Paul Mescal

Acting · Born 1996-02-02 in Maynooth, County Kildare, Republic of Ireland

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…

Filmography

• Hamnet as Will
• Aftersun as Calum
• All of Us Strangers as Harry
• The History of Sound as Lionel
• Who Is Sabato De Sarno? A Gucci Story as Self / Narrator (voice)
• Gladiator II as Lucius
• The Lost Daughter as Will
• Carmen as Aidan
• Drifting as Cian
• God's Creatures as Brian O'Hara

TV

• Normal People as Connell Waldron
• Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
• The Late Late Show as Self
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
• The Graham Norton Show as Self
• The Deceived as Sean
• Chicken Shop Date as Self - Guest
• Hot Ones as Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self