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Paul Mescal
Paul Colm Michael Mescal (/ˈmɛskəl/ MESS-kəl; born 2 February 1996) is an Irish actor.
Born February 2, 1996 Maynooth, County Kildare, Republic of Ireland5 movies on MoviHero
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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. …
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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.
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- 2026The Boys of Dungeon Lane: In Conversation with Paul McCartney and Paul MescalSelf
- 2025Inside Look: HamnetSelf
- 2025HamnetWill
- 2025Mary Is MissingProducer
- 2025The History of SoundProducer · Lionel Worthing
- 2024The Making of Gladiator IISelf
- 2024Who Is Sabato De Sarno? A Gucci StorySelf / Narrator (voice)
- 2024On the Red Carpet Presents: All of Us StrangersSelf
- 2023All of Us StrangersHarry
- 2023FoeJunior
- 2023CarmenAidan
- 2022AftersunCalum
- 2022God's CreaturesBrian O'Hara
- 2021The Lost DaughterWill
- 2020This Is Our YouthDennis Ziegler
- 2020DriftingCian
- A Spy by NatureAlec Milius
- Hold On to Your AngelsActor
- Merrily We Roll AlongFranklin Shepard
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