Paul Mescal is an Irish actor. Mescal made his film debut with a supporting role in the psychological drama The Lost Daughter (2021), and he received praise for starring in the 2022 drama films God's Creatures and Aftersun. His performance as a troubled father in the lattermost earned him nominations for an Academy Award and BAFTA Film Award. In 2022, he began performing as Stanley Kowalski in a revival of the play A Streetcar Named Desire, for which he received a nomination for a Laurence Olivier Award.