Paul Mescal All Trailers for Cinema Releases and TV Series

Mescal is known as an actor from Ireland. He became famous with his leading role in the miniseries *Normal People*, for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy nomination. Prior to his acting career, he was a Gaelic football player at the under-21 level for County Kildare and a player with Maynooth Football Club, playing as a defender. His previous coach Cian O'Neill described Paul Mescal as "very mature beyond his years. Physically, he was very strong. He was an outstanding scorer." After sustaining a jaw injury, Paul was forced to give up Gaelic football. By 2017, he graduated with a BA in Arts from Trinity College University in Dublin. In 2019, he launched his acting career with an appearance on a pilot episode of the television series *Bump*. Later in 2020, Paul Mescal secured his initial lead roles. He plays Connell Waldron in the series *Normal People* with co-star Daisy Edgar-Jones and takes on the role of Sean McKeogh in the series *The Deceived*. By 2021, Paul Mescal stars in his first feature film, *The Lost Daughter* by Maggie Gyllenhaal, where he plays an Irish beach attendant working in Greece. By 2023, he received a nomination in the Best Actor category at the Oscars for his main role in the feature film *Aftersun* by Charlotte Wells. He also landed the principal role in *Gladiator 2* by Ridley Scott, filming of which is due to begin in June 2023.