Chris Messina is an American actor and film director who has appeared in movies like Julie & Julia (2009), Greenberg (2010), Devil (2010), Like Crazy (2011), Argo (2012) and Palo Alto (2013). He made his debut in the 1998 movie Rounders which had Matt Damon and Edward Norton in the lead. He also made his directorial debut with the Mary Elizabeth Winstead starrer, Alex of Venice (2014). Messina has acted in TV shows like Six Feet Under (2005), Damages (2010), The Newsroom (2012), The Mindy Project (2012) and The Secrets We Keep (2020).