Paul Mescal All Previews for Movies and Television Shows

Paul Mescal has become an Irish-born actor. He is known for his leading role in the miniseries *Normal People*, for which he earned a nomination at the Primetime Emmys. Prior to his acting career, he was an under-21 Gaelic footballer for County Kildare and a member at Maynooth Football Club, where he played as a defender. His ex-coach Cian O'Neill described Paul Mescal as "very mature for someone so young. He had a strong physical presence. He was an outstanding scorer." After sustaining a jaw injury, Paul was forced to give up Gaelic football. By 2017, he earned his degree with a BA in Arts from Dublin's Trinity College University. In 2019, he launched his acting career with an appearance in a pilot episode of the television series *Bump*. Later in 2020, Paul Mescal landed his initial lead roles. He plays Connell Waldron in the series *Normal People* with co-star Daisy Edgar-Jones and portrays Sean McKeogh in the series *The Deceived*. In 2021, Paul Mescal appears in his first full-length movie, *The Lost Daughter* by Maggie Gyllenhaal, where he plays an Irish beach attendant working in Greece. In the year 2023, he was nominated in the Best Performance by an Actor category at the Oscars for his portrayal in the feature film *Aftersun* by Charlotte Wells. He secured the principal role in *Gladiator 2* by Ridley Scott, and filming scheduled to start in June 2023.