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Paul Mescal (born 2 February 1996) is an Irish actor. He is known for his starring role in the 2020 miniseries Normal People, which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.

Early life and education

Mescal was born and raised in Maynooth, County Kildare to Dearbhla, a Garda, and Paul, a schoolteacher who also acted semi-professionally. He has a brother and a sister.

He was a minor and under-21 Gaelic footballer for Kildare and a member of the Maynooth club. Former Tipperary and Kildare Gaelic footballer Brian Lacey praised his skills as a defender. Mescal's former county minor manager Brendan Hackett had him down as a centre-back who would match Glenn Ryan, while physical trainer Cian O'Neill described Mescal as "mature beyond his years" and "very developed and very strong". He gave up the sport after a jaw injury.

Mescal graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Acting from The Lir Academy at Trinity College Dublin in 2017.

Career

Upon graduating from The Lir Academy, Mescal was offered roles in two theatre productions, Angela's Ashes and The Great Gatsby; he took on the latter and starred as the titular Jay Gatsby at the Gate Theatre in Dublin. He also played the Prince in a contemporary retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's The Red Shoes at the same theatre that year. In 2018, Mescal landed the role of Lieutenant Langon in productions of The Plough and the Stars at the Lyric Theatre in London and the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin. He also played Bryan in the world premiere of the play Asking for It by Louise O'Neill. That same year, he appeared in the Rough Magic Theatre Company's productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man for the Kilkenny Arts Festival and the Dublin Theatre Festival, respectively. Mescal also appeared in a commercial for Denny sausages. Two years later, he starred in a production of The Lieutenant of Inishmore at the Gaiety Theatre.

Mescal starred in his first television role alongside Daisy Edgar-Jones in the drama series Normal People, an adaptation of the 2018 novel of the same name by Sally Rooney. It premiered in the UK on BBC Three on 26 April 2020, and in the US on Hulu three days later. He garnered acclaim as well as a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for his performance. In July 2020, Mescal performed spoken word and sang with Dermot Kennedy at the London Natural History Museum. He also starred in the Channel 5 miniseries The Deceived as well as the music video for the song "Scarlet" by The Rolling Stones that year. He is set to make his feature film debut in The Lost Daughter, directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal in her directorial debut.

Personal life

Mescal resides in London where he lives with his Normal People costar, India Mullen. Mescal's shoe size is 10.5 US.

Filmography

Film and television

Music videos

Stage

Awards and nominations

References

1. Armstrong, Maggie (11 January 2020). "Readers' expectations are the 'biggest source of anxiety' – Paul Mescal on tackling role of Connell in Normal People". Irish Independent. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
2. Glasgow, Abigail (29 April 2020). "'Normal People' Star Paul Mescal Showed His Parents the Sex Scenes". Paper. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
3. Ward, Patrick (16 December 2017). "From Kildare football star to Irish theatre star – Mescal revelling on a new stage". Kildare Now. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
4. ^ Regan, Jarlath (25 April 2020). "Paul Mescal". An Irishman Abroad (Podcast). SoundCloud. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
5. Lawlor, Damian (28 July 2017). "Lacey backs Kildare to prosper without one that got away". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
6. Keane, Paul (14 May 2020). "Former Kildare boss Cian O'Neill got a glimpse of Paul Mescal's acting talent". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
7. Fitch Little, Harriet (16 March 2020). "Meet the Charismatic Stars of the Highly-Anticipated Normal People Adaptation". Vogue. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
8. "Acting Profiles / Alumni 2017: Paul Mescal". The Lir Academy. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
9. ^ Green, Alex (6 August 2020). "Paul Mescal: From TV debut to Rolling Stones music video in less than a year". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
10. ^ Sweeney, Tanya (15 December 2017). "'It was tough... but I've stepped into a time in Irish theatre that's really alive'". The Irish Times. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
11. ^ Moran, Tom (4 March 2018). "Paul Mescal Plays Personality Bingo". Headstuff (Podcast). Retrieved 3 November 2019.
12. ^ Cummins, Steve (17 November 2018). "Review: Asking For It at Abbey Theatre, Dublin". The Times. Retrieved 28 August 2020. Paul Mescal delivers a standout performance as Bryan, Emma's sympathetic brother.
13. ^ Crawley, Peter (4 August 2019). "It's a kind of magic: electric midsummer night's dreams in Kilkenny Castle". The Irish Times. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
14. Baxter-Wright, Dusty (11 May 2020). "Normal People's Connell was once in a sausage advert". Cosmopolitan. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
15. ^ Charleton, Fiona (9 February 2020). "Theatre review: The Lieutenant of Inishmore". The Times. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
16. Mangan, Lucy (26 April 2020). "Normal People review – Sally Rooney's love story is a small-screen triumph". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
17. ^ Goldsbrough, Susannah (22 April 2020). "Normal People, first-look review: a riveting romance for the millennial age". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 28 August 2020. Normal People arrives as a boxset on BBC Three on April 26.
18. Holmes, Linda (29 April 2020). "Review: 'Normal People' Skillfully Adapts Sally Rooney's Novel". NPR. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
19. Garner, Dwight; Poniewozik, James; Sehgal, Parul; Szalai, Jennifer (15 May 2020). "Bringing 'Normal People' to Sexy, Soundtracked Life". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
20. ^ Villarreal, Yvonne (28 July 2020). "Emmys 2020: Paul Mescal of 'Normal People' on his nomination". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
21. Hodgkinson, Will (31 July 2020). "Dermot Kennedy and Paul Mescal review — an atmospheric and imaginative livestream show". The Times. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
22. ^ Carr, Flora (4 August 2020). "The Deceived's creators: 'There was a buzz about Paul Mescal – but no one predicted this'". Radio Times. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
23. ^ Greene, Andy (6 August 2020). "Watch the New Rolling Stones Video 'Scarlet,' Starring Paul Mescal". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
24. Galuppo, Mia (28 August 2020). "'Normal People' Breakout Paul Mescal Joins Maggie Gyllenhaal Directorial Debut 'The Lost Daughter' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
25. Kaufman, Amy (7 July 2020). "'Normal People' stars can't wait until they can go out for a beer and dance together". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
26. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOrnoRIzGSI
27. Carr, Flora (7 July 2020). "TV Choice Awards nominations revealed – Normal People leads the pack". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 14 July 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
28. Beresford, Trilby (30 June 2020). "'Schitt's Creek' Leads Dorian TV Award Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 21 September 2020.

External links

• Paul Mescal at IMDb

• Living people
• 1996 births
• 21st-century Irish male actors
• Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
• Gaelic football backs
• Irish male stage actors
• Irish male television actors
• Kildare Gaelic footballers
• Male actors from County Kildare
• People associated with Trinity College Dublin
• People from Maynooth