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Mescal is an Irish-born actor. He is known for his performance in the miniseries *Normal People*, for which he earned a Primetime Emmy nomination.
Before starting acting, he was a Gaelic football player at the under-21 level for County Kildare and a member of Maynooth Football Club, where he played as a defender. His previous coach Cian O'Neill said of Paul Mescal as "very mature beyond his years. He was physically very strong. He was an excellent scorer." Following a jaw injury, Paul ended up giving up Gaelic football.
That year, in 2017, he received a BA with a BA in Arts from Trinity College, Dublin.
Two years later, in 2019, he launched his acting career with an appearance on a pilot episode of the television series *Bump*.
In 2020, Paul Mescal secured his initial lead roles. He portrays 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 feature film, *The Lost Daughter* by Maggie Gyllenhaal, in which 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 leading role in the feature film *Aftersun* by Charlotte Wells. Additionally, he got the principal role in *Gladiator 2* by Ridley Scott, and filming scheduled to start in June of 2023.