Paul Mescal
Birthday: 1996-02-02 | Place of Birth: Maynooth, County Kildare, Republic of IrelandPaul 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).
Known For
Acting
Role
as Lionel
as Will
as Lucius
as Self
as Self / Narrator (voice)
as Aidan
as Harry
as Junior
as Brian O'Hara
as Calum
as Will
as Cian
as Connell Waldron
as Sean
as Sausage Son
as Alec Milius
as Connor McGonal
as Franklin Shepard
as Himself
