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Paul Mescal

Paul Mescal

Known For Acting
Birthday Feb 02, 1996 (29)
Birthplace Maynooth, County Kildare, Republic of Ireland
Popularity 1 (history)
Updated Aug 13, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 nominatio ... n 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Mescal, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Filmography

Hamnet

Hamnet

2025

as William

Gladiator II

Gladiator II

2024

as Lucius

Foe

Foe

2023

as Junior

Carmen

Carmen

2023

as Aidan

All of Us Strangers

All of Us Strangers

2023

as Harry

Aftersun

Aftersun

2022

as Calum

God's Creatures

God's Creatures

2022

as Brian O'Hara

The Lost Daughter

The Lost Daughter

2021

as Will

This Is Our Youth

This Is Our Youth

2020

as Dennis Ziegler

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Normal People

as Connell Waldron

Episodes: 12

First Aired: Apr 26, 2020

The Deceived

as Sean

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Aug 03, 2020

The Graham Norton Show

as Self

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Feb 22, 2007

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

as Self

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Dec 21, 2014

The Late Late Show

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jul 06, 1962

Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 25, 2014

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 26, 2003

Chicken Shop Date

as Self - Guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 03, 2014

Hot Ones

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 12, 2015

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 08, 2015

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 11, 1975

Chicken Shop Date

as Self - Guest (Archive Footage)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 03, 2014

Today with Hoda & Jenna

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 08, 2019

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 09, 2019

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