Timothée Chalamet, nominated for enjoying music legend Bob Dylan in “A Complete Unknown,” may take the Oscar — and a milestone — from an in depth rival on this season’s lead actor race.
29 years, 63 days
If he wins, Chalamet would be the youngest lead actor Oscar recipient ever.
2003
Adrien Brody, present youngest-winner title holder, was 29 when he gained for his efficiency as a real-life musician in “The Pianist.” However he was knocking on …
30’s
… door, at 29 years, 343 days.
51
Brody’s age upon receiving his second lead Oscar nomination this yr, for “The Brutalist.” Prognosticators place Brody and Chalamet as the highest two contenders in that race.
5, 7
In 2003, Brody bested historical past’s fifth- and seventh-youngest lead actor Oscar winners, Nicolas Cage and Daniel Day-Lewis (32 and an older 32 once they gained for “Leaving Las Vegas” and “My Left Foot,” respectively) on their …
2nd
and third nominations (for “Adaptation,” “Gangs of New York”). This reality solely enhances the full-circle prospects if …
3/2/25
Chalamet triumphs over Brody this yr. Though …
2 many years+
Brody’s return to Oscar competition after such an extended absence makes its personal compelling narrative.
2018
Chalamet obtained his first lead actor nomination for “Call Me by Your Name” at 22, making him the …
third
-youngest nominee in historical past after Jackie Cooper (age 9, “Skippy”) and Mickey Rooney (19, “Babes in Arms”). However Chalamet will not be the youngest two-time nominee; Rooney was …
23
when he obtained his second lead nomination, for “The Human Comedy.”
