Timothée Chalamet Surprises as Best Actor Winner at 2025 SAG Awards: 'I Was Not Expecting This at All'

Mar. 15, 2025

Timothée Chalamet at the 2025 SAG Awards on Feb. 23.Photo:Netflix

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Timothée Chalamethas plenty to celebrate after taking home the prize for best actor at the2025 SAG Awards.

Timothee Chalamet as Bob Dylan in ‘A Complete Unknown.'.Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures

Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures

Noting that he had prepared to play Dylan for five years alongsideA Complete Unknowndirector and co-writerJames Mangold, he continued, “I poured everything I had into playing this incomparable artist, Mr. Bob Dylan, a true American hero. And it was the honor of a lifetime playing him.”

Chalamet has had a busy year after leading bothA Complete UnknownandDune: Part Two. At the 2025 Gotham Awards, Chalamet and Mangold received theVisionary Tribute honorfor the biopic, which depicts Dylan in the 1960s. The film also featuresEdward NortonasPete Seeger,Monica BarbaroasJoan BaezandElle FanningasSylvie Russo.

The other nominees in the SAG lead film actor category this year wereAdrien BrodyforThe Brutalist,Daniel CraigforQueer,Colman DomingoforSing SingandRalph FiennesforConclave.

Adrien Brody in ‘The Brutalist’.Courtesy of A24

Courtesy of A24

Brody leadsThe Brutalistas László Tóth, a Hungarian-born Jewish architect who emigrates to the U.S. to flee the Holocaust. The actor recently won best actor at the2025 Critics Choice Awardsand the2025 BAFTAs.His new historical drama, from director and co-writerBrady Corbet, is one of the most nominated this awards season, including for best picture at theAcademy Awards.

Daniel Craig in ‘Queer.'.A24

A24

Appearing at the SAG Awards for the second year in a row following his nominated work asBayard Rustinin 2023’sRustin, Domingo, 55, is racking up awards recognition for his work as the formerly incarcerated John “Divine G” Whitfield inSing Sing.

The Emmy winner and Oscar nominee’s performance has earned love from theGotham Awards,Golden Globe Awards,Critics Choice Awardsand Film IndependentSpirit Awards, in addition to his SAG Awards nod.

Colman Domingo in ‘Sing Sing.'.A24

Fiennes, 62, plays cardinal Thomas Lawrence inConclave, which also starsStanley TucciandJohn Lithgow, among others. Adapted from Robert Harris’s hit novel, the papal drama imagines a series of twists in the modern-day Vatican City.

Ralph Fiennes in ‘Conclave.'.Courtesy of Focus Features

Courtesy of Focus Features

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