Adrien Brody Beats Timothée Chalamet for Best Actor at Golden Globes 2025

Timothée Chalamet’s destiny on the Golden Globes 2025 is now not unknown.

It seems that the fourth time wasn’t the attraction for Chalamet, who was nominated for his efficiency as Bob Dylan within the biopic A Full Unknown and misplaced finest actor in a drama movie to The Brutalist’s Adrien Brody—who even gave pricey “Timmy” a shout-out on the prime of his acceptance speech. Chalamet was beforehand nominated for his lead function in 2017’s Name Me by Your Identify, his supporting efficiency reverse Steve Carell in 2018’s Lovely Boy, and his displaying because the titular Wonka in 2023’s musical comedy.

This yr’s intently watched best-actor-in-a-drama-film class was populated by nominees together with Brody, The Apprentice’s Sebastian Stan, Queer’s Daniel Craig, Sing Sing’s Colman Domingo, and Conclave’s Ralph Fiennes. Nevertheless it was Brody who emerged victorious, telling the gang that he would “cherish this second endlessly.”

The award marked the primary Golden Globe for the 51-year-old Brody. Whereas he made his technique to Oscar glory in 2003 with The Pianist, the actor really misplaced the Globe that yr to Jack Nicholson, who received for his efficiency in Alexander Payne’s About Schmidt. “On the core of The Brutalist, it’s actually a narrative in regards to the human capability for creation,” stated Brody, whose director, Brady Corbet, received earlier within the night. He additionally took a second to acknowledge his companion, Georgina Chapman, who taught him “tips on how to be,” in addition to his household: “To my mother and pa, who’re right here tonight—my goodness, you all the time maintain me up.”

However Chalamet shouldn’t mark the night time as a complete unhappy track. Within the weeks earlier than the Golden Globes 2025, Chalamet’s costar Edward Norton, who was Globe-nominated within the supporting-actor class for his function as folks legend Pete Seeger, praised his movie’s main man, telling Vainness Honest, “Does this film get made with out Timothée being unusually proper to play [Dylan]? Let’s overlook whether or not Timothée has had some hit motion pictures these days that helped them rationalize in making this film, which is nice. I feel it’s so lovely that he stated, ‘That is what I wish to do.’” And in early December, within the weeks earlier than the movie’s launch, Dylan himself shared his assist for A Full Unknown, writing on X, “Timmy’s a superb actor so I’m certain he’s going to be fully plausible as me. Or a youthful me. Or another me.”

A Full Unknown tells Dylan’s profession origin story, following the 19-year-old Minnesotan as he strikes to New York to pursue music within the early Sixties, finally discovering himself at a crossroads between the genres of folks and rock music. Had he received, Chalamet, who attended the ceremony with girlfriend Kylie Jenner, would have joined the likes of Austin Butler (Elvis Presley in Elvis), Jamie Foxx (Ray Charles in Ray), and Joaquin Phoenix (Johnny Money in Stroll the Line) as an actor who received a Golden Globe for taking part in a beloved real-life musician.

Shortly after Brody’s best-actor win, the star’s The Brutalist received finest drama movie, making it a licensed front-runner for the Oscars when nominations are introduced on January 17.

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