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* HollywoodHypeMachine: He earned an Emmy nomination and a BAFTA for his debut role in ''Normal People''. Less than three years later, he earned an Academy Award nomination for his first lead film role in ''Aftersun'', and won an Olivier that same year for ''A Streetcar Named Desire''. Mescal very quickly became one of the most in-demand young actors with a surplus of projects lined up (some of which, like ''The History of Sound'', have been continuously delayed for scheduling reasons).

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* HollywoodHypeMachine: He earned an Emmy nomination and a BAFTA for his debut role in ''Normal People''. Less than three years later, he earned an Academy Award nomination for his first lead film role in ''Aftersun'', and won an Olivier that same year for ''A Streetcar Named Desire''. Mescal very quickly became one of the most in-demand young actors with a surplus of projects lined up (some of which, like ''The History of Sound'', which have been continuously delayed for scheduling reasons).
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* HollywoodHypeMachine: He earned an Emmy nomination and a BAFTA for his debut role in ''Normal People''. Less than three years later, he earned an Academy Award nomination for his first lead film role in ''Aftersun'', and won an Olivier that same year for ''A Streetcar Named Desire''. Mescal very quickly became one of the most in-demand young actors with a surplus of projects lined up.

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* HollywoodHypeMachine: He earned an Emmy nomination and a BAFTA for his debut role in ''Normal People''. Less than three years later, he earned an Academy Award nomination for his first lead film role in ''Aftersun'', and won an Olivier that same year for ''A Streetcar Named Desire''. Mescal very quickly became one of the most in-demand young actors with a surplus of projects lined up.up (some of which, like ''The History of Sound'', have been continuously delayed for scheduling reasons).
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* CelebrityIsOverrated: After his relationship with singer Music/PhoebeBridgers came to an end, he spoke up about how uncomfortable he was with the social media frenzy and lack of privacy around his personal life.

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* CelebrityIsOverrated: After his relationship with singer Music/PhoebeBridgers came to an end, end in late 2022, he spoke up about how uncomfortable he was with the social media frenzy and lack of privacy around his personal life.
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* CelebrityIsOverrated: After his relationship with singer Music/PhoebeBridgers came to an end, he spoke up about how uncomfortable he was with the social media frenzy and lack of privacy around his personal life.


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He was a GAA footballer as a teenager, studied at the Lir Academy, and began his career in the Dublin theatre scene.

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He was a GAA footballer as a teenager, studied at the Lir Academy, and began his career in the Dublin theatre scene.
scene. He won an Olivier Award in 2023 for his performance in the West End production of ''Theatre/AStreetcarNamedDesire''.
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He was a GAA footballer as a teenager, studied at the Lir Academy, and began his career in the Dublin theatre scene.
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* HollywoodHypeMachine: He earned an Emmy nomination and a BAFTA for his debut role in ''Normal People''. Less than three years later, he earned an Academy Award nomination for his first lead film role in ''Aftersun'', and won an Olivier that same year for ''A Streetcar Named Desire''. Mescal very quickly became one of the most in-demand young actors with no shortage of projects lined up.

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* HollywoodHypeMachine: He earned an Emmy nomination and a BAFTA for his debut role in ''Normal People''. Less than three years later, he earned an Academy Award nomination for his first lead film role in ''Aftersun'', and won an Olivier that same year for ''A Streetcar Named Desire''. Mescal very quickly became one of the most in-demand young actors with no shortage a surplus of projects lined up.
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* HollywoodHypeMachine: He earned an Emmy nomination and a BAFTA for his debut role in ''Normal People''. Less than three years later, he earned an Academy Award nomination for his first lead film role in ''Aftersun'', and won an Olivier that same year for ''A Streetcar Named Desire''. Mescal very quickly became one of the most in-demand young actors with no shortage of projects lined up.
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* ThoseTwoActors: He has a "Tortured Man Club" group chat formed by Creator/AndrewScott with fellow Creator/SallyRooney lead Creator/JoeAlwyn.

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!!Tropes associated with his work:
* ThoseTwoActors: He has a "Tortured Man Club" group chat formed by Creator/AndrewScott with fellow Creator/SallyRooney lead Creator/JoeAlwyn.
* FakeScot: His ''Aftersun'' character Calum is from Edinburgh.
* MrFanservice: He did several nude scenes for ''Normal People''. Fans took note of the chain Connell wears around his neck, which ended up getting a dedicated Instagram account with a sizable following.
* StarMakingRole: His debut role in ''Normal People'', if the accolades and rapid increase in social media followers are anything to go by.
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Paul Mescal (born 2 February 1996) is an Irish actor. He is from Maynooth, County Kildare. He broke out with his role as Connell Waldron in the miniseries ''Series/NormalPeople'', which won him a BAFTA and earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.

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Paul Mescal (born 2 February 1996) is an Irish actor. He is actor from Maynooth, County Kildare. He broke out with his role as Connell Waldron in the miniseries ''Series/NormalPeople'', which won him a BAFTA and earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.
nomination. He then went on to earn his first Academy Award nomination for his performance in the film ''Film/{{Aftersun}}''.
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Paul Mescal (born 2 February 1996) is an Irish actor. He is from Maynooth, County Kildare. He broke out with his role as Connell Waldron in the miniseries ''Series/NormalPeople'', which won him a BAFTA and earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.

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!!Filmography
* ''Series/NormalPeople'' (2020): Connell Waldron
* ''Film/TheLostDaughter'' (2021): Will
* ''Film/{{Aftersun}}'' (2022): Calum
* ''Film/GodsCreatures'' (2022): Brian O'Hara

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