Timothée Chalamet has his eyes on the prize.
The young Hollywood heartthrob scored his first Golden Globe award for “Marty Supreme,” taking best actor in a musical or comedy for the white-knuckle ping-pong movie.
“Wow, thank you so much from the bottom of my heart, I’m in a category of many greats,” Chalamet said, acknowledging director Josh Safdie and his co-stars, including “Shark Tank” personality Kevin O’Leary. “If you had told me when I was 19 years old that I’d be thanking Mr. Wonderful from ‘Shark Tank,'” earning laughter from O’Leary in the crowd.
He also thanked his dad for teaching him to “always be grateful for what you have. For my parents, for my partner [Kylie Jenner], thank you so much.”
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Chalamet, 30, trounced stiff competition in the category, which included Hollywood royalty George Clooney (“Jay Kelly”), Ethan Hawke (“Blue Moon”) and Leonardo DiCaprio (“One Battle After Another”).
The actor has often spoken about DiCaprio as a hero of his and someone he looks up to, in terms of his career longevity and impressive range.
“It’s a huge honor,” Chalamet told USA TODAY of being in the awards conversation with DiCaprio. “His career speaks for itself and his work in ‘One Battle’ is tremendous.”
Marty Mauser (Timothée Chalamet) aspires for ping-pong greatness in “Marty Supreme.”
Chalamet has been on a head-spinning awards run ever since his 2017 breakthrough in “Call Me By Your Name,” earning five Globe nominations for an eclectic bunch of movies including “A Complete Unknown,” “Beautiful Boy” and “Wonka.” He has previously garnered two Oscar nominations and is all but assured to net a third for “Marty Supreme.”
Directed and co-written by Josh Safdie, the sprawling sports thriller centers on an aspiring table-tennis star named Marty Mauser (Chalamet) as he chases his dreams of playing in the world championships.
The film, which co-stars Gwyneth Paltrow and Tyler, the Creator, has steadily become a box-office phenomenon and awards season juggernaut. Last week, it picked up three Actor Awards nominations from the Screen Actors Guild for best actor, best cast and best supporting actress (Odessa A’zion).
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If you’re getting dressed up anyway, why not make the 2026 Golden Globes a date night for you and your partner? These celebrity couples walked the red carpet for the first big award show of the year hand in hand. First up, Kylie Jenner and Timothée Chalamet got close together in the audience of the ceremony.
Chalamet trained for years playing table tennis to believably portray the unscrupulous hotshot Marty. More unexpectedly, he closely studied videos of giraffes and ballerinas.
“The more table tennis I watched, the more balletic I realized the movements were and how graceful they could be,” Chalamet told USA TODAY last month. His mom, sister and grandmother were all ballerinas, so “I grew up watching lots of ballet and I feel like I incorporated more of my family’s dance background into this than I ever have on anything – even on something like ‘Wonka,’ where I’m dancing.
“It just felt like a nice mixture: to try to have the spirit of a Mike Tyson or Michael Jordan, but the physicality of a George Balanchine or Mikhail Baryshnikov.”
Timothée Chalamet and Kylie Jenner’s dating timeline in photos
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Timothée Chalamet and Kylie Jenner have cemented their it couple status in recent months, moving from a hush-hush romance to a courtside with coordinated outfits kind of affair.
Scroll to see photos of their relationship, starting at the Los Angeles premiere of A24’s “Marty Supreme” on Dec. 8, 2025, during which the couple stunned in matching getups.
This Oscar season, the actor has also gone public with his longtime girlfriend, reality TV star-turned-makeup mogul Jenner, whom he thanked at the Critics Choice Awards.
“Thank you to my partner of three years, thank you for our foundation,” Chalamet said in his speech. “I love you. I couldn’t do this without you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.”
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Timothee Chalamet scores best actor Golden Globe in ‘Marty Supreme’