- Born
- Height5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
- Paul Mescal is an Irish actor. He is known for his leading role in the miniseries Normal People, for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.
Before starting acting, he was an under-21 Gaelic footballer for County Kildare and a member of Maynooth Football Club. He plays as a defender. His former coach Cian O'Neill described Paul Mescal as "very mature for someone so young. Physically, he was very strong. He was an exceptional scorer." Following a jaw injury, Paul was forced to give up Gaelic football.
In 2017, he graduated with a BA in Acting from The Lir Academy, Trinity College University in Dublin.
In 2019, he began his acting career with an appearance in a pilot episode of the television series 'Bump'.
In 2020, Paul Mescal landed his first leading roles. He plays Connell Waldron in the series 'Normal People' alongside Daisy Edgar-Jones and plays Sean McKeogh in the series 'The Deceived'.
In 2021, Paul Mescal stars in his first feature film, 'The Lost Daughter' by Maggie Gyllenhaal, in the role of an Irish beach attendant working in Greece.
In 2023, he was nominated in the Best Actor category at the Oscars for his leading role in the feature film 'Aftersun' by Charlotte Wells. He landed the lead role in 'Gladiator 2' by Ridley Scott, filming of which is due to begin in June 2023.
- IMDb mini biography by: yusufpiskin
- ParentsDearbhla MescalPaul Mescal
- RelativesNell Mescal(Sibling)Donnacha Mescal(Sibling)
- Paul is fluent in Ireland's native language, (Gaeilge) and was interviewed in Irish on the red carpet at the BAFTAs 2023 by Irish television channel TG4.
- Like his Normal People (2020) character Connell Waldron, he attended Trinity College Dublin.
- Paul Mescal was once in a commercial for Denny, a sausage company. The commercial was so popular, that Mescal became known as "Sausage Paul".
- Before focusing on his acting career, Mescal would go on to play Gaelic football for Kildare's Under-21 team before taking the decision to step away.
- Was invited to join the actor's branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences in 2023.
- [filming sex scenes] The idea of shooting those scenes may be far more anxious than the actual shooting process from day to day. There's an awkward 10 minutes when you're like, okay, I have to be relatively naked in front of a group of strangers... from an actor's perspective you've got to treat that the same way you would a scene where you're speaking to each other.
- I set the tone early with [fitness trainer] Tim [Blakeley]. I smoke and drink and that's not going to change.
- [on his father's name also being Paul] You know very clearly from the tone which Paul is being called.
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