Timothée Chalamet
Bio
Timothée Chalamet is an American and French actor who has become a defining star of his generation, known for his delicate intensity, artistic ambition, and genre-defying film choices . Born and raised in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan, he grew up in a family of artists; his mother was a Broadway dancer, his sister is an actress, and his French father works for UNICEF . After graduating from the famed Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, he began his career with guest roles on television series like Law & Order and Homeland .
Chalamet achieved global stardom in 2017 with his lead performance as Elio Perlman in Luca Guadagnino’s Call Me by Your Name, a role that earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor and made him the third-youngest nominee in the category . He quickly followed this with a series of acclaimed supporting roles, including in Greta Gerwig’s Lady Bird (2017) and the drama Beautiful Boy (2018), where he portrayed a teenage drug addict . Known for his intelligent, old-Hollywood approach to his career, he has seamlessly balanced independent films with major blockbusters . He has portrayed King Henry V in The King (2019), Laurie in Gerwig’s Little Women (2019), and Paul Atreides in Denis Villeneuve’s epic sci-fi Dune (2021) and its sequel Dune: Part Two (2024) .
Demonstrating significant range and musical talent, Chalamet starred as the young Willy Wonka in the musical Wonka (2023) and later received his second Academy Award nomination for his transformative, live-singing performance as Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown (2024) . He continues to draw headlines for his idiosyncratic fashion, offbeat marketing stunts, and candid ambition to be a "great" actor in the lineage of Marlon Brando and Leonardo DiCaprio .
Accomplishments
2017 - Movie: Call Me by Your Name
Genre: Romantic Coming-of-Age Drama
Co-stars: Armie Hammer, Michael Stuhlbarg, Esther Garrel
Brief Description: Chalamet delivers a breakout, Academy Award-nominated performance as Elio Perlman, a precocious 17-year-old living in 1980s Northern Italy. The film chronicles his intense and transformative summer romance with his father's older graduate student, Oliver. His raw vulnerability, emotional complexity, and the famous final close-up shot cemented him as a major acting talent.
2021-2024 - Movies: Dune / Dune: Part Two
Genre: Epic Science Fiction
Co-stars: Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya, Oscar Isaac, Javier Bardem, Austin Butler
Brief Description: As Paul Atreides, a gifted young nobleman thrust into a deadly war on the desert planet Arrakis, Chalamet anchors one of the most ambitious sci-fi adaptations in cinema history. Across two films, he evolves from a hesitant heir into the messianic and ruthless leader Muad'Dib, showcasing his ability to command massive set pieces while retaining deep internal conflict.
2024 - Movie: A Complete Unknown
Genre: Biographical Musical Drama
Co-stars: Edward Norton (as Pete Seeger), Monica Barbaro (as Joan Baez), Elle Fanning
Brief Description: In a transformative performance that earned him his second Academy Award nomination, Chalamet plays a young Bob Dylan during his explosive rise in the 1960s New York folk scene. He notably sang and played guitar live throughout the film, capturing Dylan's enigmatic persona, singular voice, and the seismic cultural shift when he famously "went electric" at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival.
News
EXCLUSIVE: Timothée Chalamet in Talks to Play Iconic Musician and 'Surfer-Dad' Poet in Next A24 Biopic
Timothée Chalamet is in early negotiations to star as Jeff Buckley in Waves of Static, a new A24 biopic directed by Celine Song. The film will focus on Buckley's rapid rise in the 1990s Greenwich Village music scene, his strained relationship with his estranged father, and the creative process behind his iconic rendition of "Hallelujah," culminating in the days before his tragic drowning at age 30.
