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Paul Mescal

Paul Colm Michael Mescal (born 2 February 1996) is an Irish actor. Born in Maynooth, he studied acting at The Lir Academy and subsequently performed in plays in Dublin theatres. Mescal 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 expanded to films with roles in the psychological dramas The Lost Daughter (2021) and God's Creatures (2022). His leading role as a troubled father in Aftersun (2022) earned him nominations for an Academy Award and BAFTA Film Award. Mescal won a Laurence Olivier Award for his portrayal of Stanley Kowalski in a 2022 revival of the play A Streetcar Named Desire. The following year, he starred in the drama All of Us Strangers, for which he received his second BAFTA Film Award nomination. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Mescal, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Feb 2, 1996 In Maynooth, County Kildare, Republic of Ireland
Movie/TV Credits:
24
First Appeared:
In the movie The Beatles: Paul
Latest Project:
Movie Hamnet 2025
Known For
Poster of Hamnet
Poster of All of Us Strangers
Poster of A Spy by Nature
Poster of The Beatles: Paul
Filmography
Movie The Beatles: Paul Paul McCartney 2025
Movie Merrily We Roll Along Franklin Shepard 2025
Movie The History of Sound Lionel 2025
Movie A Spy by Nature Alec Milius 2025
Movie Hamnet William Shakespeare 2025
Movie The End of Getting Lost Duncan 2025
Movie Gladiator II Lucius Verus / Hanno 2024-11-05
Movie On the Red Carpet Presents: All of Us Strangers Self 2024-01-06
Movie Who Is Sabato De Sarno? A Gucci Story Self / Narrator (voice) 2024-03-15
Movie Foe Junior 2023-10-06
Movie All of Us Strangers Harry 2023-12-22
Movie Carmen Aidan 2023-04-21
Movie Aftersun Calum 2022-10-21
Movie God's Creatures Brian O'Hara 2022-09-30
Movie The Lost Daughter Will 2021-12-15
Series The Deceived Sean 2020-08-03
Series Normal People Connell Waldron 2020-04-26
Movie Drifting Cian 2020-07-11
Movie This Is Our Youth Dennis Ziegler 2020-10-20
Series Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Self 2014-12-21
Series Late Night with Seth Meyers Self 2014-02-25
Series The Graham Norton Show Self (archive footage) 2007-02-22
Series Jimmy Kimmel Live! Self 2003-01-26
Series The Late Late Show Self 1962-07-06