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).
Set in the 1962, Oceans follows Jack Ocean and Evelyn Ocean, two brilliant con artists who cross paths in the French Riviera under mysterious circumstances. When a Cold War-era banking magnate targets a network of small European families for blackmail and ruin, Jack and Evelyn assemble a globe-trotting crew to pull off an impossible heist one that will rescue the victims, expose the magnate’s shadow network, and etch the Ocean name into legend. As their bond deepens and tensions rise within their crew, the story becomes more than just a high-stakes job it’s the origin of a dynasty that will influence Danny and Debbie Ocean decades later.
