Timothée Chalamet

If you're a movie lover, you've probably seen a young actor appear in multiple movies. He has a head of black curls and green eyes. He's in Dune, Wonka, and Beautiful Boy, to name a few. His name is Timothee Chalamet, and he's taking Hollywood by storm.

Timothee Chalamet was born to parents Nicole Flender and Marc Chalamet on December twenty-seventh, 1995. He has an older sister, Pauline. (Who's an actress in her own right.)

Timothee began his career as a young actor on a Law and Order SVU episode at age twelve. Timothee had very supportive parents who encouraged him to do what made him happy. His mother is a former Broadway dancer and works with the Coracan group as a real estate agent. She is of half-Russian-Jewish and half-Austrian-Jewish descent.

His father, Marc, is entirely French and is an editor for UNICEF. He is the nephew of Rodman Flender. Timothee grew up in NYC in a subsided apartment in Hell's Kitchen. He is bilingual in French and English and knows a little Italian. His family traveled to France every summer because of his French father. Timothee and Pauline have dual citizenship in France and the US. Timothee attended LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts and Music. As well as Columbia and New York University

One of Timothee's first official roles was in a few episodes of Homeland. His on-stage performances include The Talls and Prodigal Son. His first film role was a teen character in Men, Women, and Children. Then he starred as Matthew McConaughey's teen son in Interstellar.

Unfortanly, he had a role much smaller than he thought. In an interview, Timothee said he had seen the film twelve times in theatres and that after the first time he saw it, he had gone home to visit his father and wept for an hour. He had been hoping for a more significant role. (Most of the time, they will film more scenes than what will eventually end up in the final edited film.)

Timothee's next two movies, Love, the Coopers, and One and Two.

These two Indie movies only succeeded a little despite his slightly larger roles. He had a few other minor roles before his big break with Luca Guadagnino's adaptation of the book. Call me By Your Name In 2017.

This role finally gave Timothee his big break. He played a 17-year-old named Elio Pearlman in the movie, which takes place in northern Italy in 1983. He stars alongside Armie Hammer, who plays Elio's love interest. The film received an award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

Timothee's next main character role, Hot Summer Nights, has him playing Daniel Middleton. He is an asthmatic teen who gets shipped off to his aunt's Cape Cod home the summer his father passes away. The movie finds Daniel selling drugs with the local drug dealer, Hunter. It takes place in 1991 before and during Hurricane Bob.

Timothee also started in Greta Gerwig's directing debut film LadyBird. This follows Christine "LadyBird" McPherson, played by Saoirse Ronan, as she struggles with her relationship with her mother in life following high school in 2002. Timothee plays Ladybird's love interest Kyile.

(He would later star alongside Saorisoe again in Greta Gerwig's edition of Little Women as Laurie.)

Timothee's next big role is the story of Nic Sheff, based on Nic's novels Tweak and Beautiful Boy by his father, David Sheff. It follows the father and son's journey through Nic's struggle with substance abuse. Steve Carell plays David Sheff.

The movie is an excellent representation of substance abuse and the battle that doesn't just show the drug abuser's struggles but their family as well. Movies that show more than just the primary arc of substance abuse and how it affects more than one person are essential. Timothee had to lose fifteen pounds to play the role of Nic Sheff. Then, according to Timothee, he lost up to eighteen pounds for the role. Then, when he had to regain weight to play Nic at a healthy stage, trying to eat was a struggle. In an Interview with W Magainze. Timothee mentions how hard it was to eat a simple meal of spaghetti. He also had multiple doctor visits to ensure he was healthy enough.

"I lost 18 pounds [for the role]. It was supposed to be 15, but at a certain point, you think you can start eating the same again, but your body is not ready for it. We shot out of order during the first week of scenes. It would’ve been his worst, but it was kind of the stuff that physically. Then I had a week off after that when I could put on a lot of weight and look like a healthy Nic. I went to get spaghetti-like that first night, and I was like, “This is not happening!” I couldn’t get it down."

Timothee also explained how he visited with real-life addicts as well as Nic Sheff to get a better understanding of what he needed to do to be as authentic as possible for the role. Timothee describes this movie as more of a recovery than a drug movie. This story is gut-wrenching in so many ways and needs to be told. Nic Sheff ended up having a total of thirteen relapses. (Only 3 to 4 are shown in the film.)

(Some of the relapses were horrifically fatal). Nic is sober and married and was eventually diagnosed with Bipolar disorder. He is on medication and doing much better than he was. Nic and David both believe that if Nic's bipolar disorder had been discovered when he was young. A lot of his issues could have been prevented or resolved much faster.

Nic is also a co-producer who's worked on shows like Thirteen Reasons Why. Nic is also the author of the books Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines, Schizo, and We all fall: Living with Addiction.

After Beautiful Boy, Timothee played a young Prince Henry in the Netflix movie The King. The movie follows a young Henry and his rise to becoming King of England. It is a historical drama loosely based on the Shakespeare plays of Henriad. The film received awards for Best Production and Best Costume Design.

Timothee's most successful projects have come in the past few years, including Denis Villeneuve's adaptions of Dune 1 and 2—Paul King's Wonka and eventually Dune Messiah.

Timothee has signed on with Warner Brothers, still working with them as an actor and future producer. He broke box office records with Wonka and Dune 2. A feat not seen since John Travolta with Grease and Saturday Night Fever. Timothee's first time at producing took place with another Luca Guadagnino book to film adaption Bones and All, where Timothee stars as Lee.

Timothee has such a wide range as an actor, and his growth is seen throughout every movie he makes. He has had three nominations for the Oscars and Academy Awards. With each movie he does, he shows how much he can do and will always take the time to meet them. His family is also very supportive. His father joined him during the filming of the Dune actor. Timothee loves his fans 2 in Jordan and the Dune 2 press tour.

He starred alongside Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio in the 2021 Netflix film Don't Look Up as Yule.

He is filming and producing A Complete Unknown—a Bob Dylan Biopic film.

Timothee's career is blossoming, and I can't wait to see what he does next. He has become the talk of Hollywood, not just as an actor but as a fashion Icon, and he works hard to be as successful as possible. It is great to see a young actor become successful if that is their goal.

Timothee is grateful for his background and all the hard work he has put into reaching his current position. Yes, he is related to famous directors, but he built his success on his own. He proves time and time again how capable he is as an actor, and that's great to see. I hope the Academy or the Oscars will recognize him for all his hard work.