Paul Mescal
Acting
Born: Feb 02, 1996
From: Maynooth, County Kildare, Republic of Ireland
Credits: 30 titles
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).
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Beatles: John | Paul McCartney | 2028 | — |
| The Beatles: George | Paul McCartney | 2028 | — |
| The Beatles: Paul | Paul McCartney | 2028 | — |
| The Beatles: Ringo | Paul McCartney | 2028 | — |
| The History of Sound | Lionel | 2025 | 6.6 |
| Hamnet | Will | 2025 | 7.7 |
| On the Red Carpet Presents: All of Us Strangers | Self | 2024 | — |
| Who Is Sabato De Sarno? A Gucci Story | Self / Narrator (voice) | 2024 | 5.8 |
| Gladiator II | Lucius | 2024 | 6.615 |
| The Making of Gladiator II | Self | 2024 | 10.0 |
| All of Us Strangers | Harry | 2023 | 7.394 |
| Carmen | Aidan | 2023 | 6.2 |
| Foe | Junior | 2023 | 5.785 |
| Aftersun | Calum | 2022 | 7.682 |
| God's Creatures | Brian O'Hara | 2022 | 6.092 |
| The Lost Daughter | Will | 2021 | 6.461 |
| This Is Our Youth | Dennis Ziegler | 2020 | — |
| Drifting | Cian | 2020 | 5.0 |
| Normal People TV | Connell Waldron | 2020 | 8.1 |
| The Deceived TV | Sean | 2020 | 5.1 |
| Hot Ones TV | Self | 2015 | 7.148 |
| The Late Show with Stephen Colbert TV | Self | 2015 | 6.144 |
| Late Night with Seth Meyers TV | Self | 2014 | 5.2 |
| Variety Studio: Actors on Actors TV | Self | 2014 | 4.5 |
| Chicken Shop Date TV | Self - Guest | 2014 | 6.0 |
| The Graham Norton Show TV | Self | 2007 | 7.2 |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! TV | Self | 2003 | 5.417 |
| The Late Late Show TV | Self | 1962 | 5.6 |
| A Spy by Nature | Alec Milius | — | |
| Merrily We Roll Along | Franklin Shepard | — | |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1996 |
| From | Maynooth, County Kildare, … |