Chris Messina
Year Title Role Notes
1995 Law & Order Tommy Bell Episode : Rebels
1996 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 The Newsroom Reese Lansing 12 episodes
2012-17 The Mindy Project Dr. Daniel Castellano Main cast ( season 1-4 ) Recurring ( season 5-6 ) : 89 episodes
2018 Sharp Objects Detective Richard Willis Main role
2019 Robot Chicken Officer Big Mac , Honda Man , Mr. Peterson ( voice ) Episode : Boogie Bardstown in : No Need , I Have Coupons
2020 The Sinner Nick Haas Main role
Filmography -- Television
Christopher 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 starred in the film The Giant Mechanical Man. On television, he appeared in roles as Chris Sanchez in Damages, Reese Lansing in The Newsroom and as Danny Castellano in The Mindy Project, the latter of which earned him two nominations for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series.