10 of Timothée Chalamet’s dreamiest on-screen moments
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Heralded as the movie star Hollywood needs right now, Timothée Chalamet combines sensitive performances with charming talk-show appearances and trailblazing red-carpet style. Two years on from his award-winning role in , he’s captivated global audiences, inspiring a fan following that rivals 1990s Leo-mania. Ahead of the release of his latest films – David Michôd’s and Greta Gerwig’s – charts Chalamet’s best roles.
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(2012)After brief stints on and , Chalamet’s first big break came with a recurring role as Finn, vice president William Walden’s son on the second instalment of A textbook bad boy, he romances Nicholas Brody’s daughter Dana, but their relationship falls apart after he is involved in a hit-and-run that results in a woman’s death. Finn himself faces a tragic end in the season finale, when (spoiler alert) he is killed by a car bomb alongside his mother.
(2014)
Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi epic centres on a former NASA pilot (Matthew McConaughey) who is recruited to go to space in search of other habitable planets. Chalamet plays his son, in a part that also gives him screen time with acting legend John Lithgow. Despite only being in front of cameras for 10 days, the young actor spent months on set with the cast, which included Jessica Chastain, Anne Hathaway, Matt Damon and Casey Affleck (the latter plays Chalamet’s older self).
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(2016)
A troubled high school teacher chaperones three students to a drama competition in Julia Hart’s poignant directorial debut. Lily Rabe, as the titular Miss Stevens, scooped SXSW’s prize for Best Actress following the film’s premiere, but Chalamet is the real revelation. He stars as Billy, the most talented of the three young actors, who is struggling with behavioural issues and desperate for emotional connection. It’s a heart-wrenching performance that hints at a promising future.
(2017)
For many diehard fans, Chalamet will always be Elio, the coltish teenager who shimmies on to the dancefloor beside Armie Hammer in Luca Guadagnino’s sun-drenched romance. Speaking both French and Italian, playing the piano and guitar, and dazzling everyone he encounters, the character is the perfect showcase for Chalamet’s many talents and earned him a SAG, BAFTA, Golden Globe and Oscar nomination. With André Aciman currently writing a sequel to , entitled , another big-screen adaptation could be on the horizon.
(2017)
In Elijah Bynum’s coming-of-age crime drama, a lanky loner is sent away to Cape Cod to spend the summer with his aunt. Instead, he falls in with a rough crowd of hustlers and burnouts, and helps them take their drug dealing business to the next level. A haze of house parties and car chases follow, but the film is held together by Chalamet’s performance – a heady cocktail of goofy charisma and fumbling sexiness that turns him into an unlikely pin-up.
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Lady Bird (2017)
Kyle, the pretentious “artthrob”, who Saoirse Ronan’s character dates in Greta Gerwig’s directorial debut is the embodiment of the early 2000s-era rebel: a chain-smoking, tousled-haired bassist who is obsessed with conspiracy theories and the Iraq War. Chalamet stops him from slipping into cliché, imbuing the part with quiet intelligence and vulnerability, despite his cringe-inducing one-liners (Kyle’s catchphrase is “hella tight”). While his relationship with Lady Bird is short-lived, it yields some of the film’s funniest moments and raised the actor’s profile to new heights.
(2017)
As French private Philippe DeJardin, Chalamet’s scene-stealing cameo in Scott Cooper’s brutal Western gives him the chance to rub shoulders with Christian Bale and Rosamund Pike. The story follows a cavalry officer who is assigned to return a Cheyenne war chief and his family to their tribal homelands. DeJardin is the youngest recruit on the officer’s team, and spends the film riding horses, preparing for ambushes and looking dashing in uniform while doing it.
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(2018)
One of the actor’s most challenging projects to date, Felix Van Groeningen’s addiction drama takes two memoirs as its source material: by Nic Sheff and by David Sheff. Chalamet plays the anguished Nic, alongside Steve Carell’s David, as they discover that the path to recovery rarely runs smooth. Moving and melancholy, Chalamet’s performance brought him widespread awards recognition including BAFTA, Golden Globe and SAG nominations.
(2019)
A growling British accent, bowl cut and bruised armour form the essentials for Chalamet’s part in David Michôd’s Shakespearean epic. He is Hal, the reluctant ruler who leads England into battle against France, with the help of conniving courtiers and his loyal friend Falstaff (Joel Edgerton). There’s plenty of palace intrigue, bloody battle sequences and a showdown with the Dauphin (a malevolent Robert Pattinson), marking a bold departure from Chalamet’s previous artsy roles.
(2019)
In joining the cast of the new adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s beloved classic, Chalamet reunites with ’s Greta Gerwig and Saoirse Ronan. He will play Laurie, the brooding love interest of Ronan’s Jo March, who attends balls and dashes around the countryside in sumptuous period costumes. Also featuring Emma Watson and Meryl Streep, the film is scheduled for international release from late December. For critics and cinemagoers alike, Christmas can’t come soon enough.