Timothée Hal Chalamet (born December 27, 1995) is a multi-award-winning American actor known as Timothée Chalamet.
He began his acting career at a very young age, appearing in short films and commercials before starring in the TV series Homeland in 2012.
In 2014, he starred in his first film, Men, Women and Children.
However, it wasn’t until his role as Errol Perlman in the 2017 film Call Me by Your Name that Timothée Chalamet gained global recognition.
The film earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor, among other recognitions.
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| Name: | Timothée Hal Chalamet |
| stage name: | Timothée Chalamet |
| Date of Birth: | December 27, 1995 (28 years old) |
| place of birth: | Manhattan, New York, USA |
| Country of Citizenship: | American, French |
| parents: | Marc Chalamet, Nicole Friend |
| Children: | not applicable |
| high: | 6 feet 1 inch |
| Brothers and sisters: | Pauline Chalamet |
| Girlfriend • Wife: | Lourdes Leon |
| Profession: | Actor • Television personality |
| net worth: | $10 million |
early life
Timothée Hal Chalamet was born on December 27, 1995 in the winter in New York City.
He holds French and American nationality.
His father is Frenchman Marc Chalamet, currently an editor at the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and a former New York reporter for Le Parisien.
On the other hand, his mother is a real estate agent at the Corcoran Group named Nicole Flender and a former Broadway dancer.
Nicole Flender is a third-generation New Yorker who is half Austrian Jewish and half Russian Jewish.
Timothée Chalamet has an older sister named Pauline Chalamet (born in 1992), who is currently an actress.
Additionally, he is the nephew of filmmakers and producers Amy Lippman and Rodman Flender.
He grew up in a government-funded artists’ building at Manhattan Square in Hell’s Kitchen. He lived in Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, a small village near the French city of Lyon.
Timothée Chalamet’s childhood dream was to become a professional soccer player. But at age 13 he became a coach at a soccer camp in France, where he coached boys aged 6 to 10.
educate
Timothée Chalamet attended PS 87 William T. Sherman School for elementary school and later received funding to study at MS 54 Booker T. Washington Middle School for three years.
He continued his studies at the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music, Art and Performing Arts.
After graduating from high school, Timothée Chalamet studied cultural anthropology at Columbia University for a year before transferring to the prestigious Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University.
Profession
Timothée Chalamet began his acting career as a child actor, appearing in several commercials and in two horror shorts in 2008, Sweet Tooth and Clown.
In 2009, he made his television screen debut, playing murder victim Eric Foley in an episode (The Commitments) of the television series Law & Order. He then had a small role in the television film Aaliyah.
In addition, in 2011, he made his stage debut, playing the little boy Nicholas in the Off-Broadway play “The Story”, and his outstanding performance attracted the attention and praise of the chief drama critic of the New York Daily News.
In 2012, Timothée Chalamet landed two recurring roles, playing Luke in the TV series “The Devil Wears Prada” and Finn Walden in the spy thriller “Homeland.”
Additionally, he had a small role in Jason Reitman’s Men, Women & Children, his feature film debut, but the film ultimately was a critical and commercial failure.
Despite this, he received critical acclaim for his role as a young version of Sam in the comedy film The Worst Friend the following year. However, his most prominent role as an actor was as young Tom Cooper, the son of Matthew McConaughey’s title character in the science fiction blockbuster Interstellar.
The film was a huge success at the box office and even received rave reviews from critics for the cast’s fantastic performances.
In 2015, Timothée Chalamet played one of the protagonists, 16-year-old boy Zach, in the fantasy thriller One and Two. In February 2016, he was selected by playwright and director John Patrick Shanley to play Jim Quinn in the autobiographical play The Prodigal Son at the Manhattan Drama Club, after which he returned to stage performance.
Timothée Chalamet then starred opposite Elio Perlman in another blockbuster, the 2017 coming-of-age drama Call Me by Your Name. But once again he had to learn Italian, play guitar and piano, and was nominated for several awards, including a Golden Globe and an Oscar.
Additionally, in 2017, he received critical acclaim for his roles as Daniel Middleton in the film In the Heat of the Night and Kyle Sheible in another popular film Lady Bird. In 2018, he played Nick Sheff in the drama film Beautiful Boy, which was based on the memoir of the same name.
He also co-starred in Woody Allen’s film A Rainy Day in New York with Selena Gomez and in The King with King Henry V of England.
Timothée Chalamet hosted the Dec. 12, 2020, episode of the sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live, featuring musical guests the E Street Band and Bruce Springsteen.
In 2021, he played a student revolutionary in Wes Anderson’s comedy-drama The French Express. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on July 12, 2021.
Awards and nominations
Timothée Chalamet was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in Call Me by Your Name.
He has also been nominated for BAFTAs, Golden Globe Awards, Critics’ Choice Awards, and Screen Actors Guild Awards.
He was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award and the Critics’ Choice Movie Award for his outstanding performance in Lady Bird.
Social Media
With his popularity and growing fame, Timothée Chalamet is one of the most followed actors on social media. His Instagram account has over 13.4 million followers and his Twitter account has over 4.3 million followers.
Timothée Chalamet’s verified social media accounts are as follows:
- Instagram: @tchalamet
- Twitter: @RealChalamet
- Tik-Tok: @timotheechalameet
Personal life
Timothée Chalamet has a very attractive body, he is 6 feet 1 inch tall and weighs about 66 kg. His waist is 32 inches, chest is 41 inches, biceps are 38 inches, and his measurements are 41-32-38.
He has blonde hair and dark brown eyes which are very attractive. The actor has not yet got any tattoos on his skin.
Timothée Chalamet dated Lourdes “Lola” Leon, daughter of pop icon Madonna, in high school before the relationship ended, and he hasn’t been romantically linked to anyone since.
net worth
Timothée Chalamet is one of the most influential actors in contemporary American cinema, and also one of the highest paid.
This is probably why Timothée Chalamet has a huge net worth of $10 million. In addition, he also owns a beautiful house and several cars in the United States.
Filmography
In 2009, Timothée Chalamet made his much-anticipated film debut, playing murder victim Eric Foley in an episode of the television series Law & Order (The Commitments).
He is a well-known actor in the American film industry. He has starred in many movies and TV series and is also a star on Broadway.
movie
- 2014 Men, Women and Children as Danny Vance
- 2014 Interstellar as young Tom Cooper
- 2015; The Worst Friend as Young Sam
- 2015 Number One and Number Two as Zac Andrew
- 2015 The Diary of Adlar as teenage Stephen Elliott
- 2016 Charlie Cooper
- 2016 Miss Stevens as Billy Mitman
- 2017 Call Me by Your Name as Elio Perlman
- 2017 Hot Summer Nights as Daniel Middleton
- 2017 Lady Bird as Kyle Scheible
- 2018 Hostiles as Pvt. Philippe
- 2018 Beautiful Boy as Nic Sheff
- 2019 A Rainy Day in New York Gatsby Wells as Woody Allen
- 2019 The King as Henry V
- 2019 Little Women as Theodore “Laurie” Laurence
- 2021 French Express as Zeffirelli
- 2021 Dune as Paul Atreides
- 2021 Don’t Look Up as Quentin (not yet released)
- 2022 Bones & All as Lee (not yet released)
- 2023 Wonka as Willy Wonka (not yet released)
TV Shows
- 2009 Law & Order as Eric Foley (episode: “Pledge”)
- Alia (young version)
- 2011 What Would You Do? (Episode: “Ginger Abuse”)
- 2012 Luke the Doctor (4 episodes)
- Class of 2020 Gathered: America honors 2020 high school graduates in its own name
- 2020–2021 Saturday Night Live as host (2 episodes)
theater
- 2011 The Tall Man as Nicholas Clarke (McKinn/Kezar Theatre)
- 2016 Jim Quinn in The Prodigal Son (Manhattan Theatre Club)
Commercial
- 2021 “All-Electric Cadillac Lyriq” Plays Edgar Scissorhands
