Fearless
THE DIARY 21: TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET
Photo by Courtesy of A24: Timothée Chalamet _ Marty Supreme Campaign (2025)
Illustration: Manuel Santelices
In today’s Hollywood, there is no one quite like Timothée Chalamet. He is a complete original; an ambitious, vibrant and energetic actor who stands out not only for his formidable performances but for the way he carries his fame, with such an easiness and lightness. He is at the center of the storm — on the cover of Vogue, in ads for Chanel, in blockbusters and indie films, in a relationship with Kylie Jenner! — but seeing him in interviews and personal appearances, you would never know it.
He has an infectious laugh and projects a sense of wonder – like he can’t believe his luck. He is having the time of his life. He knows it. We know it.
On the screen, he doesn’t reveal the emotional fragility of, say, Josh O’Connor or Jacob Elordi, two of his most famous contemporaries, and he doesn’t draw upon the easy tool of sex to get our attention — but boy, can he seduce on film. No matter if it is Gwyneth Paltrow in Marty Supreme, his latest movie, or a ripe peach in Luca Guadagnino’s Call Me by Your Name, the coming-of-age story that made him a star, his poise on camera pulls us in with each character, removing layers between the acting and the moment.
Timothée Chalamet plays Martin ‘Marty’ Reisman in Marty Supreme. Chalamet’s casting seems fitting for the titular role whose slight, lean, build bodes well for Reisman’s nickname, ‘the Needle’
Photos, left & above, by Courtesty of A24: Timothée Chalamet _ On the set of Marty Supreme (2025)
Chalamet is smart and doesn’t hide his aspirations. He is an admirer of the great actors — Brando, Pacino, Daniel Day Lewis — and, like them, he is in the “pursuit of greatness”, as he confessed in his speech at the 2025 SAG awards when he won the best actor award for his role as Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown. In a later interview he acknowledged he doesn’t shy away from pride. “I know pride is like a deadly sin, but I am so proud of the work I’ve been able to put in.” At 30, he was the youngest actor to ever receive that award, and said he hoped one day to be the oldest too.
Tyler, the Creator, made his film debut in Marty Supreme as a charismatic taxi driver opposite the seasoned Chalamet. The role marks an exciting new bullet point to the Grammy-winning rapper’s resume. And as we all count Tyler as bringing back loafers and other traditional menswear pieces into the zeitgeist, the film’s period isn’t too far away from his personal style either.
Chalamet was only the second man to appear alone on the cover of American Vogue (the first was Harry Styles), and there’s a good reason for that. He has a fashion sense that is totally his own. Instantly recognizable and constantly evolving, his style has more to do with his attitude than with the clothes he wears. He carries his confidence the way a kid who grew up on the streets of New York City, as he did.
Chalamet , photographed by Annie Leibovitz for the Cover of Vogue (December 2025)
Chalamet wearing a magenta velvet suite by Tom Ford at the world premier of WONKA (2023)
Chalamet at Sundance for A Complete Unknown (2024)
“He does not experience what he calls a ‘fever pitch of self-terror’ that he has seen in other people,” writes Mattie Kahn in the Vogue story. “He has watched actors buckle under pressure or lose themselves. “That’s never been who I am,” he says.
