Paul Mescal All Previews for Movies and TV Series

Mescal is known as an Irish actor. He became famous with his role as a lead in the miniseries *Normal People*, for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy nomination. Before starting acting, he was a Gaelic football player at the under-21 level for County Kildare and a member at Maynooth Football Club, in the defender position. His previous coach Cian O'Neill described Paul Mescal as "very mature beyond his years. He had a strong physical presence. He was an outstanding scorer." Following a jaw injury, Paul was forced to give up Gaelic football. By 2017, he graduated with a BA in Arts from Dublin's Trinity College University. Two years later, in 2019, he started acting with an appearance in a pilot episode of the television series *Bump*. Later in 2020, Paul Mescal got his first major roles. He acts as 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*. The following year, 2021, Paul Mescal appears in his first feature film, *The Lost Daughter* by Maggie Gyllenhaal, in the role of an Irish beach attendant at a beach in Greece. In the year 2023, he was nominated in the Leading Actor category at the Oscars for his leading role in the feature film *Aftersun* by Charlotte Wells. Additionally, he got the lead role in *Gladiator 2* by Ridley Scott, with filming set to begin in June 2023.