Paul was born and grew up in Dublin, Ireland. His first major acting role was playing Johnny Boyle in his high school's production of "Juno and the Paycock", for which he won a local Acting Award. He achieved honours degrees in Law and Business at University College Dublin before attending drama school. He graduated from the two-year course at the ...
"Actor Paul Nugent says that despite the subject being a controversial issue, it is something that people can identify with on many levels. `We try our best to choose stories that anyone can come and see and not feel alienated by. I think people tend to think that shows like this will be a bit avant garde or provocative or strange in some way, but the key thing is that a show should have the ability to appeal to a wide range of people, which I think it does.'" Louise Healy, Evening Herald, 11th May 2004.