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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 2, 1996
Place of Birth
Maynooth, County Kildare, Republic of Ireland
Also Known As
- ポール メスカル
- 폴 메스컬
- Paul Colm Michael Mescal
- پاول مسکال
Paul Mescal
2.2 Popularity
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 Named Desire. Mescal expanded to big-budget films with a leading role in the historical action film Gladiator II (2024).
Known For
8.2
Will
Hamnet
2025
6.1
Lionel
The History of Sound
2025
10.0
Self
The Making of Gladiator II
2024
6.6
Lucius
Gladiator II
2024
5.8
Self / Narrator (voice)
Who Is Sabato De Sarno? A Gucci Story
2024
🎬
0.0
Self
On the Red Carpet Presents: All of Us Strangers
2024
7.4
Harry
All of Us Strangers
2023
5.7
Junior
Foe
2023
6.1
Aidan
Carmen
2023
7.7
Calum
Aftersun
2022
Credits
Hamnet
as Will
2025
8.2
The History of Sound
as Lionel
2025
6.1
The Making of Gladiator II
as Self
2024
10.0
Gladiator II
as Lucius
2024
6.6
Who Is Sabato De Sarno? A Gucci Story
as Self / Narrator (voice)
2024
5.8
🎬
On the Red Carpet Presents: All of Us Strangers
as Self
2024
0.0
All of Us Strangers
as Harry
2023
7.4
Foe
as Junior
2023
5.7
Carmen
as Aidan
2023
6.1
Aftersun
as Calum
2022
7.7
God's Creatures
as Brian O'Hara
2022
6.0
The Lost Daughter
as Will
2021
6.5
This Is Our Youth
as Dennis Ziegler
2020
0.0
The Deceived
as Sean
2020
5.2
Drifting
as Cian
2020
5.0
Normal People
as Connell Waldron
2020
8.1
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
6.3
Today with Hoda & Jenna
as Self
2019
4.5
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2015
6.2
Hot Ones
as Self
2015
7.2
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
2014
4.6
Chicken Shop Date
as Self - Guest
2014
6.0
Chicken Shop Date
as Self - Guest (archive footage)
2014
6.0
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
5.3
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
7.2
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2003
5.5
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975
7.0
The Late Late Show
as Self
1962
5.2
Merrily We Roll Along
as Franklin Shepard
N/A
0.0
🎬
A Spy by Nature
as Alec Milius
N/A
0.0
The Beatles: Paul
as Paul McCartney
N/A
0.0
The Beatles: Ringo
as Paul McCartney
N/A
0.0
The Beatles: John
as Paul McCartney
N/A
0.0
The Beatles: George
as Paul McCartney
N/A
0.0