Timothée Chalamet Has A Great Chance Of Winning An Oscar Next Year (But Not For Dune 2)

Timothée Chalamet may not have been a part of this year's Oscars, but he has a great chance of winning one next year but for a different starring role than his most recent film, Dune: Part Two. Dune 2 has become a box-office success and critics are raving about the film, but Timothée Chalamet has another starring role that could be released in 2024 that could set him up as the front-runner for next year's awards. Dune 2 has a good chance to be an awards-season darling a year from now, but a different role could set Timothée Chalamet for a leading actor nomination.

Even though he is just 28 years old, Timothée Chalamet has already been nominated for an Academy Award in 2018 for his leading role in Call Me By Your Name. However, he was competing with acting legends such as Gary Oldham (who won the award), Daniel Day-Lewis, and Denzel Washington that year and did not come away with his first win. It is commonly thought that it is just a matter of time before the young star earns his first Oscar, and a biopic he is currently filming might be Timothée Chalamet's next best shot.

Timothée Chalamet Could Win An Oscar For His Bob Dylan Movie

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Timothée Chalamet will next star in a music biopic entitled A Complete Unknown about the early music career of Bob Dylan, and it features one of the most dynamic combinations of cast and crew in any upcoming film. In addition to Timothée Chalamet's portrayal of Bob Dylan, the cast of A Complete Unknown also includes Elle Fanning, Benedict Cumberbatch, Monica Barbaro, and Nick Offerman. Legendary biopic director James Mangold (Walk The Line, Logan, Ford v. Ferrari) will direct the movie with Bob Dylan serving as an executive producer.

The release date for A Complete Unknown is slated for 2024, although not guaranteed after A Complete Unknown ran into filming delays. If it is released before the end of the year, Timothée Chalamet has incredible music skills and will surely be a contender at the 2025 Academy Awards, and the current Dune 2 hype might help push this narrative. Recent Hollywood trends have shown that playing musicians is a strong path to securing an Oscar nomination. James Mangold's Walk the Line earned both Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon Oscar nominations for playing Johnny Cash and June Carter (and Reese Witherspoon won the award).

Below is a list of actors recently nominated for Oscars for roles in which they played musicians in films.

Why Timothée Chalamet Winning An Oscar For Dune 2 Is Unlikely

Dune 2 has been a tremendous success and is likely to do very well at next year's Oscars and Timothée Chalamet is a large part of Dune 2's success. Dune 2 is likely to be nominated for many awards when announced in the fall and winter of 2024, but roles in science fiction movies are not typically ones that the Academy pushes to the top of the list for acting awards. Before Everything, Everywhere, All At Once claimed three acting awards in 2023, 2015 was the last time a Leading Actor nomination went to a science fiction film, when Matt Damon was nominated for The Martian.

Historically, a role in a sweeping biopic like A Complete Unknown is a likely path to an Oscar nomination, even if the film does not come close to producing at the box office the way Dune 2 will. What Timothée Chalamet's role in Dune 2 will do, however, is help catapult his stardom even higher, so that more attention is paid to A Complete Unknown. The 2025 Academy Awards could be the year Timothée Chalamet takes home an award if his latest film is released in time, but time is certainly on Timothée Chalamet's side in terms of winning an Oscar eventually.