Chris Messina

American actor, Chris Messina, is best known from his lead role in the horror film Devil. Messine was born in Northport, New York. In high school he studied theatre and his love for acting grew stronger from there on. Although Messina had enrolled in University to study acting, he decided to study acting privately with teachers around Manhattan. Messina first began his acting career as an off-Broadway actor. Later, he was able to land roles in the television series Law & Order, Third Watch and Medium. Messina has also had a recurring role in the fifth and final season of HBO’s drama Six Feet Under. He has also appeared in films like Rounders, The Siege, You’ve Got Mail and Towelhead. For HBO, Messina also played a role in a pilot show Anatomy of Hope. He was named as one of the actors to watch by Daily Variety in 2007. It was during that same year that Messina starred in Devil, a horror film directed by John Ericl Dowdle and Drew Dowdle, for producer M. Night Shyamalan and Universal Pictures. Messina also appeared in Monogamy, Damages, HBO’s The Newsroom, and Alex of Venice. Messina was also featured in the Fox/Hulu sitcom The Minty Project, where he played the role of Dr. Danny Castellano, and in Ben Afleck’s crim drama Live by Night. Eager to fulfil his passion for acting, Messina also played the leadingrole in the HBO series Sharp Objects. His most recent role was that of a mob killer in Birds of Prey.