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There was a time — not all that way back — when Timothee Chalamet appeared like a lock to win Finest Actor on the 2026 Academy Awards.
The actor’s work in Marty Supreme drew rave evaluations, and he campaigned tougher than any nominee in any class.
Chalamet was nominated for Excellent Efficiency by a Male Actor in a Main Function eventually night time’s Actor Awards (previously the Display screen Actors Guild Awards).
French-US actor Timothee Chalamet French-US actor Timothee Chalamet attends the thirty second Annual Actor Awards on the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on March 1, 2026. (Photograph by PATRICK T. FALLON / AFP through Getty Photos)And he was readily available at LA’s Shrine Auditorium and Expo Corridor, this time along with his mother by his facet as an alternative of longtime girlfriend Kylie Jenner, who’s been his date for many award season occasions.
However as was the case on the Golden Globes, Chalamet as soon as once more went residence empty-handed, the night time’s prime male appearing prize going to Michael B. Jordan for his work in Sinners.
“I’m so honored and privileged to be nominated in classes with individuals and actors and people that I like,” Jordan mentioned in his acceptance speech (through Yahoo! Information).
“This journey has been unbelievable. So thanks for welcoming me in and making me really feel seen. And y’all understand how I really feel about y’all.”
“I don’t know what precisely is going on in Finest Actor now, aside from Chalamet will not be successful anymore,” wrote one person on X (previously Twitter).
Michael B. Jordan attends the thirty second Annual Actor Awards at Shrine Auditorium and Expo Corridor on March 01, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photograph by Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Photos)“I actually assume Chalamet’s marketing campaign tanked his personal marketing campaign which is NUTS,” one other individual replied.
“If he loses the Oscar it’s really actually embarrassing,” a 3rd instructed.
It’s potential that no actor in historical past has campaigned as onerous for an Oscar as Timmy has all through this award season.
And one idea going round at present is that he turned some award voters off by being so aggressive.
French-US actor Timothee Chalamet French-US actor Timothee Chalamet attends the thirty second Annual Actor Awards on the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on March 1, 2026. (Photograph by PATRICK T. FALLON / AFP through Getty Photos)In any case, members of the Academy and different voting our bodies wish to imagine — appropriately or in any other case — that they’re voting primarily based on the standard of the efficiency, not the marketing campaign.
Awarding Chalamet for essentially the most public marketing campaign in current reminiscence would possibly undermine that perception.
After which there’s the film itself. Marty Supreme garnered constructive evaluations, and plenty of critics famous the power of Timmy’s efficiency.
However he performs a deeply unlikable character in a film in regards to the energy of tireless ambition.
It’s not precisely a feel-good flick, and for some voters, Chalamet’s quest for Oscar gold is perhaps an disagreeable reminder of Marty Mauser’s conniving quest for a ping pong championship.
After which there’s the truth that Sinners has been an absolute juggernaut, with Jordan main the best way.
The movie scored extra Academy Award nominations than any film in historical past, and it’s poised to win massive on Oscar night time.
We’ll have to attend till March 15 to see what occurs — nevertheless it appears much less and fewer seemingly that it’ll be Timmy’s massive night time.
