Paul Mescal

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Paul Mescal (* 1996 in Maynooth , County Kildare ) is an Irish actor .

Life

Paul Mescal grew up in Maynooth , County Kildare . During school he played Gaelic football , he gave up the sport after an injury. A drama training he received at the Trinity College Dublin belonging Lir Academy , which he graduated from in 2017 with a Bachelor.

He then performed at various theaters, including at the Gate Theater as Jay Gatsby in The Great Gatsby and as Prince in The Red Shoes after Hans Christian Andersen . In 2018 he was seen in The Plow and The Stars at the Lyric Theater Hammersmith in London and played Demetrius in the Midsummer Night's Dream at the Kilkenny Arts Festival . In early 2020 he premiered with Martin McDonagh's The Lieutenant of Inishmore at the Gaiety Theater in Dublin.

In the Hulu / BBC series adaptation of the novel Normal People by Sally Rooney (2020), he played the male lead Connell at the side of Daisy Edgar-Jones as Marianne. For his performance, he was nominated for best leading actor in a miniseries at the Primetime Emmy Awards 2020 . He also received a TV Choice Award nomination for best actor.

At the end of July 2020, Mescal sang a duet with Dermot Kennedy at the Natural History Museum in London. In August 2020, The Rolling Stones released a music video for their song Scarlet, starring Paul Mescal, who is dancing through Claridge’s Hotel in London in the clip .

Filmography (selection)

  • 2019: Bump (TV series)
  • 2020: Normal People (TV series)
  • 2002: Drifting (short film)

Awards and nominations (selection)

TV Choice Award 2020

  • Nomination for Best Actor for Normal People

Primetime Emmy Awards 2020

  • Nomination for Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie for Normal People

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Harriet Fitch Little: Meet the Charismatic Stars of the Highly-Anticipated Normal People Adaptation. In: vogue.com. March 16, 2020, accessed on July 29, 2020 .
  2. ^ The Lir Academy: Paul Mescal. In: thelir.ie. Retrieved July 29, 2020 .
  3. ↑ 'It was tough but I've stepped into a time in Irish theater that's really alive'. In: irishtimes.com. December 15, 2017, accessed on July 29, 2020 .
  4. ^ Paul Mescal plays Personality Bingo with Tom Moran. In: headstuff.org. Retrieved July 29, 2020 .
  5. ^ Peter Crawley: It's a kind of magic: electric midsummer night's dreams in Kilkenny Castle. In: irishtimes.com. August 4, 2018, accessed on July 29, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Readers' expectations are the 'biggest source of anxiety' - Paul Mescal on tackling role of Connell in Normal People. In: independent.ie. January 11, 2020, accessed on July 29, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Ralf Döbele: "Normal People": Trailer and start date published. In: Wishlist.de . April 1, 2020, accessed July 29, 2020 .
  8. ^ A b Fabian Riedner, Sidney Schering: 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards: The Nominations. In : quotemeter.de . July 28, 2020, accessed July 29, 2020 .
  9. ↑ a b Flora Carr: TV Choice Awards nominations revealed - Normal People leads the pack. In: radiotimes.com. July 7, 2020, accessed on July 29, 2020 .
  10. ^ Rachael O'Connor: Dermot Kennedy and Normal People's Paul Mescal perform stunning duet in the Natural History Museum. In: irishpost.com. July 31, 2020, accessed August 7, 2020 .
  11. ↑ The Rolling Stones release new video for "Scarlet". In: musikexpress.de. August 7, 2020, accessed August 7, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Mescal, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish actor
DATE OF BIRTH 1996
PLACE OF BIRTH Maynooth , County Kildare