Paul Mescal's meteoric rise to fame and multimillion fortune
From his breakout role on hit series Normal People to Golden Globe nominee, Kildare actor Paul Mescal’s rise to fame and fortune has been meteoric.
The famously down-to-earth ‘normal fella’ Mescal is fast emerging as the toast of Tinseltown, as he is hotly tipped to take home a Golden Globe statuette for his role in the historical drama Hamnet, based on the life of William Shakespeare.
Mescal, who plays the Bard in the film, lights up the big screen alongside fellow Irish actor Jessie Buckley, who plays Shakespeare’s wife Agnes in Hamnet, which is named after Shakespeare’s son and his role in inspiring Hamlet.
Paul Mescal on Brittany Broski’s Royal Court. Pic: YouTube/Royal Court
But it’s not just the plaudits that have begun to pour in, as Maynooth native Mescal is also starting to reap the financial rewards from his stellar screen appearances.
Mescal is the sole owner of Dublin-based Castle Dawson Pictures Ltd, which is listed as being related to ‘support activities to the performing arts’.
TORONTO, ONTARIO – SEPTEMBER 07: Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley attend the premiere of “Hamnet” during the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival at Roy Thomson Hall on September 07, 2025, in Toronto, Ontario. (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images)
In its latest available accounts, the company reported a profit of €1.02m and paid a dividend of €333,333 in the 12 months to the end of September 2024.
The profit is a more than three-fold increase from €309,051 profit reported in 2023, and brought the company’s accumulated profits up from €474,809 to €1.17 million.
Paul Mescal in Gladiator II. Credit: Paramount
Castle Dawson now has cash reserves of €1.25m, nearly double the €646,596 reported the year prior.
The company owed some €81,050 to its creditors in 2025, which is less than half of the €171,995 total from 2023.
Paul Mescal on Brittany Broski’s Royal Court. Pic: YouTube/Royal Court
As well as banking over a million euros, Mescal is also beginning to acquire an impressive property portfolio with a newly acquired London pad and a holiday home in Cork amongst his bricks-and-mortar investments.
