Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
February 2, 1996
Place of Birth:
Maynooth, County Kildare, Republic of Ireland
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Paul Mescal
Biography
Paul Colm Michael Mescal (/ˈmɛskəl/ MESS-kəl; born 2 February 1996) is an Irish actor. Born in Maynooth, he studied acting at The Lir Academy and then performed in plays in Dublin theatres. He rose to fame with his role in the miniseries Normal People (2020), earning a BAFTA TV Award and a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award.
Mescal progressed to film acting with roles in the psychological dramas The Lost Daughter (2021) and God's Creatures (2022). His starring roles as a troubled father in Aftersun (2022) and a mysterious neighbour in All of Us Strangers (2023) earned him nominations for BAFTA Film Awards in addition to a nomination for an Academy Award for the former. He received a Laurence Olivier Award for his portrayal of Stanley Kowalski in a 2022 revival of the play A Streetcar Named Desire. Mescal expanded to big-budget films with a leading role in the historical action film Gladiator II (2024).
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | The History of Sound | Lionel |
| 2025 | Hamnet | William Shakespeare |
| 2024 | On the Red Carpet Presents: All of Us Strangers | Self |
| 2024 | Who Is Sabato De Sarno? A Gucci Story | Self / Narrator (voice) |
| 2024 | Gladiator II | Lucius |
| 2024 | The Making of Gladiator II | Self |
| 2023 | All of Us Strangers | Harry |
| 2023 | Carmen | Aidan |
| 2023 | Foe | Junior |
| 2022 | Aftersun | Calum |
| 2022 | God's Creatures | Brian O'Hara |
| 2021 | The Lost Daughter | Will |
| 2020 | This Is Our Youth | Dennis Ziegler |
| 2020 | Drifting | Cian |
| 2018 | Seize the Denny | Sausage Son |
| The End of Getting Lost | Duncan | |
| A Spy by Nature | Alec Milius | |
| Merrily We Roll Along | Franklin Shepard | |
| The Beatles: John | Paul McCartney | |
| The Beatles: George | Paul McCartney | |
| The Beatles: Paul | Paul McCartney | |
| The Beatles: Ringo | Paul McCartney |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Normal People | Connell Waldron |
| 2020 | The Deceived | Sean |
| 2019 | Today with Hoda & Jenna | Self |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | |
| 2015 | Hot Ones | Self |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self |
| 2014 | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self |
| 2014 | Chicken Shop Date | Self - Guest |
| 2014 | Chicken Shop Date | Self - Guest (Archive Footage) |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show | Self |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host |
| 1962 | The Late Late Show | Self |