Paul Mescal

Paul Colm Michael Mescal ˈmɛskəl MESSkəl 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 Mescals 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 comingofage 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia