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Paul Mescal

Paul Mescal

1996-02-02 / Maynooth, County Kildare, Republic of Ireland

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Mescal, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Appearances

Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003)
The Late Late Show
The Late Late Show (1962)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (2014)
Normal People
Normal People (2020)
The Graham Norton Show
The Graham Norton Show (2007)
The Deceived
The Deceived (2020)
Chicken Shop Date
Chicken Shop Date (2014)
Hot Ones
Hot Ones (2015)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Today with Hoda & Jenna
Today with Hoda & Jenna (2019)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019)