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).
"Stella loves math and solving puzzles, but she does not like being touched. She has a high functioning form of autism that makes her sensitive to touch, smells, and sounds, and it causes her to be obsessive over her work. When Stella decides to overcome her fear through practice with a male escort, she analyzes the selection of men and chooses Michael. Michael is a handsome man with emotional scars and expensive bills to pay for his family, and he has never had a connection with a client- until Stella. The Kiss Quotient is the story of Stella and Michael learning to overcome their insecurities and discovering that the little things are what make you special. Their no-nonsense partnership starts making a strange kind of sense. And the pattern that emerges will convince Stella love is the best kind of logic…"
