairhaven Dave Also writer and executive producer 2012 Denise Brad Short film 2012 Ruby Sparks Harry Weir - Fields 2012 Argo Malinov Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated -- Critics ' Choice Award for Best Acting Ensemble Nominated -- Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Ensemble Nominated -- San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Performance by an Ensemble Nominated -- Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble 2013 Palo Alto Mitch 2014 Oven, The The Oven Narrator Short film 2014 Showing Up Himself Documentary 2014 Alex of Venice George Also director 2014 Manglehorn Jacob 2014 Cake Jason 2015 Digging for Fire Billy T 2016 Ordinary World Jake 2016 Live by Night Dion Bartolo 2017 Blame Jeremy Woods 2018 The True Adventures of Wolfboy Denny Television Year Title Role Notes 1995 Law & Order Tommy Bell Episode : `` Rebels '' Law & Order Kevin Turner Episode : `` Homesick '' 2000 Third Watch Charlie Episode : `` History '' 2001 Big Apple Ricky Episode : `` A Ministering Angel '' 2003 Law & Order Don Cushman Episode : `` Suicide Box '' 2005 Six Feet Under Ted Fairwell 6 episodes 2007 Medium Casey Edward Frank Episode : `` The Whole Truth '' 2011 -- 12 Damages Chris Sanchez 16 episodes 2012 -- 14 Newsroom, The The Newsroom Reese Lansing 12 episodes 2012 -- 16 Mindy Project, The The Mindy Project Dr. Danny Castellano Main cast ( season 1 -- 4 ) Recurring ( season 5 ) : 87 episodes 2018 Sharp Objects Detective Richard Willis Stage Year Title Role Run Theater and production Notes American Clock, The The American Clock Sidney Margolies / Charley / Ralph / Walter October 19, 1997 -- unknown Signature Theatre Company at The Peter Norton Space 1999 Group, The The Group Director August 9 -- 20, 1999 All Seasons Theatre Group at The Ensemble Studio Theatre 1999 Refuge Nat November 18 -- December 12, 1999 Playwright 's Horizon Studio Theater 2000 Hologram Theory, The The Hologram Theory Joe Buck March 27 -- April 9, 2000 McGinn / Cazale Theater 2000 Light Outside, The The Light Outside Frankie November 5 -- December 16, 2000 The Flea Theater 2001 Tamicanfly C.J. January 17 -- February 4, 2001 McGinn / Cazale Theater 2001 Blur Joey D'Amico May 17 -- June 24, 2001 Manhattan Theater Club at New York City Center Stage II 2001 -- 02 Good Thing Bobby December 16, 2001 -- January 6, 2002 The New Group at The Theater at St. Clements Church 2002 This Thing of Darkness Abbey / Reef May 30 -- June 16, 2002 Atlantic Theater Company at Linda Gross Theater 2002 Faster Skram September 8 -- October 13, 2002 Rattlestick Theater 2002 -- 03 Far Away Todd November 11, 2002 -- January 18, 2003 New York Theater Workshop 2003 Salome by Oscar Wilde : The Reading The Young Syrian ( Captain of the Guard ) April 30 -- June 12, 2003 Ethel Barrymore Theater Broadway debut for Messina 2003 St. Scarlet Director June 13 -- July 12, 2003 Ontological Theater at St. Mark 's Church Motel Blues : Management Mike March 25 -- April 11, 2004 Apartment 929 at Greenwich Street Theatre Seagull, The The Seagull Treplev May 24 -- 29, 2004 White Heron Theater company at Second Stage Theatre Cherry Orchard, The The Cherry Orchard Trofimov August 11 -- 22, 2004 Williamstown Theatre Festival at Adams Memorial Theater Late Night, Early Morning October 21 -- 31, 2004 2004 Tribeca Theatre Festival Awards and nominations Year Award Work Result 2011 CinEuphoria Award Best Supporting Actor - International Competition Away We Go Won 2012 Awards Circuit Community Award Best Cast Ensemble Shared with Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin, John Goodman, Victor Garber, Scoot McNairy, Kyle Chandler, Clea DuVall, Tate Donovan, Rory Cochrane, Christopher Denham, and Kerry Bishé Argo Nominated San Diego Film Critics Society Award Best Ensemble Performance Shared with Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin, John Goodman, Victor Garber, Scoot McNairy, Kyle Chandler, Clea DuVall, Tate Donovan, Rory Cochrane, Christopher Denham, Kerry Bishé, Željko Ivanek, Titus Welliver, and Sheila Vand Nominated Phoenix Film Critics Society Award Best Ensemble Acting Shared with Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin, John Goodman, Victor Garber, Scoot McNairy, Kyle Chandler, Clea DuVall, Tate Donovan, Rory Cochrane, Christopher Denham, Kerry Bishé, Željko Ivanek, Titus Welliver, and Sheila Vand Nominated 2013 Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award Best Ensemble Shared with Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin, John Goodman, Victor Garber, Scoot McNairy, Kyle Chandler, Clea DuVall, Tate Donovan, Rory Cochrane, Christopher Denham, Kerry Bishé, Željko Ivanek, Titus Welliver, and Sheila Vand Nominated Palm Springs International Film Festival Best Ensemble Shared with Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin, John Goodman, Victor Garber, Scoot McNairy, Kyle Chandler, Clea DuVall, Tate Donovan, Rory Cochrane, Christopher Denham, Kerry Bishé, Željko Ivanek, Titus Welliver, and Sheila Vand Won Screen Actors Guild Award Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Shared with Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin, John Goodman, Victor Garber, Scoot McNairy, Kyle Chandler, Clea DuVall, Tate Donovan, Rory Cochrane, Christopher Denham, Kerry Bishé, Željko Ivanek, Titus Welliver, and Sheila Vand Won 2014 Critics ' Choice Television Award Best Actor in a Comedy Series The Mindy Project Nominated Seattle International Film Festival New American Cinema Award Alex of Venice Nominated 2015 Critics ' Choice Television Award Best Actor in a Comedy Series The Mindy Project Nominated References Jump up ^ Chang, Kee ( 23 January 2012 ). `` Sundance ' 12 : Q&A with Chris Messina ''. Anthem. Retrieved 5 February 2016. Jump up ^ Champagne, Christine ( October 19, 2007 ). `` 10 Actors To Watch : Chris Messina : ' Six Feet Under ' Actor Emerges With Full Slate ''. Variety. Retrieved 13 February 2013. Jump up ^ Messina goes to the DEVIL for Shyamalan and the Dowdles Archived October 18, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ Duboff, Josh ( April 29, 2010 ). `` When We Leave Scores Top Honors At Tribeca Film Festival ''. Vulture. Retrieved July 27, 2014. Jump up ^ `` Chris Messina Joins Damages ''. TVGuide.com. Retrieved February 2, 2011. Jump up ^ `` Chris Messina on Starring in What Seems Like Everything ''. Vulture. Retrieved July 26, 2012. Jump up ^ `` Chris Messina and his wife, who have two children together, expecting another baby ? ''. Retrieved October 4, 2016. Jump up ^ Christopher Rosen ( August 3, 2012 ). `` Chris Messina, ' Celeste And Jesse Forever ' Star, On His Crazy Year ''. Huffington Post. Retrieved March 12, 2013. Jump up ^ Caitlyn Callegari ( September 9, 2014 ). `` Who Is Jennifer Todd ? ' Mindy Project ' Star Chris Messina Has a Highly Successful Partner ''. bustle.com. Retrieved January 11, 2015. Jump up ^ Kramer, Gary ( November 19, 2012 ). `` 28 QUESTIONS FOR CHRIS MESSINA ABOUT `` 28 HOTEL ROOMS '' ``. Archived from the original on February 1, 2015. Retrieved May 17, 2015. Jump up ^ `` Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards list ( 2012 ) ''. Retrieved 12 February 2013. Jump up ^ `` Lortel Archives : Internet Off - Broadway Database listing for `` The American Clock '' ``. Jump up ^ `` The American Clock ''. The Commonwealth Foundation. Retrieved February 11, 2013. Jump up ^ Sommer, Elyse. `` A CurtainUp Review : The American Clock ''. CurtainUp.com. Retrieved February 11, 2013. Jump up ^ Daniels, Robert L. ( October 25, 1997 ). `` Legit Reviews : The American Clock ''. Variety. Jump up ^ McGrath, Sean. `` All Seasons Group at NYC 's E.S.T., Aug. 9 - 20 ''. The Group. Playbill. Retrieved February 11, 2013. Jump up ^ Goldberg, Jessica. Refuge. Dramatists Play Service Inc. p. 3. Jump up ^ Weber, Bruce. `` Theater Review : Those Credible Aliens, Not Quite Adult and Well Beyond Reason ''. The Hologram Theory. New York Times. Retrieved February 11, 2013. Jump up ^ `` PHOTO CALL : Colors Come Out At Hologram Theory Opening March 27 ''. Hologram Theory. Playbill. Retrieved February 11, 2013. Jump up ^ Finkle, David. `` Review : The Hologram Theory ''. Theatermania.com. Jump up ^ Bacalzo, Dan. `` Review : The Light Outside ''. Theatermania.com. Jump up ^ `` The Light Outside : Ticket information ''. Theatermania.com. Jump up ^ VanGelder, Lawrence ( January 20, 2001 ). `` THEATER REVIEW ; Got the Horse Right Here, Its Name Is Tamicanfly ''. New York Times. Retrieved February 14, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Lortel Archives : Internet off - Broadway Database listing for `` Blur '' ``. Jump up ^ Weber, Bruce. `` Theater Review : Through the Eyes of the Beholder ''. Blur. New York Times. Retrieved February 11, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Lortel Archives : Internet Off - Broadway Database listing for `` Good Thing '' ``. Jump up ^ Weber, Bruce. `` Theater Review : A Competition in Squalor From Adjoining Kitchens ''. Good Thing. New york Times. Retrieved February 11, 2013. Jump up ^ Finkle, David. `` Review : Good Thing ''. Theatermania.com. Jump up ^ `` Lortel Archives : Internet Off - Broadway Database listing for `` This Thing of Darkness '' ``. Jump up ^ `` Lortel Archives : Internet Off - Broadway Database listing for `` Faster '' ``. Jump up ^ Isherwood, Charles. `` Legit Reviews : Faster ''. Variety. Retrieved February 11, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Lortel Archives : Internet Off Broadway Database listing for `` Far Away '' ``. Jump up ^ `` IBDB listing for `` Salome '' ``. Jump up ^ `` Who 's Who in the Cast : Salome ''. Playbill. Archived from the original on July 30, 2013. Retrieved February 11, 2013. Jump up ^ `` OffOffOff Theater Review of `` St. Scarlet '' ``. OffOffOff.com. Jump up ^ Weber, Bruce. `` Theater Review : Siblings at Odds, A Stranger Uninvited ''. St. Scarlet. New York Times. Retrieved February 11, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Motel Blues : Show information ''. Theatermania.com. Jump up ^ `` CurtainUp Review of `` Motel Blues '' ``. CurtainUp.com. Jump up ^ Isaac, Dan. `` Review : The Seagull ''. Backstage.com. Jump up ^ Brantley, Ben. `` THEATER REVIEW ; Conflicting Impulses Of Chekhov 's Last Play ''. The Cherry Orchard. New York Times. Jump up ^ Rizzo, Frank. `` Legit Reviews : The Cherry Orchard ''. Variety. Retrieved February 11, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Williamstown Theatre Festival webpage ''. wtfestival.org. Archived from the original on June 3, 2013. Jump up ^ Willis, John ; Ben Hodges. Theatre World, Vol 61, 2004 - 2005. p. 231. External links Chris Messina on IMDb Chris Messina at the Internet Broadway Database Chris Messina at the Internet Off - Broadway Database Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture ( 2011 -- 2020 ) 2011 The Help Jessica Chastain, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Allison Janney, Chris Lowell, Ahna O'Reilly, Sissy Spacek, Octavia Spencer, Mary Steenburgen, Emma Stone, Cicely Tyson, Mike Vogel 2012 Argo Ben Affleck, Alan Arkin, Kerry Bishé, Kyle Chandler, Rory Cochrane, Bryan Cranston, Christopher Denham, Tate Donovan, Clea DuVall, Victor Garber, John Goodman, Scoot McNairy, Chris Messina 2013 American Hustle Amy Adams, Christian Bale, Louis C.K., Bradley Cooper, Jack Huston, Jennifer Lawrence, Alessandro Nivola, Michael Peña, Jeremy Renner, Elisabeth Röhm, Shea Whigham 2014 Birdman or ( The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance ) Zach Galifianakis, Michael Keaton, Edward Norton, Andrea Riseborough, Amy Ryan, Emma Stone, Naomi Watts 2015 Spotlight Billy Crudup, Brian d'Arcy James, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Mark Ruffalo, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery, Stanley Tucci 2016 Hidden Figures Mahershala Ali, Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, Taraji P. 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Question: who plays danny castellano on the mindy project
Answer: Chris Messina