132 million
A Complete Unknown earned over $132 million
in global box office, making the Dylan biopic
No. 7 on Billboard‘s list of music biopics with
the highest worldwide grosses.
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The actor had to put in a significant amount of work in order to properly portray Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown. This meant that he had to gain 20 pounds in order to appear more Dylan-esque.
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Chalamet was the first solo male star to grace the cover of British Vogue. He made history in 2022, affirming his status as a
style icon.
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At 22, Chalamet was the youngest actor in 80 years to receive an
Oscar nomination for Best Actor, when he was hailed for his role as Elio Perlman in 2018’s Call Me by Your Name.
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The actor is bilingual. His father was born in France. Even though he grew up in New York City, he is fluent in French and English.
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Chalamet donated his earnings from A Rainy Day in New York in light of allegations made against Woody Allen, the film’s director. The actor publicly stated that he would be giving his entire salary across three charities: Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund, the LGBT Community Center in New York and RAINN, an anti-sexual violence organization.
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He has been nominated for 15 total major awards, including two Oscars, four Golden Globes, three Critics Choice Awards, three British Academy Film Awards, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards.
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Chalamet has played roles in 23 different movies, many of them the leads in such feature films as Lady Bird, Little Women, Beautiful Boy, Dune: Part One and Dune: Part Two.
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He sang 40 Dylan songs for the soundtrack of A Complete Unknown. He performed these while also playing guitar and harmonica.
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Though he played minor roles previously, Chalamet won his first high-profile part in a major movie 11 years ago as the son of NASA pilot Cooper, played by Matthew McConaughey, in Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar.