110-401: Timothée Hal Chalamet ( English: / ˈ t ɪ m ə θ i ˈ ʃ æ l ə m eɪ / TIM -əth-ee SHAL -ə-may ; born December 27, 1995) is an American and French actor. He has received various accolades , including nominations for an Academy Award , three Golden Globe Awards , and three BAFTA Film Awards . Chalamet began his career as a teenager in television, appearing in
220-561: A Golden Globe Award for Best Actor — Motion Picture Drama , a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role , a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role , and an Academy Award for Best Actor for this performance, making him, at age 26, the eighth-youngest nominee in the category. In The New York Times review of the film, critic Stephen Holden writes: "Both Mr. Ledger and Mr. Gyllenhaal make this anguished love story physically palpable. Mr. Ledger magically and mysteriously disappears beneath
330-511: A Lucille Lortel Award and gained a nomination for a Drama League Award . Off-screen, he has been labeled as a sex symbol and a fashion icon . Timothée Hal Chalamet was born on December 27, 1995, in New York City, and grew up in the federally subsidized artists' building Manhattan Plaza in Hell's Kitchen . He has an elder sister, Pauline Chalamet , who is an actress. His mother, Nicole Flender,
440-619: A ShoWest Award as "Male Star of Tomorrow". Ledger received "Best Actor of 2005" awards from both the New York Film Critics Circle and the San Francisco Film Critics Circle for his performance in Brokeback Mountain , in which he plays Wyoming ranch hand Ennis Del Mar , who has a love affair with aspiring rodeo rider Jack Twist , played by Jake Gyllenhaal . He also received the nominations for
550-488: A brand ambassador for Cartier . He also collaborated with Haider Ackermann to design a hoodie with 100% of the proceeds going to French organization Afghanistan Libre, which is centered around preserving the rights of women in Afghanistan . At the 94th Academy Awards , Chalamet wore a sequined Louis Vuitton jacket from Nicolas Ghesquière 's womenswear collection without a shirt; W declared that he had "rewritten
660-631: A wake on Cottesloe Beach . The Eskimo Joe song " Foreign Land " was written as a tribute to Ledger. The band were in New York at the time of his death. In January 2011, the State Theatre Centre of Western Australia in Ledger's home town of Perth named a 575-seat theatre the Heath Ledger Theatre after him. For the opening of the theatre, Ledger's Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
770-538: A Salesman as among the best he has ever seen. Stephen Holden of The New York Times compared him to James Dean . After being attached to the project for three years, Chalamet starred in Luca Guadagnino 's Call Me by Your Name , based on the novel of the same name by André Aciman . The story revolves around Elio Perlman, a young man living in Italy during the 1980s, who falls in love with Oliver ( Armie Hammer ),
880-596: A Timothée Chalamet look-alike contest in Washington Square Park in late 2024, helping to kickstart a large increase in the prevalence of celebrity look-alike contests that year . Chalamet served as one of the co-chairs of the 2021 Met Gala , alongside singer Billie Eilish , professional tennis player Naomi Osaka and poet Amanda Gorman . The event was part of the Costume Institute 's exhibit In America: A Lexicon of Fashion. That same year, Chalamet became
990-538: A director. He also intended to act in the film, with Canadian actor Elliot Page proposed in the lead role. Ledger's final directorial work, in which he shot two music videos before his death, premiered in 2009. The music videos, completed for Modest Mouse and Grace Woodroofe , include an animated feature for Modest Mouse's song " King Rat ", and the Woodroofe video for her cover of David Bowie 's " Quicksand ". The "King Rat" video premiered on 4 August 2009. Ledger
1100-642: A fictional actor, Robbie Clark, one of six characters embodying aspects of Bob Dylan 's life and persona in Todd Haynes ' I'm Not There . Ledger died in January 2008 from an accidental overdose as a result of prescription drug abuse. A few months before his death, he finished filming his role as the Joker in The Dark Knight ; the performance brought him praise and popularity, and numerous posthumous awards, including
1210-576: A flurry of further media speculation, on 6 August 2008, the US Attorney's Office in Manhattan closed its investigation into Ledger's death without filing any charges and rendering moot its subpoena of Olsen. With the clearing of the two doctors and Olsen, and the closing of the investigation because the prosecutors in the Manhattan US Attorney's Office "don't believe there's a viable target," it
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#17328947900301320-545: A gawky teenager who gets swept up in the drug-dealing business over the course of a summer, in Elijah Bynum's directorial debut, Hot Summer Nights . It received a limited theatrical release the following year and generated mixed reviews from critics, though Chalamet received praise from K. Austin Collins of Vanity Fair , who called the "sensitivity" in his performance "something special". Later that year, he played Kyle Scheible,
1430-604: A lovestruck teenager, in Little Women , an adaptation of Louisa May Alcott 's novel of the same name . Marking his second collaboration with Gerwig and Ronan, the film was acclaimed by critics, two of whom— Peter Travers of Rolling Stone and Ann Hornaday of The Washington Post —also praised Chalamet's performance; Travers noted that the actor portrays the role with "innate charm and poignant vulnerability", while Hornaday highlighted his "languidly graceful" performance and its "playful physicality". Chalamet hosted an episode of
1540-415: A memorial service attended by several hundred invited guests was held at Penrhos College , attracting considerable press attention; afterward Ledger's body was cremated at Fremantle Cemetery , followed by a private service attended by only 10 of his closest family members, The ashes were taken from Fremantle for interment at an unspecified location. Later that night, his family and friends gathered for
1650-481: A moody, counter-culture actor who represents the romanticist side of Dylan, but says accolades are never his motivation". Posthumously, on 23 February 2008, he shared the 2007 Independent Spirit Robert Altman Award with the rest of the film's ensemble cast, its director, and its casting director. In his penultimate film role, Ledger played the Joker in Christopher Nolan 's 2008 film The Dark Knight , which
1760-474: A music video for Harper's song "Morning Yearning". At a news conference at the 2007 Venice Film Festival , Ledger spoke of his desire to make a documentary film about the British singer-songwriter Nick Drake , who died in 1974, at the age of 26, from an overdose of an antidepressant . Ledger created and acted in a music video set to Drake's recording of the singer's 1974 song about depression, "Black Eyed Dog" —
1870-488: A pair of Dunk Lows ; both items were influenced by his character of Willy Wonka. Chalamet splits his time between New York and California. Despite significant media attention and public interest, he rarely discusses the romantic aspects of his personal life. Chalamet is an avid sports fan; in his youth, he aspired to be a professional soccer player . He is a lifelong supporter of the New York Knicks basketball team and
1980-687: A prestigious New Hampshire prep school set in 1963. His performance was praised and won him the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play , in addition to a nomination for the Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance . Chalamet also co-starred opposite Lily Rabe in Julia Hart 's Miss Stevens as the troubled student Billy Mitman. Stephen Farber of The Hollywood Reporter described Chalamet's act as "compelling" and "startling", with his character's speech from Death of
2090-466: A prince who, as a young man, becomes King of England , in David Michôd 's Netflix period drama The King , based on several plays from Shakespeare 's Henriad . Richard Lawson of Vanity Fair wrote, "Chalamet does robust work, straightening his lanky posture as he goes, rising up into the role like a man ascendant". In his third film release of 2019, Chalamet portrayed Theodore "Laurie" Laurence ,
2200-675: A publicist, to whom he was very close, inspired his acting on stage; and his love of Gene Kelly inspired his successful choreography, leading to Guildford Grammar's 60-member team's "first all-boy victory" at the Rock Eisteddfod Challenge . Ledger's two half-sisters are Ashleigh Bell (b. 1990), his mother's daughter with her second husband Roger Bell; and Olivia Ledger (b. 1996), his father's daughter with his second wife Emma Brown. After sitting for early graduation exams at age 16 to get his diploma, Ledger left school to pursue an acting career. With Trevor DiCarlo, his best friend since
2310-457: A relationship with actress Michelle Williams after meeting her on the set of Brokeback Mountain . Their daughter, Matilda Rose, was born on 28 October 2005 in New York City. Matilda's godparents are Brokeback Mountain co-star Jake Gyllenhaal and Williams' Dawson's Creek co-star Busy Philipps . In January 2006, Ledger listed his residence in Bronte, New South Wales for sale and returned to
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#17328947900302420-503: A rich hipster in a band and a love interest of Saoirse Ronan 's character in Lady Bird , the solo directorial debut of Greta Gerwig . Critics praised the ensemble cast, with Ty Burr of The Boston Globe taking particular note of Chalamet's "hilarious" performance. In his final film of 2017, Scott Cooper 's western Hostiles , Chalamet played a young soldier named Philippe DeJardin, alongside Christian Bale . In 2018, Chalamet joined
2530-469: A second time. He then portrayed Willy Wonka in the musical film Wonka , directed by Paul King , for which Chalamet was paid $ 9 million. He was King's only choice for the role, stating that he cast the actor without an audition after seeing his high school performances on YouTube that proved his singing and dancing skills. Chalamet sang seven songs for the film's soundtrack . Slant Magazine 's Derek Smith commended Chalamet for "imbuing Wonka [with]
2640-494: A shirt hanging in Jack's closet is to take measure of the pain of love lost." After Brokeback Mountain , Ledger costarred with fellow Australian Abbie Cornish in the 2006 Australian film Candy , an adaptation of the 1998 novel Candy: A Novel of Love and Addiction , as young heroin addicts in love attempting to break free of their addiction, whose mentor is played by Geoffrey Rush ; for his performance as sometime poet Dan, Ledger
2750-597: A short statement to the media expressing their grief and desire for privacy. Within the next few days, memorial tributes were communicated by family members; Kevin Rudd (then- Prime Minister of Australia ); Eric Ripper (then- Deputy Premier of Western Australia ); Warner Bros. (distributor of The Dark Knight ) and thousands of Ledger's fans around the world. Several actors made statements expressing their sorrow at Ledger's death, including Daniel Day-Lewis , who dedicated his Screen Actors Guild Award to him, saying that he
2860-529: A small French village two hours away from Lyon , at the home of his paternal grandparents. He stated that his time in France led to cross-cultural identity issues. Chalamet attended PS 87 William T. Sherman School for elementary school, and later the selective Delta program at MS 54 Booker T. Washington Middle School, which he described as miserable due to the lack of a creative outlet within the school's academically rigorous environment. Heath Ledger 's performance as
2970-624: A society". In the same interview with the Herald Sun newspaper, Ledger mistakenly claimed that lynchings had occurred in West Virginia as recently as the 1980s; state scholars disputed his statement, asserting that no documented lynchings had occurred in West Virginia since 1931. In an interview with Sarah Lyall , published in The New York Times on 4 November 2007, Ledger stated that he often could not sleep when taking on roles, and that
3080-799: A supporting role in Worst Friends , a comedy which had a limited theatrical release and received positive reviews. In 2015, Chalamet co-starred in Andrew Droz Palermo 's fantasy thriller One & Two , which premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival , where it received mixed reviews, before its limited theatrical release. His next role was playing the teenage version of James Franco 's character, Stephen Elliott , in Pamela Romanowsky 's The Adderall Diaries . In his final role of 2015, Chalamet played Charlie Cooper,
3190-564: A title "inspired by Winston Churchill 's descriptive term for depression" ( black dog ); it was shown publicly only twice, first at the Bumbershoot Festival, in Seattle, held from 1 to 3 September 2007; and secondly as part of "A Place To Be: A Celebration of Nick Drake", with its screening of Their Place: Reflections On Nick Drake , "a series of short filmed homages to Nick Drake" (including Ledger's), sponsored by American Cinematheque , at
3300-572: A tween's awakening curiosities about sex." In 2012, he had recurring roles in the drama series Royal Pains and the thriller series Homeland , in which Chalamet played Finn Walden , the rebellious son of the Vice President. Along with the rest of the cast, he was nominated for a SAG Award for Best Ensemble . In 2014, Chalamet made his feature film debut in a minor role in Jason Reitman 's Men, Women & Children . That same year, he played
3410-399: A university student who has come to stay with his family. In preparation, Chalamet learned to speak Italian, as well as to play the piano and guitar. Call Me by Your Name premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival to critical acclaim; critics particularly highlighted Chalamet's performance. Olly Richards of Empire wrote: "In a film in which every performance is terrific, Chalamet makes
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3520-437: A warmth and tenderness that’s in perfect unison with the vibrant and bizarre world that King creates here". His performance earned him another nomination for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor . Wonka grossed over $ 632 million worldwide to rank as the eight-highest-grossing film of 2023. The following year, Chalamet reprised the role of Paul Atreides in the sequel to Dune , titled Dune: Part Two . Variety reported that
3630-593: A year, majoring in cultural anthropology , and was a resident of Hartley Hall . He later transferred to New York University 's Gallatin School of Individualized Study to pursue his acting career more freely, having found it difficult to assimilate to Columbia directly after filming Interstellar . Upon leaving Columbia, Chalamet moved to Concourse, Bronx . As a child, Chalamet appeared in several commercials and acted in two horror short films called Sweet Tooth and Clown , before making his television debut on an episode of
3740-535: Is a second, unsigned will, which leaves most of that estate to Matilda Rose. Williams' father, Larry Williams, has also joined the controversy about Ledger's will, as it was filed in New York City soon after his death. On 31 March 2008, stimulating another controversy pertaining to Ledger's estate, Gemma Jones and Janet Fife-Yeomans published an "Exclusive" report, in The Daily Telegraph , citing Ledger's uncle Haydn Ledger and other family members, who "believe
3850-571: Is a third-generation New Yorker, of half Russian Jewish and half Austrian Jewish descent. She is a real estate agent at The Corcoran Group , and a former Broadway dancer; Flender earned her bachelor's degree in French from Yale University , and has been a French teacher and dance teacher. His French father, Marc Chalamet, is an editor for the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and former New York correspondent for Le Parisien . Marc
3960-527: Is a transformation from the "marvelous directness" he displayed in the role of Elio Perlman. He received nominations for Best Supporting Actor at the Golden Globe , SAG , and BAFTA award ceremonies. The following year, Chalamet starred in Woody Allen 's romantic comedy A Rainy Day in New York . The Me Too movement prompted a resurgence of the 1992 sexual abuse allegation against Allen. Chalamet said he
4070-550: Is from Nîmes and is of Protestant background. Timothée's paternal grandmother, who had moved to France, was originally Canadian. On his mother's side, he is a nephew of husband-and-wife filmmakers and producers Rodman Flender and Amy Lippman . Chalamet is bilingual in English and French, and holds dual United States and French citizenship due to his French father. Growing up, Chalamet spent summers in Le Chambon-sur-Lignon ,
4180-574: Is likely to be worth up to $ 20 million." On 27 September 2008, Ledger's father Kim stated that "the family has agreed to leave the US$ 16.3 million fortune to Matilda," adding: "There is no claim. Our family has gifted everything to Matilda." In October 2008, Forbes estimated Ledger's annual earnings from October 2007 through October 2008 — including his posthumous share of The Dark Knight ' s gross income of "US$ 1 billion in box office revenue worldwide" — as "US$ 20 million". As
4290-487: Is named after his great-grandfather Frank Ledger . He had English, Irish, and Scottish ancestry. Ledger attended Mary's Mount Primary School in Gooseberry Hill , and later Guildford Grammar School , where he had his first acting experiences, starring in a school production as Peter Pan at age ten. His parents separated when he was ten and divorced when he was eleven. Ledger's older sister Kate, an actress and later
4400-479: Is still not known how Ledger obtained the oxycodone and hydrocodone in the lethal drug combination that killed him. After Ledger's death, in response to some press reports about his will , filed in New York City on 28 February 2008, and his daughter's access to his financial legacy, his father, Kim Ledger, said that he considered the financial well-being of Heath's daughter Matilda Rose an "absolute priority," whilst also stating that her mother, Michelle Williams,
4510-496: The Los Angeles Times found Chalamet "sweetly sincere" in his small part. The ensemble cast of the film was nominated for a SAG Award . Chalamet reunited with Guadagnino in the road film Bones and All (2022), in which he starred alongside Taylor Russell as cannibal drifters. The project marked his first production venture, and Chalamet credited Guadagnino for mentoring him through the process. Bones and All premiered at
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4620-517: The 79th Venice International Film Festival . Leila Latif of IndieWire praised the chemistry between Chalamet and Russell and took note of his "near-peerless ability to gently weep", and Jon Frosch of The Hollywood Reporter added that "Chalamet reminded us why he's the best actor of his generation". That same year, Chalamet lent his voice to the Netflix adult animated musical special Entergalactic . In 2023, Chalamet hosted Saturday Night Live for
4730-697: The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor , the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor , and the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor . Ledger was born on 4 April 1979 in Perth , Western Australia, to Sally Ramshaw, a French teacher, and Kim Ledger, a racing car driver and mining engineer whose family established and owned the Ledger Engineering Foundry. The Sir Frank Ledger Charitable Trust
4840-758: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . Later that year, Chalamet portrayed Nic Sheff , a teenager addicted to methamphetamine who shares a strained relationship with his father, the journalist David Sheff (portrayed by Steve Carell ), in the drama Beautiful Boy . Directed by Felix Van Groeningen , the film is based on a pair of memoirs—the elder Sheff's memoir of the same name and Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines by Nic Sheff. Owen Glieberman of Variety drew comparisons with Chalamet's performance in Call Me by Your Name , stating that "Nic, in his muffled millennial James Dean way, [as] skittery and self-involved"
4950-698: The BAFTA Film Awards and SAG Awards for his performances in Call Me by Your Name and Beautiful Boy . List of awards and nominations received by Timoth%C3%A9e Chalamet American actor Timothée Chalamet has received various awards and nominations for his film, television and theatrical performances. His major nominations include an Academy Award , three Golden Globe Awards , three British Academy Film Awards , five Screen Actors Guild Awards , and five Critics' Choice Movie Awards . After playing minor roles in several films and television shows, Chalamet starred in his first major role as Finn Walden on
5060-517: The Critics' Choice Movie Award and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Ensemble . The following year, he starred as a drug-addicted teenager in the drama Beautiful Boy , for which he received nominations for the BAFTA Award , Critics' Choice Movie Award , Golden Globe Award , and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actor . In 2021, Chalamet received ensemble nominations for
5170-557: The Grauman's Egyptian Theatre , in Hollywood, on 5 October 2007. After Ledger's death, his music video for "Black Eyed Dog" was shown on the Internet and excerpted in news clips distributed via YouTube. He was working with Scottish screenwriter and producer Allan Scott on an adaptation of the 1983 novel The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis , which would have been his first feature film as
5280-464: The ISP Robert Altman Award , which Ledger posthumously shared, on 23 February 2008. In 2006, Ledger directed music videos for the title track on Australian hip hop artist N'fa 's CD debut solo album Cause An Effect and for the single "Seduction Is Evil (She's Hot)". Later that year, Ledger inaugurated a new record label, The Masses Music , with singer Ben Harper and also directed
5390-594: The Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead , and received nominations for the Critics' Choice Movie Award , Golden Globe Award , SAG Award , BAFTA Award , and Academy Award , all for Best Actor. He is the third-youngest person to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor as well as the youngest since 19-year-old Mickey Rooney in Babes in Arms in 1939 . In his second film of 2017, Chalamet played Daniel,
5500-492: The Joker in The Dark Knight (2008) inspired Chalamet to pursue a career in acting. He applied to Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts . His acceptance into the school was a turning point in his appreciation for acting. His sophomore-year drama teacher at LaGuardia was so impressed by his audition that he insisted on Chalamet's acceptance into the school, even though he had been rejected in
5610-435: The Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play . Chalamet's breakthrough role as Elio Perlman in the 2017 acclaimed independent coming-of-age romantic drama Call Me by Your Name earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor , making him the third-youngest nominee in the category and the youngest since 19-year-old Mickey Rooney with his role as Mickey Moran in Babes in Arms in 1939 . He
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#17328947900305720-722: The Saint-Étienne French football team. At age 15, Chalamet operated a YouTube channel called ModdedController360 in which he presented Xbox 360 controllers customized by himself. He enjoys hip-hop music and considers rapper Kid Cudi to be his biggest career inspiration, alongside actors Leonardo DiCaprio and Joaquin Phoenix . Chalamet was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in Call Me by Your Name . His other accolades include three Golden Globe Award nominations for his roles in Call Me by Your Name , Beautiful Boy and Wonka , and nominations at
5830-589: The West Australian Supreme Court in Perth , advertising for ' creditors and other persons' having claims on the estate to lodge them by 11 August 2008 ... to ensure all debts are paid before the estate is distributed...." According to this report by Fife-Yeomans, earlier reports citing Ledger's uncles, and subsequent reports citing Ledger's father, which do not include his actual posthumous earnings, "his entire fortune, mostly held in Australian trusts,
5940-440: The antibiotics .... I think what he did have was the walking pneumonia .' [...] On top of that, 'He was saying all the time, 'dammit, I can't sleep'... and he was taking all these pills to help him'". Speaking to Interview magazine after Ledger's death, Michelle Williams confirmed reports that the actor had experienced trouble sleeping: "For as long as I'd known him, he had bouts with insomnia. He had too much energy. His mind
6050-602: The red carpet at the Sydney premiere of Brokeback Mountain ". After his performance on stage at the 2005 Screen Actors Guild Awards , when he had giggled in presenting Brokeback Mountain as a nominee for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture , the Los Angeles Times referred to his presentation as an "apparent gay spoof". Ledger called the Times later and explained that his levity resulted from stage fright , saying that he had been told that he would be presenting
6160-867: The Australian film Blackrock (1997), his feature film debut. In 1999, he starred in the teen comedy 10 Things I Hate About You and in the acclaimed Australian crime film Two Hands , directed by Gregor Jordan . In the early 2000s, he starred in supporting roles as Gabriel Martin, the eldest son of Benjamin Martin ( Mel Gibson ), in The Patriot (2000), and as Sonny Grotowski, the son of Hank Grotowski ( Billy Bob Thornton ), in Monster's Ball (2001); as well as leading or title roles in A Knight's Tale (2001), The Four Feathers (2002), The Order (2003), Ned Kelly (2003), Casanova (2005), The Brothers Grimm (2005), and Lords of Dogtown (2005). In 2001, he won
6270-457: The Australian press was sometimes turbulent, and it led to his abandonment of plans for his family to reside part-time in Sydney. In 2004, he strongly denied press reports alleging that "he spat at journalists on the Sydney set of the film Candy ", or that one of his relatives had done so later, outside Ledger's Sydney home. On 13 January 2006, "Several members of the paparazzi retaliated ... squirting Ledger and Williams with water pistols on
6380-516: The Medical Examiner's Office announced that it would not publicly disclose the official estimated time of death. The official announcement of the cause and manner of Ledger's death heightened concerns about the growing problems of prescription drug abuse or misuse and combined drug intoxication (CDI). In 2017, Jason Payne-James, a forensic pathologist, asserted that Ledger might have survived if hydrocodone and oxycodone had been left out of
6490-673: The Screen Actors Guild Award and the Critics’ Choice Movie Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture and Best Cast respectively, for his performance in Don't Look Up . In 2023, he received his third Golden Globe nomination, in category Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for his role as a young Willy Wonka in Wonka . Heath Ledger Heath Andrew Ledger (4 April 1979 – 22 January 2008)
6600-713: The US, where he shared a house with Williams in Boerum Hill , Brooklyn from 2005 to 2007. In September 2007, Williams' father confirmed to The Daily Telegraph that Ledger and Williams had broken up. After his breakup with Williams, the tabloid press and other public media linked Ledger romantically with supermodels Helena Christensen and Gemma Ward . In 2011, Ward stated that the pair had begun dating in November 2007 and that their families had spent that year's Christmas together in their hometown of Perth. Ledger's relationship with
6710-465: The actor's working process, genuine curiosity and charisma. Marc Forster , who directed Ledger in Monster's Ball , complimented him as taking the job "very seriously", being disciplined, observant, understanding, and intuitive. In 2007, director Todd Haynes compared Ledger's presence to actor James Dean , casting Ledger as Robbie Clarke, a fictive personification of Bob Dylan in I'm Not There . Drawing on
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#17328947900306820-746: The age of three, Ledger drove across Australia from Perth to Sydney, returning to Perth to take a small role in Clowning Around (1992), the first part of a two-part television series, and to work on the TV series Sweat (1996), in which he played a cyclist. From 1993 to 1997, Ledger also had parts in the Perth television series Ship to Shore (1993); Ledger also had parts in the short-lived Fox Broadcasting Company fantasy-drama Roar (1997); in Home and Away (1997), one of Australia's most successful television shows; and in
6930-468: The award only minutes earlier; he stated: "I am so sorry and I apologise for my nervousness. I would be absolutely horrified if my stage fright was misinterpreted as a lack of respect for the film, the topic and for the amazing filmmakers." After learning that two cinemas in Utah refused to show Brokeback Mountain , Ledger said: "I don't think the movie is [controversial] but I think maybe the Mormons in Utah do. I think it's hilarious and very immature of
7040-513: The biopic Beautiful Boy (2018) and a young cannibal in Guadagnino's romantic horror film Bones and All (2022), which he also produced. Chalamet then began leading big-budget films, portraying Paul Atreides in Denis Villeneuve 's science fiction film Dune (2021) and its sequel Dune: Part Two (2024), and Willy Wonka in Paul King 's musical fantasy film Wonka (2023). On stage, Chalamet starred in John Patrick Shanley 's autobiographical play Prodigal Son in 2016, for which he won
7150-469: The box-office success of Wonka and Dune: Part Two established Chalamet as a major star. Soon after, he signed a deal with the studio Warner Bros. to star in and produce more films. Dune: Part Two grossed over $ 711 million worldwide to rank as the highest-grossing film with Chalamet in a starring role. In his second project of the year, Chalamet produced and portrayed Bob Dylan in the upcoming biopic A Complete Unknown , directed by James Mangold . It
7260-479: The combination of drugs that the actor took just prior to his death. He furthermore stated that the mixture of drugs, combined with a possible chest infection, caused Ledger to stop breathing. Late in February 2008, a DEA investigation of medical professionals relating to Ledger's death exonerated two American physicians, who practice in Los Angeles and Houston , of any wrongdoing, determining that "the doctors in question had prescribed Ledger other medications – not
7370-402: The combined effects of oxycodone , hydrocodone , diazepam , temazepam , alprazolam and doxylamine ". It added: "We have concluded that the manner of death is accident[al], resulting from the abuse of prescribed medications." Although the Associated Press and other outlets reported that police estimated Ledger's death occurred between 1 p.m. and 2:45 p.m. on 22 January 2008,
7480-446: The coming-of-age element some heart" and Lewis Knight of Daily Mirror writing that "Timothée Chalamet completes his ascension to Hollywood leading man status". Dune earned over $ 400 million worldwide to emerge as one of the year's highest-grossing films. In his final role of the year, Chalamet played a skater punk in Adam McKay 's Netflix ensemble comedy film Don't Look Up . It received mixed reviews from critics. Justin Chang of
7590-590: The drama series Homeland in 2012. In 2014, he made his film debut in the comedy-drama Men, Women & Children and appeared in Christopher Nolan 's science fiction film Interstellar . Chalamet came to international attention with the lead role of a lovestruck teenager in Luca Guadagnino 's coming-of-age film Call Me by Your Name (2017), earning him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor . Alongside supporting roles in Greta Gerwig 's films Lady Bird (2017) and Little Women (2019), Chalamet took on starring roles as drug addict Nic Sheff in
7700-438: The film after his death by having fellow actors (and friends of Ledger) Johnny Depp , Jude Law , and Colin Farrell play "fantasy transformations" of his character so that Ledger's final performance could be seen in theatres. Ledger had aspirations to become a film director and had made some music videos with his production company The Masses , which director Todd Haynes praised highly in his tribute to Ledger upon accepting
7810-428: The fourth-youngest winner of the award) which his family accepted on his behalf, as well as numerous other posthumous awards, including the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor , which Nolan accepted for him. At the time of his death on 22 January 2008, Ledger had completed about half of the work for his final film role as Tony in Terry Gilliam 's The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus . Gilliam chose to adapt
7920-459: The gentleman's Oscar dress code for good," highlighting the boundary-pushing outfit that "blurred the lines of fashion's traditional gender divide." He subsequently appeared on the cover of the October 2022 print edition of British Vogue , becoming the first solo male to do so in the magazine's history. In 2023, Chalamet became the face of Chanel 's men's fragrance Bleu de Chanel , taking over from
8030-508: The inspiration for "Perth," the opening track to the band's second studio album Bon Iver, Bon Iver (2011). "You know when you see the preachers down South? And they grab a believer and they go, 'Bwoom! I touch you with the hand of God!' And they believe so strongly, they're on the ground shaking and spitting. And fuck's sake, that's the power of belief... Now, I don't believe in Jesus, but I believe in my performance. And if you can understand that
8140-554: The interview (due to his middle school record), saying: "I gave him the highest score I've ever given a kid auditioning." During high school, Chalamet dated Madonna 's daughter Lola Leon , a fellow student, for a year. He starred in school musicals as Emcee in Cabaret and Oscar Lindquist in Sweet Charity , graduating in 2013. Chalamet is also a YoungArts alumnus. After high school, Chalamet, then 17, attended Columbia University for
8250-553: The late French actor Gaspard Ulliel . The advertising campaign starring Chalamet and shot by photographer Mario Sorrenti was released in June, followed by a campaign film directed by Martin Scorsese which premiered in May 2024. He reportedly received $ 35 million for his involvement in the campaign. That same year, Chalamet worked with Cartier to create a costume necklace and collaborated with Nike on
8360-529: The late actor may have fathered a secret love child" when he was 17, and stating that "If it is confirmed that Ledger is the girl's biological father, it could split his multi-million dollar estate between ... Matilda Rose ... and his secret love child." A few days later, reports citing telephone interviews with Ledger's uncles Haydn and Mike Ledger and the family of the other little girl, published in OK! and Us Weekly , "denied" those "claims", with Ledger's uncles and
8470-483: The latter two of which were posthumously released. He also produced and directed music videos and aspired to be a film director. For his portrayal of Ennis Del Mar in Ang Lee 's Brokeback Mountain, he received nominations for the BAFTA Award , Screen Actors Guild Award , Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award for Best Actor , becoming the eighth-youngest nominee in the category at that time. In 2007, he played
8580-560: The little girl's mother and stepfather describing them as unfounded "rumors" distorted and exaggerated by the media. On 15 July 2008, Fife-Yeomans reported further, via Australian News Limited , that "While Ledger left everything to his parents and three sisters, it is understood they have legal advice that under Western Australia law, Matilda Rose is entitled to the lion's share " of his estate; its executors , Kim Ledger's former business colleague Robert John Collins and Geraldton accountant William Mark Dyson, "have applied for probate in
8690-499: The long-running police procedural series Law & Order (2009), playing a murder victim. This was followed by with a minor role in the television film Loving Leah (2009). In 2011, Chalamet made his stage debut in the Off-Broadway play The Talls , a coming-of-age comedy set in the 1970s, in which he played a sexually curious 12-year-old. The chief theatre critic of New York Daily News wrote: "Chalamet hilariously captures
8800-560: The main character Paul Atreides in Denis Villeneuve 's film adaptation of the science fiction novel Dune , which premiered at the 78th Venice International Film Festival . Villeneuve stated that Chalamet was his only choice to play the role: "I needed that for the audience to believe this young man will be able to lead a whole planet." Chalamet received positive reviews for his performance, with The Hollywood Reporter ' s David Rooney praising his "magnetic pensiveness [that] gives
8910-425: The most influential man in fashion in 2019 and credits him for continuing "to ply the boundary between traditional masculinity and femininity," writing "those fashion choices are all the more impressive considering that Chalamet styles himself." In 2020, Men's magazine GQ ranked Chalamet as the best-dressed man in the world, and in 2023, he was voted Most Stylish Man of The Year by GQ' s readers. He briefly attended
9020-637: The most talented actors of his generation. Remarking upon his performance in Beautiful Boy, Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times wrote that "he might be the male actor of his generation." In 2018, he appeared in Forbes ' s 30 Under 30 Hollywood & Entertainment list. Chalamet has been described by the media as a sex symbol and a fashion icon , with his hair, jawline, and androgynous looks highlighted as his trademarks. Vogue named Chalamet
9130-471: The news of Ledger's death became public, throughout the night of 22 January 2008, and the following day, media crews, mourners, fans, and other onlookers began gathering outside his apartment building, with some leaving flowers or other memorial tributes. The following day, at 10:50am AWST , Ledger's parents and sister appeared outside his mother's house in Applecross , a riverside suburb of Perth , and read
9240-517: The pills that killed him." On 4 August 2008, Mary-Kate Olsen's attorney Michael Miller issued a statement denying that Olsen supplied Ledger with the drugs causing his death and asserting that she did not know their source. In his statement, Miller said specifically, "Despite tabloid speculation, Mary-Kate Olsen had nothing whatsoever to do with the drugs found in Heath Ledger's home or his body, and she does not know where he obtained them." After
9350-512: The power of belief is one of the great tools of our time and that a lot of acting comes from it, you can do anything." —Ledger, during the interview with Rolling Stone in 2006, on belief, power and acting Portraying a variety of roles, from romantic heroes to tragic characters , Ledger created a hodgepodge of characters that are deliberately unlike one another, stating: "I feel like I am wasting my time if I repeat myself". He also reflected on his inability to be happy with his work, "I feel
9460-512: The rest look like they're acting. He alone would make the film worth watching". Jon Frosch of The Hollywood Reporter stated that no performance during the year "felt as emotionally, physically and intellectually alive" and included Chalamet in the magazine's list of the best performances of the year. Time and The New York Times also featured him in such lists. He won the Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Actor and
9570-438: The riff and the beginning melodies, was the first song on the record, 'Perth,'" Vernon told Exclaim! . Amato was directing the band's "The Wolves (Act I & II)" music video the day that Ledger died. "It was no longer about just making a Bon Iver music video anymore," Vernon says. "This was now our chance to be there with Matt as he grieved. It was a three-day wake." Amato told Vernon stories about Ledger that eventually became
9680-469: The role of Tom Cooper, the son of Matthew McConaughey 's character, in Christopher Nolan 's Interstellar . The film received positive reviews, with critics praising the cast's performances, and grossed over $ 700 million worldwide. A decade later, Chalamet stated that Interstellar was his favorite film he had ever been in, but shared that at the time he was disappointed because it didn't boost his career as he had assumed it would. Also in 2014, Chalamet had
9790-624: The role of the Joker in The Dark Knight (2008) was causing his usual insomnia: "Last week I probably slept an average of two hours a night. ... I couldn't stop thinking. My body was exhausted, and my mind was still going." At that time, he told Lyall that he had taken two Ambien pills, after taking just one had not sufficed, and those left him in "a stupor, only to wake up an hour later, his mind still racing". Prior to his return to New York City from his last film assignment in London, in January 2008, while he
9900-587: The same thing about everything I do. The day I say, 'It's good' is the day I should start doing something else." Ledger liked to wait between jobs so that he would start creatively hungry on new projects. In his own words, acting was about harnessing "the infinite power of belief," thus using belief as a tool for creating. Directors who have worked with the actor praised him for his creativity, seriousness, and intuition. "I've never felt as old as I did watching Heath explore his talents," The Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan has written, expressing amazement over
10010-512: The similar characteristics between the actors, Haynes further highlighted Ledger's "precocious seriousness" and intuition. He also felt that Ledger had a rare maturity beyond his years." Ledger, however, disconnected himself and acting from perfectionism. "I'm always gonna pull myself apart and dissect [the work]. I mean, there's no such thing as perfection in what [actors] do. Pornos are more perfect than we are, because they're actually fucking." "Some people find their shtick," Ledger reflected on
10120-511: The sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live in 2020. In 2021, Chalamet portrayed a student revolutionary in Wes Anderson 's ensemble comedy-drama The French Dispatch . The film had its world premiere at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival , where it generated positive reviews. Anderson wrote the role with Chalamet in mind. Brianna Zigler of Paste found him to be "perfectly attuned to Anderson's highly specified wavelength". Chalamet starred as
10230-456: The skin of his lean, sinewy character. It is a great screen performance, as good as the best of Marlon Brando and Sean Penn ." In a review in Rolling Stone , Peter Travers states: "Ledger's magnificent performance is an acting miracle. He seems to tear it from his insides. Ledger doesn't just know how Ennis moves, speaks and listens; he knows how he breathes. To see him inhale the scent of
10340-519: The sullen grandson of Diane Keaton and John Goodman 's characters in the Christmas comedy Love the Coopers , which received negative reviews. In 2016, Chalamet starred as Jim Quinn in the autobiographical play Prodigal Son at Manhattan Theatre Club . Handpicked by its playwright and director John Patrick Shanley and producer Scott Rudin , Chalamet portrayed a younger Shanley, a misfit Bronx kid in
10450-484: The television drama series Homeland (2012), for which he was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series along with the rest of the cast. In 2016, Chalamet starred in John Patrick Shanley 's autobiographical play Prodigal Son at Manhattan Theatre Club , for which he was nominated for the Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance and won
10560-536: The time, directed her New York City private security guard to go to the scene. At 3:26 p.m., "less than 15 minutes after she first saw him in bed and only a few moments after the first call to Ms. Olsen", Wolozin dialed 911 "to say that Mr. Ledger was not breathing". At the urging of the 911 operator, Wolozin administered CPR , which was unsuccessful in reviving him. Paramedics and emergency medical technicians arrived seven minutes later, at 3:33 p.m. but were also unable to revive him. At 3:36 p.m., Ledger
10670-420: Was "an integral part of our family". He added, "They will be taken care of and that's how Heath would want it to be". Some of Ledger's relatives may be challenging the legal status of his will signed in 2003, prior to his involvement with Williams and the birth of their daughter and not updated to include them, which divides half of his estate between his parents and half among his siblings; they claim that there
10780-521: Was also nominated for the BAFTA Award , Critics' Choice Movie Award , Golden Globe Award , and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor . He won acting awards given by the London Film Critics' Circle , New York Film Critics Circle , Los Angeles Film Critics Association , and National Board of Review . Chalamet also gained recognition for his supporting roles in the 2017 films Lady Bird and Hostiles . The former earned him nominations for
10890-634: Was an Australian actor. After playing roles in several Australian television and film productions during the 1990s, he moved to the United States in 1998 to further develop his film career. His work consisted of 20 films in a variety of genres, including 10 Things I Hate About You (1999), The Patriot (2000), A Knight's Tale (2001), Monster's Ball (2001), Casanova (2005), Lords of Dogtown (2005), Brokeback Mountain (2005), Candy (2006), I'm Not There (2007), The Dark Knight (2008), and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009),
11000-656: Was an avid chess player, and had participated in tournaments when he was young. As an adult, he often played with other chess enthusiasts at Washington Square Park in Manhattan. He was a fan of West Coast Eagles , an Australian rules football team that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL) and is based in his hometown of Perth. Ledger was an "obsessive" photographer who loved taking stills, then drawing over them with paint, markers or nail polish . Ledger dated Lisa Zane , Christina Cauchi, Heather Graham , and Naomi Watts . In 2004, he began
11110-499: Was apparently suffering from some kind of respiratory illness , he reportedly complained to his The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus co-star Christopher Plummer that he was continuing to have difficulty sleeping and taking pills to help with that problem: "Confirming earlier reports that Ledger hadn't been feeling well on set, Plummer said: 'we all caught colds because we were shooting outside on horrible, damp nights. But Heath's went on and I don't think he dealt with it immediately with
11220-400: Was filmed in 2024, four years after he began preparing to play the part. To stay immersed in the role, Chalamet remained aloof on set and insisted on being referred to as "Bob Dylan" on the call sheet . He will next produce and play a character inspired by Marty Reisman in the sports film Marty Supreme , directed by Josh Safdie . Several media publications consider Chalamet to be among
11330-505: Was found naked and lying face down unresponsive in his bed by his housekeeper , Teresa Solomon, and his massage therapist , Diana Wolozin, in his loft at 421 Broome Street in the SoHo neighbourhood of Manhattan . According to police, Wolozin, who had arrived early for a 3 p.m. appointment with Ledger, telephoned his friend Mary-Kate Olsen for help. Olsen, who was in Los Angeles at
11440-804: Was inspired by Ledger's acting; Day-Lewis praised Ledger's performances in Monster's Ball and Brokeback Mountain , describing the latter as "unique, perfect". Verne Troyer , who was working with Ledger on The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus at the time of his death, had a heart shape, an exact duplicate of a symbol that Ledger scrawled on a piece of paper with his email address, tattooed on his hand in remembrance of Ledger because Ledger "had made such an impression on [him]". On 1 February, in her first public statement after Ledger's death, Michelle Williams expressed her heartbreak and described Ledger's spirit as surviving in their daughter. After attending private memorial ceremonies in Los Angeles, Ledger's family members returned with his body to Perth . On 9 February,
11550-536: Was nominated for three "Best Actor" awards, including one of the Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards , which both Cornish and Rush won in their categories. Shortly after the release of Candy , Ledger was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . As one of six actors embodying different aspects of the life of Bob Dylan in the 2007 film I'm Not There , directed by Todd Haynes , Ledger "won praise for his portrayal of 'Robbie [Clark],'
11660-503: Was on display in the theatre's foyer along with his Joker costume. Bon Iver 's "Perth" was inspired by Heath Ledger. Justin Vernon , the lead singer and songwriter of the American indie folk band, revealed back in 2011 that he had begun working on the song in 2008 and was scheduled to meet with a music video director who was good friends with Ledger, Matt Amato. "The first thing I worked on,
11770-516: Was pronounced dead, and his body was removed from the apartment. He was only 28 years old. On 6 February 2008, the Office of Chief Medical Examiner of the City of New York released its conclusions. Those conclusions were based on an initial autopsy that occurred 23 January 2008, and a subsequent complete toxicological analysis . The report concluded that Ledger died "as the result of acute intoxication by
11880-402: Was released nearly six months after his death. While working on the film in London, Ledger told Sarah Lyall in their New York Times interview that he viewed The Dark Knight ' s Joker as a " psychopathic , mass murdering , schizophrenic clown with zero empathy ". For his performance in The Dark Knight , Ledger posthumously won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (becoming
11990-650: Was turning, turning, turning – always turning". Ledger was "widely reported to have struggled with substance abuse". Following Ledger's death, Entertainment Tonight aired video footage from 2006 in which Ledger stated that he "used to smoke five joints a day for 20 years" and news outlets reported that his drug abuse had prompted Williams to request that he move out of their apartment in Brooklyn. Ledger's publicist asserted that reportage regarding Ledger's alleged drug use had been inaccurate. At around 3 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday, 22 January 2008, Ledger
12100-633: Was unable to answer questions about working with Allen due to his contractual obligations; the Huffington Post obtained a copy of Chalamet's contract which disputed this. Chalamet donated his salary to the charities Time's Up , LGBT Center of New York , and RAINN , and did not promote the film. Allen claimed in his 2020 memoir Apropos of Nothing that Chalamet told Allen's sister Letty Aronson that he only denounced him in an attempt to improve his chances of winning an Academy Award for Call Me by Your Name . Chalamet next portrayed Henry V of England ,
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