
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).

Paul Mescal

Bogan Solais
for Bogan Solais in Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi
Suggested by simonlynfl

Bogan and his sister, Ashla, are trained in lightsaber combat by their father, Emperor Covack II of the Ceteon Empire on Ahch-To. Though Covack himself knows only a handful of Force techniques, he teaches them the basics—Force sense, controlled breathing, precognition, and simple telekinesis. As the heirs of the Solais Dynasty, Covack instructs his children to use the Force to maintain authority over their citizens, who lack such abilities. Bogan, the elder, sees the world differently than his father. As a child, he read obsessively—so much so that others often joked about his habits. Though he became a capable warrior, Bogan showed little interest in martial pursuits, preferring to resolve conflicts through discourse. This stood in contrast to his father and sister, who favored an action-first, talk-later approach. By the time Bogan reached adulthood, his mother, Lucisa—herself a wielder of the Force—recognized the goodness within him. Defying her husband’s rule, she secretly smuggled Bogan out of the imperial temple, pursued by the royal guard. Lucisa carried him across the stars to the world of Xaiyanarh, seeking her former master, Ja-Sho, in the hope of to thwart her husbands rule and bring an end to his dictating dynasty once and for all...