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Paul Mescal
Maynooth, County Kildare, Republic of Ireland
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 nominati…
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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. 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.
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2028
The Beatles: George
Movie Paul McCartney
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2028
The Beatles: John
Movie Paul McCartney
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2028
The Beatles: Paul
Movie Paul McCartney
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2028
The Beatles: Ringo
Movie Paul McCartney
- 2026
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2025
Inside Look: Hamnet
Movie Self
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2025
Hamnet
Movie Will
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2025
The History of Sound
Movie Lionel Worthing
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2024
The Making of Gladiator II
Movie Self
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2024
Gladiator II
Movie Lucius
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2024
Who Is Sabato De Sarno? A Gucci Story
Movie Self / Narrator (voice)
- 2024
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2023
All of Us Strangers
Movie Harry
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2023
Foe
Movie Junior
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2023
Carmen
Movie Aidan
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2022
Aftersun
Movie Calum
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2022
God's Creatures
Movie Brian O'Hara
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2021
The Lost Daughter
Movie Will
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2020
This Is Our Youth
Movie Dennis Ziegler
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2020
The Deceived
TV show Sean
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2020
Drifting
Movie Cian
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2020
Normal People
TV show Connell Waldron
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2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV show Self
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2019
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
TV show Self
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2016
Movies with Ali Plumb
TV show Self
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2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV show Self
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2015
Hot Ones
TV show Self
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2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV show Self
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2014
Chicken Shop Date
TV show Self - Guest
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2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV show Self
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2007
The Graham Norton Show
TV show Self
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2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV show Self
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1995
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
TV show Self
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1975
Saturday Night Live
TV show Self - Host
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1962
The Late Late Show
TV show Self
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1953
The Oscars
TV show Self - Presenter
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1944
Golden Globe Awards
TV show Self - Nominee
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Hold On to Your Angels
Movie
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Merrily We Roll Along
Movie Franklin Shepard
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A Spy by Nature
Movie Alec Milius
