Paul Mescal took over Saturday Night Live stage and added some comedy to his acting resume.

The Gladiator II The star began his monologue tonight by saying he was “excited” to be on the NBC late-night sketch show since he’s “not really known for comedy,” adding, ” Which is crazy to me because I think I’ve given a lot of really funny performances.”

Mescal then did a supercut of some of the most dramatic scenes in his acting history and followed up by saying, “I think it’s pretty clear that I’m not afraid to do emotional scenes or nude scenes or naked emotional scenes.”

“It’s safe to say there’s not a lot of comedy on the resume,” he added.

Mescal also noted that he was very proud to be Irish, saying: “The Irish people have been through many centuries of British occupation, the Great Famine, the mass emigration, that U2 album that was automatically downloaded to (iTunes). .”

The actor took the opportunity to dispel some “ugly stereotypes about the Irish”.

One example he gave was the “nasty rumor that Irish people have sex with our cousins,” providing the punchline: “That’s offensive and ridiculous. We have sex with our second cousins.”

Mescal also dispelled rumors that the Irish hate the British people, joking: “We just don’t think of them as people.”

Another rumor he cleared up was that if he found the Notre Dame offensive mascot, the Fighting Irish, with Mescal joking, “Not at all.” We do the same thing with the Americans. In fact, my high school’s mascot was the Fighting Fat-Asses.”

Mescal went viral with his short shorts and Marcello Hernández copied one of his looks.

“You know, people often talk about the luck of the Irish and I have to say, I feel very, very lucky to be here tonight,” Mescal said at the end of his monologue. “I’m in New York City. I am a host SNL and that feels totally, totally crazy to me.”

Watch Mescal’s SNL Monologue in the video below.