Paul Mescal

Known for ActingBorn 1996-02-02 (age 30)Maynooth, County Kildare, Republic of Ireland

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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Making of Gladiator II

Normal People

Hamnet

Aftersun

All of Us Strangers

The Graham Norton Show

Hot Ones

The History of Sound

Gladiator II

The Lost Daughter

Saturday Night Live

The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA

Golden Globe Awards

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Oscars

Carmen

God's Creatures

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Chicken Shop Date

Who Is Sabato De Sarno? A Gucci Story

Foe

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Deceived

The Late Late Show

Drifting

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

Today with Jenna & Sheinelle

The Beatles: John

The Beatles: George

The Beatles: Paul

The Beatles: Ringo

The Boys of Dungeon Lane: In Conversation with Paul McCartney and Paul Mescal

Inside Look: Hamnet

On the Red Carpet Presents: All of Us Strangers

This Is Our Youth

Movies with Ali Plumb

A Spy by Nature

Merrily We Roll Along

Hold On to Your Angels