Biography
Paul Colm Michael Mescal (/ˈmɛskəl/ MESS-kəl; born 2 February 1996) is an Irish actor. Born in Maynooth, he studied acting at The Lir Academy and then performed in plays in Dublin theatres. He 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. Mescal progressed to film acting with roles in the psychological dramas The Lost Daughter (2021) and God's Creatures (2022). His starring roles as a troubled father in A...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Hamnet
2025
as William Shakespeare
Agnes Shakespeare – the wife of the world's most famous writer – struggles to come to terms with the loss of her only son, Hamnet.
The History of Sound
2025
as Lionel
Two young music students, Lionel and David, attending the Boston Conservatory in 1917, bond over their shared love of folk music. They reconnect a few...
The History of Sound
2025
Executive Producer
Two young music students, Lionel and David, attending the Boston Conservatory in 1917, bond over their shared love of folk music. They reconnect a few...
The Making of Gladiator II
2024
as Self
An inside look that offers unprecedented access encompassing all aspects of production, from the grand scope of the sets — including reconstructing An...
Gladiator II
2024
as Lucius
Years after witnessing the death of the revered hero Maximus at the hands of his uncle, Lucius is forced to enter the Colosseum after his home is conq...
Who Is Sabato De Sarno? A Gucci Story
2024
as Self / Narrator (voice)
Sabato De Sarno, Gucci’s new creative director, presents a glimpse into the creation of the Gucci Ancora show—his first collection for the iconic fash...
On the Red Carpet Presents: All of Us Strangers
2024
as Self
On The Red Carpet presents an in-depth look at the making of All of Us Strangers.
All of Us Strangers
2023
as Harry
One night in his near-empty tower block in contemporary London, Adam has a chance encounter with a mysterious neighbor Harry, which punctures the rhyt...
Foe
2023
as Junior
Henrietta and Junior farm a secluded piece of land that has been in Junior's family for generations, but their quiet life is thrown into turmoil when ...
Carmen
2023
as Aidan
A young and fiercely independent woman, Carmen, is forced to flee her home in the Mexican desert following the brutal murder of her mother. She surviv...
Aftersun
2022
as Calum
Sophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father twenty years earlier. Memories real and imagined fill t...
God's Creatures
2022
as Brian O'Hara
In a windswept fishing village, a mother is torn between protecting her beloved son and her own sense of right and wrong. A lie she tells for him rips...
The Lost Daughter
2021
as Will
A woman's seaside vacation takes a dark turn when her obsession with a young mother forces her to confront secrets from her past.
This Is Our Youth
2020
as Dennis Ziegler
The play takes place in Dennis Ziegler's apartment on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in March 1982. Dennis's friend Warren Straub, a dejected 19-yea...
Drifting
2020
as Cian
Cian and Pat have been joined at the hip since they were kids and have the run of their small town in the midlands. Cian is content to coast through a...
Seize the Denny
2018
as Sausage Son
When you’re open to what life has to offer, everyone gets more out of it. And that’s not confined to the big things in life. It can be those small mom...
The End of Getting Lost
N/A
as Duncan
Set in 1990s Europe, the story follows a young married couple, Gina and Duncan, on what Duncan claims is their honeymoon but after Gina suffers a myst...
A Spy by Nature
N/A
as Alec Milius
A disillusioned twenty-something's gift for deception catches the eye of MI6.
Merrily We Roll Along
N/A
as Franklin Shepard
Franklin Shepard is a talented Broadway composer who abandons his theater career and all his friends in New York in order to produce films in Los Ange...
The Beatles: John
N/A
as Paul McCartney
One of four biopics—all to be released in April 2028—focusing on individual members of The Beatles, this one telling the story of the group from the p...
The Beatles: George
N/A
as Paul McCartney
One of four biopics—all to be released in April 2028—focusing on individual members of The Beatles, this one telling the story of the group from the p...
The Beatles: Paul
N/A
as Paul McCartney
One of four biopics—all to be released in April 2028—focusing on individual members of The Beatles, this one telling the story of the group from the p...
The Beatles: Ringo
N/A
as Paul McCartney
One of four biopics—all to be released in April 2028—focusing on individual members of The Beatles, this one telling the story of the group from the p...