{"id":4200142,"date":"2023-01-24T10:10:34","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T15:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/?p=4200142"},"modified":"2023-01-24T10:08:48","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T15:08:48","slug":"who-is-paul-mescal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/who-is-paul-mescal-4200142\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Mescal: 5 Things To Know About Newly Oscar-Nominated Actor Recently Linked To  Angelina Jolie"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Paul Mescal made hearts melt in &#8216;Normal People,&#8217; and now, he&#8217;s nominated for an Oscar! Get to know more about this actor who was recently spotted hanging with Angelina Jolie in London.<\/h3>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-1\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Paul Mescal is an actor best known for starring in the television series, <em>Normal People<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>He was nominated for Best Actor In a Leading Role in 2023.<\/li>\n<li>In late 2022, Paul was spotted getting coffee with Angelina Jolie and her daughter Shiloh Jolie-Pitt.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-2\">From <em>Normal <\/em>to phenomenal, <strong><a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mescal_paul\"  target=\"_blank\"  >Paul Mescal<\/a><\/strong> has risen to be one of the brightest new stars in Hollywood. <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/pics\/normal-people-photos\/\"  ><em>Normal People<\/em><\/a> became one of the big TV hits of 2020, with Paul and <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2020\/04\/28\/normal-people-connell-marianne-relationship-tv-show-paul-mescal-interview\/\"  ><strong>Daisy Edgar-Jones<\/strong><\/a> charming audiences and critics alike. Paul would score his first <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2020\/07\/28\/2020-emmy-nominations-list-nominees\/\"  >Emmy nominee<\/a> for Connell in <em>Normal People <\/em>in 2020, and three years later \u2013 he&#8217;s <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2023\/01\/24\/oscar-nominations-2023-academy-award-nominees-list\/\"  >now nominated for an Academy Award!<\/a> Paul, 26, was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role at the 95th Academy Awards for his role in <em>Aftersun<\/em>,<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-3\"><em>Aftersun <\/em>sees <strong>Frankie Corio <\/strong>play Sophie, who &#8220;reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father (Mesca) twenty years earlier,&#8221; per <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt19770238\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  >IMDB<\/a>. &#8220;Memories real and imagined fill the gaps between as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn&#8217;t.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G9jOaggGPKQ?version=3&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-4\">The competition for this year&#8217;s Best Actor award is fierce. Paul is nominated alongside <strong>Austin Butler <\/strong>(<em>Elvis<\/em>), <strong>Brendan Fraser <\/strong>(<em>The Whale<\/em>), <strong>Colin Farrell <\/strong><em>(The Banshees of Inisherin<\/em>), and <strong>Bill Nighy <\/strong><em>(Living<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-5\">Whether or not Paul brings <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/celeb\/angelina-jolie\/\"  ><strong>Angelina Jolie<\/strong><\/a> as a date remains to be seen. In late Dec. 2022, Paul was <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2023\/01\/03\/angelina-jolie-paul-mescal-coffee-date-shiloh-photos\/\"  >seen getting coffee<\/a> with Angie and her daughter, <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/celeb\/shiloh-jolie-pitt\/\"  ><strong>Shiloh Jolie-Pitt<\/strong><\/a>, in London, England. The outing, which can be seen <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bestofajolie\/status\/1608868726782464000\"  target=\"_blank\"  >here<\/a>, took place after the actress and the teen saw Paul&#8217;s performance in <em>A Streetcar Named Desire<\/em> at London&#8217;s Almeida Theatre. Afterward, Angie and Paul reportedly engaged in conversation with no one else around.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-6\">As Paul prepares for his big night at the 95th Academy Awards, taking place on March 12 at L.A.&#8217;s Dolby Theatre, here&#8217;s what you need to know about this young star.<\/p>\n<h2><strong><em>Normal People<\/em> was Paul&#8217;s first television role.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4200147\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4200147\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4200147\" src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/paul-mescal-embed.jpg?resize=620%2C414\" alt=\"Paul Mescal\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4200147\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paul Mescal in a scene from &#8216;Normal People.&#8217; (Hulu)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-7\">Needless to say, the role changed Paul&#8217;s life forever. <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2020\/08\/22\/normal-people-paul-mescal-india-mullen-dating-rumors-cozy-pic-photo\/\"  >Paul<\/a> and Daisy garnered rave reviews as Connell and Marianne in Hulu&#8217;s adaptation of <strong>Sally Rooney&#8217;s<\/strong> bestselling novel. Prior to <em>Normal People<\/em>, Paul had only appeared in the short film <em>Drifting<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>He started dating singer Phoebe Bridgers in 2020.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4998280\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4998280\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4998280\" src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Paul-Mescal-5-Things-SS-embed-2.jpg?resize=620%2C819\" alt=\"Paul Mescal, Phoebe Bridgers\" width=\"620\" height=\"819\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4998280\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paul and Phoebe pose at a previous event. (AFF-USA\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-8\">The <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/pictures\/phoebe-bridgers-paul-mescals-relationship-timeline-photos\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  >lovebirds<\/a> were seen together quite a bit up until around the end of 2022. They sparked split speculation when there was a lack of social media photos of them together, and <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/who-is-phoebe-bridgers-singer-songwriter-4320351\/\"  >Phoebe<\/a> sang about a breakup in her verse of <strong>SZA\u2019s\u00a0<\/strong>Dec. 2022 song <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=M7Q4GlieQA8&#038;ab_channel=SZA\"  target=\"_blank\"  >\u201cGhost in the Machine.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Paul starred in a Rolling Stones music video.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4200146\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4200146\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4200146\" src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/paul-mescal-daisy-edgar-jones-ap-embed.jpg?resize=620%2C420\" alt=\"Paul Mescal Daisy Edgar Jones\" width=\"620\" height=\"420\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4200146\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paul Mescal and Daisy Edgar-Jones at the BAFTA TV Awards in July 2020. (AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-9\">In the music video, which was released in Aug. 2020, Paul dances and lip-syncs in an empty hotel room to &#8220;Scarlet.&#8221; The song was recorded by the Stones in 1974 with <strong>Led Zeppelin&#8217;s<\/strong> Jimmy Page playing the guitar.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>He&#8217;s a notable stage actor.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4998278\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4998278\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4998278\" src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Paul-Mescal-5-Things-SS-embed-1.jpg?resize=620%2C930\" alt=\"Paul Mescal\" width=\"620\" height=\"930\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4998278\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paul poses for a photo. (Jeff Vespa\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-10\">After graduating from The Lir Academy at Trinity College Dublin in 2017, Paul starred as Jay Gatsby in the theater production of <em>The Great Gatsby<\/em> at the Gate Theatre in Dublin. He also starred in Irish theater productions of <em>The Red Shoes<\/em>, <em>A Midsummer Night&#8217;s Dream<\/em>, and more before his big break in <em>Normal People<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>He was a football player before he got into acting.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-11\">He was a competitive Gaelic football player for years and thought he was going to pursue that as a career. &#8220;I&#8217;d been chasing that to some degree. But I never saw it as a valid career choice,&#8221; he told <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.gq.com\/story\/paul-mescal-normal-people-connell-interview\"  target=\"_blank\"  ><em>GQ<\/em><\/a>. &#8220;When it came to applying for colleges, I was putting down law and arts and things that would support playing Gaelic football.&#8221; However, everything changed when he participated in <em>The Phantom of the Opera<\/em> at school. He fell in love with acting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul Mescal made hearts melt in &#8216;Normal People,&#8217; and now, he&#8217;s nominated for an Oscar! 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