Place of Birth: Maynooth, County Kildare, Republic of IrelandBirthday: 02 February 1996Bio: Paul Mescal (born February 2, 1996) is an Irish actor. Born in Maynooth, he studied acting at The Lir Academy and subsequently performed in plays in Dublin theatres. Mescal rose to fame with his role in the miniseries Normal People (2020), earning a BAFTA TV Award and a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award. He is best known for starring as a troubled father in the film, Aftersun (2022), which earned him nominations for an Academy Award and BAFTA Film Award in 2023.
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 starred in his first feature film, The Lost Daughter by Maggie Gyllenhaal, in the role of an Irish beach attendant working in Greece.
