
Age: 30
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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).

Two months after failing to save the man Joker used to be, a young Batman has to put the suit on one last time in order to stop a terrorist named Bane from destroying the Gotham trade center, but when Bane breaks Batman's back Bruce starts to fear the outside world after learning that he is in fact not invincible and can in fact die. Bruce decides to stop being Batman after all of this and lets the villains run loose but after 5 years of being in hiding Bruce is invited to see a circus by Vickie Vale but while he is there, he watches two of the trapeze artists get killed by Carmine Falcone while their son watches. Bruce would later adopt the child and that would lead into the Batman and Robin movie.
