Timothée Chalamet East one of the greatest.*
On Friday morning, Chalamet, 29, landed his first Grammy nomination in the category of best compilation soundtrack for visual media, which comes from Chalamet’s portrayal of Bob Dylan in last year. A complete stranger. He is nominated alongside F1 The Album, Demon Hunters KPop, Sinners and nasty. However, all of his fellow nominees are listed under “various artists,” making Chalamet the only one to receive a named nod.
To embody the Like a Rolling Stone singer, the actor underwent extensive training, including five years of preparation, to learn to sing as well as play the guitar and harmonica, and to work with dialect and movement coaches to make his performance authentic.
And his work earned him his second Academy Award nomination for Best Actor in addition to nominations at the Golden Globes, BAFTAs, Critics’ Choice Awards and SAG Awards, winning the final ceremony.
*At the SAG Awards earlier this year, the actor made headlines about how he was striving for greatness while accepting the Best Actor award in A complete stranger. “I can downplay the importance of this award because that’s what matters the most to me. And I know we’re in a subjective field, but the truth is I’m really looking for greatness. I know people don’t usually talk like that, but I want to be one of the greats. I’m inspired by the greats,” he said. “I’m as inspired by Daniel Day-Lewis, Marlon Brando and Viola Davis as I am by Michael Jordan, Michael Phelps, and I want to be up there.”
Although he won the SAG Award, he did not win the Oscar, as it went to Adrien Brody for The Brutalist. He was previously nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for Call me by your name in 2018. However, Chalamet recently opened up to Vogue to be disappointed to have lost the statue for his Bob Dylan turn.
“If there are five people at an awards show and four people go home losing, you don’t think those four people are at the restaurant and are like, ‘Damn, we didn’t win?'” Chalamet told the publication. “I’ve been around actors who are deeply generous and egoless, and maybe some of them say, ‘That was fun.’ But I know for a fact that a lot of them are saying, “Fuck! People can call me tough, and they can say anything. But I’m the one doing it here.
As 2026 approaches, Chalamet is already receiving Oscar buzz for his upcoming role as a ping-pong player in Josh Safdie’s film. Marty Supreme. Chalamet also isn’t the only high-profile actor who isn’t the typical kind of musician to be nominated for a Grammy as Bradley Cooper, a 12-time Oscar nominee (but three times for his acting), has won three Grammy Awards for his musical landmark films. A star is born And Maestro, during which he also trained meticulously to deliver his performances, including six years of preparation to play iconic conductor Leonard Bernstein.
Even though Cooper has yet to win an Oscar, but instead won numerous awards on music’s biggest night, the odds look promising for Chalamet.
