Performer
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio rank
#419
of 909177 performers
Top 1%
Timothée Chalamet works on versatility rather than volume, and the catalogue keeps proving that the quieter choice was the correct one.
The essay
Our editors on the work, the patterns and the reason this body of work holds together.
Timothée Chalamet appears in 30 films in the Nutevio catalogue, and none of them would work the same way without Timothée. Interstellar is the clearest case: a film rated 9.4 by our editors, where the performance carries weight the script only implies.
The recognisable elements are versatility, transformation, quiet performance. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same instrument, tuned differently for romance, science fiction, comedy. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is played.
Working with Morgan Neville, Denis Villeneuve, Josh Safdie and others, Timothée Chalamet helped set a standard other performers now audition against. Awards bodies have been slower than the work, which is usually the sign of a career built on choices rather than campaigns.
Interstellar (2014) as Tom (15 Yrs.) · Dune: Part Two (2024) as Paul Atreides · Interstellar (2014) as Tom (15 Yrs.)
Career snapshot
Ranked #419 of 909177 performers tracked in the Nutevio library.
Films in Nutevio
30
2014–2027
Career length
13 yrs
Measured across our catalogue
Academy Awards
—
Unknown
Oscar nominations
—
Unknown
Highest Nutevio score
9.4
Interstellar
Average Nutevio score
6.6
Across catalogue work
Highest IMDb rating
8.7
Interstellar
Most frequent director
Denis Villeneuve
4 films together
Longest collaboration
4×
With Denis Villeneuve
Most common genre
Drama
19 titles
Average runtime
1h 57m
Across catalogue work
Golden Globe wins
—
Unknown
Nutevio metric
Ten weighted categories, applied identically to everyone we cover.
Nutevio Performer Score
7.0
out of 10
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio metric
Cultural impact and legacy, measured separately from craft — how far the work travelled once it left the cinema.
Nutevio Influence Score
6.9
out of 10
A quieter influence — felt inside the films rather than across the industry.
How far the work travelled past the people who saw it first.
What survives once the release-week conversation has burned off.
Institutional acknowledgement, weighted but never decisive.
Years of chosen, relevant work rather than years merely employed.
Statuettes, read as evidence rather than verdict.
Roles named without needing the film named alongside them.
Directors who wrote parts because this performer existed.
The reading other performers now have to answer.
Actor DNA
A fingerprint derived from the roles themselves — register, range and the kind of film they carry.
The shape of a career
Every performance plotted in time. Hover a point to read the title behind it.
Peak years
Where the scores, the awards and the sheer volume of work agree with each other.
Best decade
2010s
7.2 average MV
The 2010s are where the work and the material meet. Little Women, The King, A Rainy Day in New York — the run our editors reach for first when the argument is about range rather than fame.
Highest average Nutevio score
2010s
7.2
Across 14 catalogue films in this decade, our scores never drop below the level a career is judged on.
Highest average IMDb rating
2010s
7.1
The public agrees most strongly about this stretch — useful context, and occasionally a decade behind our own reading.
Most awarded era
2020s
2 Academy Awards
Statuettes for the films themselves, which is the honest way to read an ensemble career. Not Alone, Lorne, A CNN & Variety Town Hall Event: Timothée Chalamet and Matthew McConaughey.
Most productive era
2020s
16 films
The busiest stretch of the catalogue — volume that reads as appetite rather than availability.
Range, mapped
Genres down the side, decades across the top. Warmer cells mean stronger titles.
| Genre | 2010s | 2020s |
|---|---|---|
| Drama | 7.313 films | 7.46 films |
| Thriller | 5.31 film | 7.31 film |
| Comedy | 6.65 films | 5.85 films |
| Sci-Fi | 9.41 film | 9.01 film |
| Crime | 6.61 film | — |
| Romance | 7.04 films | 4.93 films |
| Horror | — | 7.01 film |
Chronology
Firsts and peaks
The turning points, in the order they happened.
First film in Nutevio · First Nutevio masterpiece · Highest rated performance
2014Interstellar
Where our catalogue meets this career, as Tom (15 Yrs.). The first film here to clear 9.0 on our scale — a threshold fewer than one film in ten reaches. 9.4 on the Nutevio scale, the top of the catalogue for this performer.
Career peak
2024Dune: Part Two
Weighing billing against the film's own quality, this is the point where everything aligned at once.
Most recent film
2027Not Alone
The current state of the argument, as Joe (voice).
Our order
Every performance in the catalogue, ordered by Nutevio Score.
Every title
Filter by genre or decade, and compare any two titles side by side.
30 of 30 films
as Paul Atreides
Directed by Denis Villeneuve
as Tom (15 Yrs.)
Directed by Christopher Nolan
as Paul Atreides
Directed by Denis Villeneuve
as Paul Atreides
Directed by Denis Villeneuve
From the library
Every movie and TV credit stored for this name in the Nutevio catalogue — filter by media, role or sort by rating.
Showing 24 of 32 titles · 35 total credits · active 2009–2027
Not Alone
2027 · Joe (voice)
Lorne
2026 · Self
A CNN & Variety Town Hall Event: Timothée Chalamet and Matthew McConaughey
2026 · Self
Dune: Part Three
2026 · Paul Atreides
Marty Supreme
2025 · Marty Mauser · Producer
Hans Zimmer & Friends: Diamond in the Desert
2025 · Self
Dune: Part Two
2024 · Paul Atreides
A Complete Unknown
2024 · Bob Dylan · Producer
Wonka
2023 · Willy Wonka
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
2023 · TV · Self - Guest
Bones and All
2022 · Lee · Producer
Entergalactic
2022 · Jimmy (voice)
Dune
2021 · Paul Atreides
Don't Look Up
2021 · Yule
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
2021 · Zeffirelli
A Man Named Scott
2021 · Self
We Are Who We Are
2020 · TV · Passerby (uncredited)
Little Women
2019 · Laurie
The King
2019 · Hal
A Rainy Day in New York
2019 · Gatsby Welles
Hot Summer Nights
2018 · Daniel Middleton
Beautiful Boy
2018 · Nic Sheff
Call Me by Your Name
2017 · Elio
Lady Bird
2017 · Kyle Sheible
The defining work
#1
Paul Atreides
Dune: Part Two (2024)
Performance score9.3
The performance the rest of the career is read through. Paul Atreides gives Timothée Chalamet a structure to work against, and the film hands over its centre of gravity without hesitation.
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Tom (15 Yrs.)
Interstellar (2014)
Performance score9.0
Interstellar asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Tom (15 Yrs.) is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Paul Atreides
Dune: Part Two (2024)
Performance score8.7
Dune: Part Two asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Paul Atreides is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
View movie#4
Elio
Call Me by Your Name (2017)
Performance score8.7
Call Me by Your Name asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Elio is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
View movieStart here
A guided path through the work, ordered so each film explains the next.
Best entry point
as Paul Atreides
Start here. Dune: Part Two is the clearest statement of what Timothée Chalamet does — accessible, 166 minutes, and rated 9.0 by our editors. No context required.
Our editors order this path by accessibility first and chronology second. You meet Timothée at the most legible performance, then move forward in time so each film reads as a response to the one before it rather than a repetition of it.
Interstellar (2014)
Keeps the sci-fi register of Dune: Part Two but asks for a colder reading of it.
Call Me by Your Name (2017)
Keeps the drama register of Interstellar but asks for a colder reading of it.
Dune (2021)
A deliberate change of key after Call Me by Your Name — same instrument, unfamiliar tuning, and the reason range gets mentioned.
Dune: Part Two (2024)
Same director as Dune, different problem to solve. Watching them in order shows how much of the effect was the collaboration.
Company kept
The directors and performers this career keeps returning to.
Denis Villeneuve
Director
4 films together
Notably Dune: Part Two
Christopher Nolan
Director
2 films together
Notably Interstellar
Greta Gerwig
Director
2 films together
Notably Little Women
Luca Guadagnino
Director
2 films together
Notably Call Me by Your Name
Jason Reitman
Director
1 film together
Notably Men, Women & Children
Jessie Nelson
Director
1 film together
Notably Love the Coopers
Pamela Romanowsky
Director
1 film together
Notably The Adderall Diaries
Scott Cooper
Director
1 film together
Notably Hostiles
Woody Allen
Director
1 film together
Notably A Rainy Day in New York
David Michôd
Director
1 film together
Notably The King
Robert Alexander
Director
1 film together
Notably A Man Named Scott
Wes Anderson
Director
1 film together
Notably The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
Adam McKay
Director
1 film together
Notably Don't Look Up
Paul King
Director
1 film together
Notably Wonka
James Mangold
Director
1 film together
Notably A Complete Unknown
Paul Dugdale
Director
1 film together
Notably Hans Zimmer & Friends: Diamond in the Desert
Josh Safdie
Director
1 film together
Notably Marty Supreme
Morgan Neville
Director
1 film together
Notably Lorne
Matthew McConaughey
Actor
1 film together
Notably Interstellar
Anne Hathaway
Actor
1 film together
Notably Interstellar
Michael Caine
Actor
1 film together
Notably Interstellar
Jessica Chastain
Actor
1 film together
Notably Interstellar
Casey Affleck
Actor
1 film together
Notably Interstellar
Wes Bentley
Actor
1 film together
Notably Interstellar
Topher Grace
Actor
1 film together
Notably Interstellar
Mackenzie Foy
Actor
1 film together
Notably Interstellar
Ellen Burstyn
Actor
1 film together
Notably Interstellar
John Lithgow
Actor
1 film together
Notably Interstellar
Bill Irwin
Actor
1 film together
Notably Interstellar
David Gyasi
Actor
1 film together
Notably Interstellar
Behind the camera
Who casts this performer, how often, and what the pairing produces.
Denis Villeneuve
Director
4 films together · 6.3 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 4 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Dune: Part TwoChristopher Nolan
Director
2 films together · 9.1 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
InterstellarLuca Guadagnino
Director
2 films together · 7.7 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Call Me by Your NameGreta Gerwig
Director
2 films together · 7.6 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Little WomenPaul Dugdale
Director
1 film together · 8.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Hans Zimmer & Friends: Diamond in the DesertRobert Alexander
Director
1 film together · 7.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
A Man Named ScottJosh Safdie
Director
1 film together · 7.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Marty SupremeDavid Michôd
Director
1 film together · 7.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The KingJames Mangold
Director
1 film together · 7.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
A Complete UnknownAdam McKay
Director
1 film together · 7.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Don't Look UpPaul King
Director
1 film together · 7.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
WonkaWes Anderson
Director
1 film together · 7.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening SunScott Cooper
Director
1 film together · 7.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
HostilesMorgan Neville
Director
1 film together · 6.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
LorneWoody Allen
Director
1 film together · 6.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
A Rainy Day in New YorkJason Reitman
Director
1 film together · 6.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Men, Women & ChildrenJessie Nelson
Director
1 film together · 6.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Love the CoopersPamela Romanowsky
Director
1 film together · 5.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Adderall DiariesSix degrees
Follow the thread outward — director, film, co-star, and the film after that.
Recognition
2 wins
2 wins · latest 2025
Dune: Part Two
Interstellar
Categories of our own
Six editorial categories we apply to every performer we cover.
Most rewatchable
Interstellar
as Tom (15 Yrs.)
The one that survives a fourth viewing. Nothing in the performance depends on surprise, which is why it keeps paying out.
Most emotional performance
Call Me by Your Name
as Elio
Grief played at conversational volume. The film never asks the audience to cry; the performance simply makes it difficult not to.
Most influential performance
Dune: Part Two
as Paul Atreides
You can hear this reading in other actors' auditions a decade later — the surest measure of influence there is.
Best ensemble performance
Interstellar
as Tom (15 Yrs.)
Work that makes everyone else in the frame better without ever pulling the camera towards itself.
Career defining performance
Dune: Part Two
as Paul Atreides
If the career had to be argued in a single scene, our editors would pick one from this film and rest the case.
In their films' words
“You can build a whole film around a performer who knows when not to speak. Timothée Chalamet has known it for a long time.”
“Long live the fighters.”
“I will love you as long as I breathe.”
“Do not go gentle into that good night.”
“Murph, I'm coming back.”
Head to head
Put two careers on the same scale and see where the argument actually sits.
| Nutevio Performer Score | 8.2 | 9.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Career ranking | #157 of 681 | #1 of 681 |
| Awards on file | Unknown | 3 recorded |
| Oscar wins | Unknown | 1 |
| Oscar nominations | Unknown | 5 |
| Average Nutevio score | 9.2 | 9.1 |
| Genres | Sci-Fi, Adventure, Drama | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, History |
| Directors | Denis Villeneuve, Christopher Nolan | Christopher Nolan, Martin Scorsese |
| Performance DNA | Drama, Screen presence, Physical performance | Transformation, Drama, Screen presence |
| Career timeline | 2014–2024 | 2006–2026 |
| Most iconic role | Paul Atreides — Dune: Part Two | Odysseus — The Odyssey |
| Most rewatchable film | Interstellar | Interstellar |
| Filmography | 2 catalogue films | 4 catalogue films |
Films together
Interstellar
Shared directors
Christopher Nolan
Shared collections
Adventure Movies, Best Space Movies, Sci-Fi Movies, Drama Movies, Top 100 Mind-Bending Movies, Christopher Nolan Movies Ranked
Collaborators in common
Christopher Nolan · Matthew McConaughey · Anne Hathaway · Michael Caine · Jessica Chastain · Casey Affleck · Wes Bentley · Topher Grace
Matt Damon edges ahead here — a higher floor across a comparable body of work.
Ours alone
Recognitions handed out by this desk, on criteria no awards body uses.
Editor's Icon
Awarded
Named by our desk for a body of work we return to when we need to explain what screen acting is for.
Modern Classic Performer
Awarded
Defining performances delivered inside the last twenty-five years, in films already being taught rather than merely remembered.
Drama Legend
Awarded
19 catalogue titles in drama, each one a reference point for the films that followed.
Our desk
Best ending, best opening, best twist and the rest — categories we apply to everyone we cover.
Best ending
Interstellar
as Tom (15 Yrs.)
The last five minutes reorganise everything before them, and hold up when you already know what's coming.
Best opening
Interstellar
as Tom (15 Yrs.)
A first sequence that states the rules of the film without explaining a single one of them.
Most emotional
A Complete Unknown
as Bob Dylan
The film where the technique steps aside and lets the feeling arrive undefended.
Best twist
Interstellar
as Tom (15 Yrs.)
A reversal earned by information the film gave you and trusted you to misread.
Best visual achievement
Interstellar
as Tom (15 Yrs.)
Images that would survive with the sound switched off.
Best action sequence
Hostiles
as Private Philippe DeJardin
Geography, stakes and consequence held in the same frame — spectacle you can follow.
Best dialogue
Entergalactic
as Jimmy (voice)
Lines written to be spoken, staged so the pauses do half the work.
Most underrated film
Interstellar
as Tom (15 Yrs.)
The public vote sits below ours on this one, and the direction is the reason for the gap.
Across the library
Every Nutevio collection this name turns up in, and how high they rank there.
Collection footprint
Appears in 10 Nutevio collections
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Adventure Movies
Includes Dune: Part Two, Interstellar
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Sci-Fi Movies
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Best Space Movies
Includes Dune: Part Two, Interstellar
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Drama Movies
Includes Dune: Part Two, Interstellar
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Top 100 Mind-Bending Movies
Features Interstellar at #1
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Christopher Nolan Movies Ranked
Features Interstellar at #1
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