Jack Messina

Jack Messina (born 2008 or 2009) is an American teen actor, best known for his role as Cal Stone in the NBC/Netflix sci-fi drama Manifest.

Messina started acting at the age of seven, attending classes at the Actors Garage in Manhasset, Long Island, just east of New York City.

Messina made his television debut in September 2018, in the pilot episode of NBC's science fiction drama Manifest; from 2018 to 2021, he played the main cast character of Cal Stone, a young boy struggling with terminal leukaemia and a passenger on the mysterious returning airplane Flight 828.

In the season 3 finale, his character mysteriously aged five years, and the role was taken over by Ty Doran; while Doran played the older character through season 4 (2022–23), Messina returned in a guest appearance in the 2023 series finale, when the character (and the resolution of the plot) returned Flight 828 to the starting point of the series.

Messina appeared in a 2018 episode of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, as the younger son in an Italian immigrant family.

In 2022, Messina played the role of Chase, in the coming-of-age teenage drama film Over/Under, which focused on characters played by Anastasia Veronica Lee and Emajean Bullock.

Messina has made appearances in commercials for Eliquis and MVP Health.

Messina is a member of SAG-AFTRA, which has strict rules about children working on set; Messina had private tutoring on the set of Manifest to keep up with schoolwork.

Messina is keen on skiing during the winter.

Messina's future hopes are to someday work with either Will Ferrell, Jim Carrey or Tom Hanks.