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Paul Mescal

ACTOR · BORN 1996

Paul Mescal

Born
2 February 1996
Known for
Foe (2023), The History of Sound (2025), God's Creatures (2022)

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Paul Mescal (born 2 February 1996) is an actor best known for Foe, The History of Sound and God's Creatures.

9 Interesting Facts About Paul Mescal

Interesting Facts (2)

  1. #001

    Mescal worked with Normal People's music supervisors to put together a Spotify playlist for Connell, including Elliott Smith, Damien Rice, Anderson .Paak, Tycho, Amen Dunes and Leonard Cohen.

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  2. #002

    Connell's neck chain has its own Instagram account with more than 174,000 followers, and Mescal joked that it will always be more popular than he is.

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Career & Awards (3)

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    Paul Mescal appeared in a commercial for Denny, a sausage brand. The ad became so popular that he picked up the nickname "Sausage Paul".

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  2. #004

    Mescal speaks Gaeilge, Ireland's native language, fluently. At the 2023 BAFTAs he gave a red-carpet interview in Irish to the Irish channel TG4.

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  3. #005

    Paul Mescal gave up Gaelic football after breaking his jaw, having realized that further injuries could end his acting career.

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Life & Family (4)

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    Mescal said three people at his school took their own lives, which made the depression storyline in episode 10 feel real to him rather than fictional.

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  2. #007

    Mescal raffled off one of his own chains for Pieta, an Irish crisis centre for suicide and self-harm, helping raise more than €50,000.

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  3. #008

    He was nervous at first about his first love scene, shot with Dakota Johnson for The Lost Daughter (2021). He later described her as "exceptionally disarming and kind" and said the experience brought the two closer. They kept in touch, and he attended the 2024 after-party for Dakota Johnson and Justin Timberlake's episode, on which she was guest host.

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  4. #009

    After the first death at his school, Mescal's mother kept him out of lessons for a week because he could not cope with the devastation.

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