Timothée Chalamet squeezes a great joke into his Golden Globes acceptance speech

"If you'd have told me when I was 19 years old..."
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Timothée Chalamet picked up the award for Best Male Actor (Motion Picture – Musical/Comedy) at the Golden Globes on Sunday, where he paid tribute to the other actors in a "stacked" category before thanking the various people involved in making Marty Supreme.

"To Josh Safdie, thank you from the bottom of my heart, thank you for this role, thank you for believing in me. Thank you for this portrait, for your mind, for your world view. To A24, Ronnie Bronstein who co-wrote the script with Josh. The amazing cast of this film, Odessa A'zion, Gwyneth Paltrow, Tyler the Creator, Fran Drescher, Kevin O'Leary...If you would have told me when I was 19 years old I'd be thanking Mr Wonderful from Shark Tank," says Chalamet, referring to his co-star and the movie's multi-millionaire executive producer.

"Alright you're laughing so I got away with that one, thank you Kevin."

Check out the complete list of winners at the 2026 Golden Globes.

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Sam Haysom

Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.


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