Paul Mescal All Previews for Cinema Releases and TV Shows
Paul Mescal has become an Irish actor. He became famous with his leading role in the miniseries *Normal People*, for which he was nominated for a nomination at the Primetime Emmys.
Before pursuing acting, he was a Gaelic football player at the under-21 level for County Kildare and a member at Maynooth Football Club, in the defender position. His ex-coach Cian O'Neill commented on Paul Mescal as "very mature for his age. He had a strong physical presence. He was an exceptional scorer." Following a jaw injury, Paul had to stop playing Gaelic football.
That year, in 2017, he graduated with a BA in Arts from Trinity College University in Dublin.
Two years later, in 2019, he started acting with an appearance in a pilot episode of the television series *Bump*.
In 2020, Paul Mescal landed his initial lead roles. He acts as Connell Waldron in the series *Normal People* alongside Daisy Edgar-Jones and takes on the role of Sean McKeogh in the series *The Deceived*.
In 2021, Paul Mescal appears in his first full-length movie, *The Lost Daughter* by Maggie Gyllenhaal, in the role of an Irish beach attendant at a beach in Greece.
In the year 2023, he was nominated in the Leading Actor category at the Oscars for his leading role in the feature film *Aftersun* by Charlotte Wells. He secured the main role in *Gladiator 2* by Ridley Scott, and filming scheduled to start in June 2023.