Paul Mescal All Previews for Cinema Releases and TV Series

Paul Mescal is known as an actor from Ireland. He became famous with his role as a lead in the miniseries *Normal People*, for which he received 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 player with Maynooth Football Club, playing as a defender. His previous coach Cian O'Neill described Paul Mescal as "very mature for his age. He had a strong physical presence. He was an outstanding scorer." Following a jaw injury, Paul ended up giving up 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 launched his acting career with an appearance on a pilot episode of the television series *Bump*. By 2020, Paul Mescal secured his first leading roles. He portrays Connell Waldron in the series *Normal People* alongside Daisy Edgar-Jones and stars as Sean McKeogh in the series *The Deceived*. The following year, 2021, Paul Mescal stars in his first major film, *The Lost Daughter* by Maggie Gyllenhaal, in which he plays an Irish beach attendant working in Greece. In 2023, he earned a nod in the Leading Actor category at the Oscars for his leading role in the feature film *Aftersun* by Charlotte Wells. He also landed the main role in *Gladiator 2* by Ridley Scott, and filming scheduled to start in June of 2023.