Timothée Chalamet: An American Cinematheque Retrospective

The American Cinematheque is thrilled to welcome the illustrious actor Timothée Chalamet for an in-person retrospective highlighting his most memorable performances and honoring the modern day luminary’s exceptional talent. Join us as we celebrate the remarkable trajectory of a career that has culminated first as the portrayal of Paul Atreides in the phenomenal adaptation of epic sci-fi classics DUNE and DUNE: PART TWO, and in a role he was born to play: Bob Dylan in A COMPLETE UNKNOWN.

An early gem of Chalamet’s career, MISS STEVENS is a heartwarming and down-to-earth story that offers us a glimpse of the unparalleled charisma that would prove to be the foundation of the actor’s artistry and legitimatize his presence as a lead actor for so many projects to come. Timothée Chalamet was catapulted into stardom by his sensitive rendering of Elio Perlman in Luca Guadagnino’s CALL ME BY YOUR NAME, garnering an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor, making the then 22-year-old actor the third youngest nominee in the category’s history. Chalamet and Guadagnino reunited a few years later for the horror romance BONES AND ALL, in which he plays an enigmatic, infatuated cannibal. Chalamet has brought his transformative versatility to a diverse range of roles and genres, including many adaptations from the page and the stage, such as his empathetic performance as a young man struggling with drug addiction in the biographical drama BEAUTIFUL BOY and his gritty, intense King Henry V in THE KING, based on Shakespeare’s Henriad. Timothée Chalamet’s recent starring roles in blockbuster films as disparate as WONKA and DUNE: PART TWO have made him one of the most lauded and recognizable actors of his generation and proven what a singular talent he is to modern cinema.