Curiosidades

Speaks French almost fluently (he puts himself at 97% fluent, because he mistakes certain gendered nouns) and learned how to speak Italian while shooting Me Chame pelo Seu Nome (2017).

Christopher Nolan cast him Interstellar saying that his talent was immediately apparent in the audition. He would've considered casting him in the war ensemble Dunkirk (2017) if he were British.

His name is properly pronounced Timo-TAY but he also accepts the English pronunciation Timothy, and nicknames Tim and Timmy. He chooses to go by Timothy because he doesn't like requiring all people to use the French version, as he finds that "pretentious" and "unrelatable".

Auditioned for the role of Spider-Man in Capitão América: Guerra Civil (2016). He lost out to Tom Holland.

Plays the piano and guitar, the former of which he played for the role of Elio in Me Chame pelo Seu Nome (2017).

In 2017, became the youngest winner of the NYFCC's Best Actor prize, for Me Chame pelo Seu Nome (2017).

Born and raised in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, New York City. He is the son of Marc Chalamet, a UNICEF editor, and Nicole Flender, a dancer and real estate broker.

Though he started acting a child doing commercials, which he says he hated and only did it because New York children are often approached about it, he was inspired to do it professionally after seeing Heath Ledger's performance in Batman: O Cavaleiro das Trevas (2008). He also credits Kid Cudi with the reason he is an actor.

Auditioned for Motel Bates (2013) but used the wrong Psycho reference point (thinking it was American Psycho) so he didn't get the role. Freddie Highmore did.

He has appeared in seven films that have been nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Me Chame pelo Seu Nome (2017), Lady Bird: A Hora de Voar (2017), Adoráveis Mulheres (2019), Duna (2021), Não Olhe para Cima (2021), Duna: Parte 2 (2024) and Um Completo Desconhecido (2024).

O Rei (2019)'s promotional poster came from a candid photo of him sitting and listening to director David Michôd, the poster was simply shaded and edited darker.

He and Ansel Elgort attended Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts at the same time. He maintains when he auditioned for school plays he didn't get the roles because Ansel did, so he was relegated to the talent shows. This is mostly true as their drama teacher did cast Ansel in Hairspray and Guys and Dolls, but Timothée did get cast as the lead in Sweet Charity. Directly after high school, they co-starred in the film Homens, Mulheres & Filhos (2014).

As of 2024, he has been nominated for 2 Oscars, 3 Golden Globes, 4 BAFTAs, and 7 SAGs.

In high school, he dated Madonna's daughter Lola (his classmate).

After Interstellar, which he thought would be his breakout role (only for it to be a minor one), Timothée had a streak of rejections and would get upset watching movies he had auditioned for or even watching movies with actors his age.

By age 26, he has appeared in five films that have been nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards.

Despite his distinctly French first and last names, Timothée is of only one quarter French ancestry. His other roots are one quarter British Isles and one half Ashkenazi Jewish.

He spent his first big paycheck (from a Disney commercial) on season tickets for the Knicks, thinking LeBron James was going to join the team in his 2010 free agency. He had to scalp the tickets daily after school.

His father was raised in Lille, France and his mother is from New York City. Timothée's paternal grandfather, The Rev. Roger Chalamet, was a French Protestant minister, from Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, and Timothée's paternal grandmother, Jean (Ashworth), moved from Ontario, Canada to France, and was of British Isles ancestry. Timothée's mother is Jewish (of half Polish Jewish and half Russian Jewish ancestry). Timothée's maternal grandparents, Harold Flender and Enid (Rodman), were born in The Bronx, New York, both of them to Jewish emigrant parents.

Was still only 17 when he started college at Columbia University. (He now attends New York University).

Auditioned for the role of Patrick in Manchester à Beira-Mar (2016). He lost out to Lucas Hedges.

He is a huge fan of Paul Thomas Anderson, whom he has described as one of his heroes, and has named Embriagado de Amor (2002) as one of his favorite films.

Despite having an Italian instructor to prepare for Call Me by Your Name, he cannot speak the language and says would have preferred to do it phonetically.

Also uses a French passport.

Prefers doing theatre.

Timothée's American mother Nicole graduated from Yale with a BA in French and is fluent; she has taught French in the New York City public school system since the '90s.

His maternal grandfather Harold Flender wrote for Sid Caesar in the 1950s, along with Woody Allen. When Allen later cast Timothée in his film Um Dia de Chuva em Nova York (2019), he was initially unaware of the family relation.

His eyes are actually blue with a large hazel iris, giving them a faux "green" appearance.

Brother of actress Pauline Chalamet and nephew of writer, producer, and director Amy Lippman.

Missed about half of his senior year to film Homeland.

Wants to direct and produce music one day.

Timothée's maternal uncle is director Rodman Flender. Timothée's maternal grandfather was writer and screenwriter Harold Flender.

Before fame, Samuel L. Jackson once worked as a security guard for the apartment building he grew up in. Alicia Keys also grew up there.

He was originally going to be rejected from LaGuardia, but his sophomore drama teacher insisted upon his enrollment and gave him the highest score.

Among movies he auditioned for but never got a response or call back include Demônio de Neon (2016), White Boy Rick (2018), A Teoria de Tudo (2014), O Lar das Crianças Peculiares (2016), and Manchester à Beira-Mar (2016).

He is the first person born in the 1990s to have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor, for Me Chame pelo Seu Nome (2017), fourteen years after Keisha Castle-Hughes became the first person born in the 1990s to be nominated for an acting Oscar (Best Actress, for Encantadora de Baleias (2002), in the ceremony for 2003). Lucas Hedges and Dev Patel are the first males born in the 1990s to have been nominated for acting (Best Supporting Actor, for Manchester à Beira-Mar (2016) and Lion: Uma Jornada para Casa (2016), respectively). He is also the first male born in the decade to have been nominated for two acting Oscars, with Um Completo Desconhecido (2024) being the second nominated role.

Of his time at Columbia, he said he felt like another product on the factory line.

His parents met while his dad was on a business trip to New York.

Timothée is the French form of Timothy. In the French version of the Bible, Timothée is the companion of St. Paul. It is a masculine name. The name is pronounced in French as tim-o-tay.

While his became the number one movie internationally (Woody Allen's Um Dia de Chuva em Nova York (2019)), at the same time his sister Pauline Chalamet co-starred in the number one movie in America (Judd Apatow's The King of Staten Island).

Is a huge fan of French football (soccer) team AS Saint-Etienne ("les Verts").

Appeared in six films honored by the American Film Institute as ranking amongst the ten best American movies of their respective years; Interestelar (2014), Lady Bird: A Hora de Voar (2017), Me Chame pelo Seu Nome (2017), Adoráveis Mulheres (2019), Não Olhe para Cima (2021) and Duna (2021).

Considers Kiernan Shipka to be his little sister.

While living in the Bronx, he lived two streets away from Yankee Stadium.

Became the third actor to be nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture Actor - Comedy/Musical for playing Willy Wonka, with the film Wonka (2023). The first two being Gene Wilder for A Fantástica Fábrica de Chocolate (1971) and Johnny Depp for A Fantástica Fábrica de Chocolate (2005).

He was the original choice to play Oliver Quick in Saltburn (2023). Barry Keoghan landed the role.

He appeared with Saoirse Ronan in four different projects: Great Performers: Horror Show (2017), Lady Bird: A Hora de Voar (2017), Adoráveis Mulheres (2019) and A Crônica Francesa (2021). Greta Gerwig directed two of the films, and the trio almost got reunited in Barbie (2023) where Chalamet and Ronan would have cameos.

His first album was 50 Cent's Get Rich or Die Tryin'.

Born at 9:16pm-EST.

Grew up in Manhattan Plaza, moderate income housing for performing artists in New York City.