Age: 30
male
Paul Colm Michael Mescal (/ˈmɛskəl/ MESS-kəl; born 2 February 1996) is an Irish actor. Born in Maynooth, he studied acting at The Lir Academy and then performed in plays in Dublin theatres. He rose to fame with his role in the miniseries Normal People (2020), earning a BAFTA TV Award and a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award. Mescal progressed to film acting with roles in the psychological dramas The Lost Daughter (2021) and God's Creatures (2022). His starring roles as a troubled father in Aftersun (2022) and a mysterious neighbour in All of Us Strangers (2023) earned him nominations for BAFTA Film Awards in addition to a nomination for an Academy Award for the former. He received a Laurence Olivier Award for his portrayal of Stanley Kowalski in a 2022 revival of the play A Streetcar Named Desire. Mescal expanded to big-budget films with a leading role in the historical action film Gladiator II (2024).
In the decaying city of Marrowbridge, former detective Elias Vane walks the streets as something less than a man and more than a ghost. After dying in a warehouse fire under mysterious circumstances, Elias returned with a terrible gift — the ability to absorb the final memories of anyone he kills. Haunted by visions and driven by guilt, he becomes a shadowy vigilante, hunting the city’s hidden evils and searching for answers to his own impossible resurrection. When a series of ritualistic killings grips the city, Elias is drawn into a cat-and-mouse game with a prophetic cult leader known only as The Architect, who believes Elias is the key to "awakening" humanity through death. As Elias uncovers twisted truths buried in the minds of the dead, he must confront not only the sinister plan threatening to unravel the fabric between life and death — but also the memory of a murder he doesn’t remember committing... his own.
