Timothee Chalamet wins best comedy actor Golden Globe for ‘Marty Supreme’

By AFP and ToI Staff 12 January 2026, 4:42 am

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French-US actor Timothee Chalamet attends the 83rd annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, California, on January 11, 2026. (Frederic J. Brown / AFP)

Timothee Chalamet on Sunday won the Golden Globe for best actor in a comedy film for his portrayal of an ambitious 1950s table tennis player in “Marty Supreme.”

The Jewish-American Chalamet won in a tough category that included Leonardo DiCaprio (“One Battle After Another”), George Clooney (“Jay Kelly”), Ethan Hawke (“Blue Moon”), Lee Byung-hun (“No Other Choice”) and Jesse Plemons (“Bugonia”).

Chalamet plays Marty Mauser, a Jewish kid working at a shoe store who aspires to be the best table tennis pro in the world. The character is loosely based on a real-life player, Marty Reisman, but the movie is just as much a reflection of Chalamet and Safdie’s own whatever-it-takes ambitions.