Though he has steadily acted since his teenage years in in TV series like "Homeland" and big-budget flicks like "Interstellar," it was Timothée Chalamet's sensitive and sensual turn as 17-year-old Elio Perlman in Luca Guadagnino's 2017 romance "Call Me by Your Name" that turned the young actor into a household name.
Chalamet's performance as a lovestruck teen aching for the graduate-student assistant (played by Armie Hammer) staying with the Perlman family during a sun-kissed Italian summer garnered widespread acclaim and earned the then-22-year-old star an Academy Award nomination, making Timothée the youngest Best Actor nominee since 1939. Writing for The Hollywood Reporter, Boyd van Hoeij called Chalamet's performance "the true breakout of the film," and The Economist praised the rising star for "portraying a path of youthful self-discovery that is more raw, unhinged, and ultimately honest than many actors could manage."
