Watching the New York Knicks win the 2026 NBA Finals was a once-in-a-lifetime second for Timothée Chalamet — and he’s been nominated for a number of Academy Awards.
“Manner moderately this than the Oscars!” Chalamet, 30, proclaimed in a postgame interview on Saturday, June 13, after the Knicks defeated the San Antonio Spurs for the championship title. “Come on, child! Knicks are champions, child!”
Chalamet traveled to San Antonio for the fifth sport within the sequence, which the Knicks finally gained 94-90. (The Knicks gained the NBA title sequence 4-1.) He additionally celebrated with the basketball staff within the locker room later that night.
“I’m not an athlete, I’m good,” Chalamet tearfully instructed reporters after the postgame champagne celebration within the locker room. “I’m not an athlete! Normally I’ve a stunt double try this.”
Along with his enthusiastic Knicks fandom, the New York native can also be a prolific actor and has been nominated for 4 Oscars. Chalamet has earned recognition within the Finest Actor class thrice, although misplaced at every ceremony. As a producer on Marty Supreme, Chalamet additionally earned a nod when the 2026 ping-pong movie was nominated for Finest Image in March.
Chalamet and Marty Supreme misplaced out to Michael B. Jordan and One Battle After One other, respectively, on the 2026 Oscars earlier this 12 months. Whereas Chalamet’s position in Marty didn’t win on the Academy Awards, he did take house trophies on the Critics Selection Awards and the Golden Globes.
“Thanks a lot from the underside of my coronary heart. I’m in a class with many greats. … To [director] Josh Safdie, thanks from the underside of my coronary heart. Thanks for this position,” Chalamet gushed when he gained huge on the Globes in January. “Thanks for believing in me. … When you would have instructed me after I was 19 years previous I might thanking Mr. Great from Shark Tank. Alright you’re laughing so I received away with that. Thanks, Kevin. I might have been surprised however very grateful.”
He continued, “My dad instilled a spirit of gratitude in me rising up, ‘All the time be thankful for what you might have.’ It’s allowed me to go away this ceremony up to now empty handed, my head held excessive, grateful simply to be right here, however I’d be mendacity if I didn’t say these moments didn’t make this second that a lot sweeter.”
Along with thanking his dad and mom, Chalamet devoted the win to girlfriend Kylie Jenner.
“For my dad and mom, for my companion, I like you,” he concluded his speech. “Thanks a lot.”
Chalamet and Jenner, 28, have been collectively since 2023, typically attending awards reveals and Knicks video games collectively.
