Known For
Acting
Born
Feb 02, 1996
Place of Birth
Maynooth, County Kildare, Republic of Ireland
Credits
40 titles
Paul Mescal
Biography
Paul Colm Michael Mescal (/ˈmɛskəl/ MESS-kəl; born 2 February 1996) is an Irish actor. His accolades include two BAFTA Awards and a Laurence Olivier Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Golden Globe Award. Born in Dublin and raised in Maynooth, he studied acting at The Lir Academy and then performed in plays in Dublin theatres. Mescal's breakthrough came with a leading role in the BBC / Hulu romantic drama miniseries Normal People (2020), earning him the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor and a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie. Mescal transitioned to film acting with his debut in the psychological drama The Lost Daughter (2021). For his performance as a troubled father in the coming-of-age drama Aftersun (2022), he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. He gained further recognition for his performances in the psychological drama All of Us Strangers (2023), the historical action film Gladiator II (2024), and for his portrayal of William Shakespeare in Hamnet (2025). On stage, he portrayed Stanley Kowalski in a West End revival of the Tennessee Williams play A Streetcar Named Desire (2022), which won him the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Mescal, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
The Beatles: John
Paul McCartney
The Beatles: Paul
Paul McCartney
The Beatles: George
Paul McCartney
The Beatles: Ringo
Paul McCartney
The Boys of Dungeon Lane: In Conversation with Paul McCartney and Paul Mescal
Self
Inside Look: Hamnet
Self
Hamnet
Will
The History of Sound
Lionel
The Making of Gladiator II
Self
Gladiator II
Lucius
Who Is Sabato De Sarno? A Gucci Story
Self / Narrator (voice)
On the Red Carpet Presents: All of Us Strangers
Self
All of Us Strangers
Harry
Foe
Junior
Carmen
Aidan
Aftersun
Calum
God's Creatures
Brian O'Hara
The Lost Daughter
Will
This Is Our Youth
Dennis Ziegler
The Deceived
Sean
Drifting
Cian
Normal People
Connell Waldron
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
Self
Movies with Ali Plumb
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
Hot Ones
Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
Chicken Shop Date
Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
The Graham Norton Show
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
Self
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
The Late Late Show
Self
The Oscars
Self - Presenter
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
Merrily We Roll Along
Franklin Shepard
A Spy by Nature
Alec Milius
Hold On to Your Angels