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.

Filmography

• 2028The Beatles: George — Paul McCartney
• 2028The Beatles: John — Paul McCartney
• 2028The Beatles: Paul — Paul McCartney
• 2028The Beatles: Ringo — Paul McCartney
• 2025Hamnet — Will
• 2025The History of Sound — Lionel Worthing, Executive Producer
• 2024Gladiator II — Lucius
• 2023All of Us Strangers — Harry
• 2023Carmen — Aidan
• 2023Foe — Junior
• 2022Aftersun — Calum
• 2022God's Creatures — Brian O'Hara
• 2021The Lost Daughter — Will
• 2020Drifting — Cian
• Normal People — Connell Waldron
• The Deceived — Sean
• 2020This Is Our Youth — Dennis Ziegler
• A Spy by Nature — Alec Milius
• Hold On to Your Angels
• Merrily We Roll Along — Franklin Shepard

Appearances as themselves (20)

• 2026The Boys of Dungeon Lane: In Conversation with Paul McCartney and Paul Mescal — Self
• 2025Inside Look: Hamnet — Self
• 2024On the Red Carpet Presents: All of Us Strangers — Self
• 2024The Making of Gladiator II — Self
• 2024Who Is Sabato De Sarno? A Gucci Story — Self / Narrator (voice)
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• Today with Jenna & Sheinelle — Self
• Movies with Ali Plumb — Self
• Hot Ones — Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self
• Chicken Shop Date — Self - Guest, Self - Guest (archive footage)
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors — Self
• The Graham Norton Show — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self, Self - Guest
• The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA — Self
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Host
• The Late Late Show — Self
• The Oscars — Self - Presenter
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Nominee