Timothée Chalamet Says Past Golden Globes Losses Make ‘Marty Supreme’ Win “That Much Sweeter”

Timothée Chalamet has clinched the Golden Globe for Best Performance By a Male Actor in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy for his turn as the ambitious, no-holds-barred table tennis champ in Marty Supreme.

Chalamet was nominated against George Clooney (Jay Kelly), Leonardo DiCaprio (One Battle After Another) Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon), Lee Byung-hun (No Other Choice) and Jesse Plemons (Bugonia).

Chalamet was arguably favored to take home the statuette, after winning in his category during the Critics Choice Awards last week. (Though it’s worth noting that the nomination pool looked slightly different, as that fete doesn’t split nods based on genre category; his competitors during Critics — which also included Train Dreams‘ Joel Edgerton, The Secret Agent‘s Wagner Moura and Sinners‘ Michael B. Jordan — are facing off later in the night in the Best Performance By a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama category).

Taking the stage, the Call Me By Your Name actor first expressed gratitude for being nominated in a “stacked” category filled with “many greats” before thanking director Josh Safdie, writer Ronald Bronstein and co-stars Kevin O’Leary, Odessa A’Zion, Fran Drescher, Gwyneth Paltrow and Tyler, the Creator.

“If you would have told me at 19 years old I would be thanking Mr. Wonderful from Shark Tank…” he began, getting laughs from the mogul and audience. “All right, you’re laughing, so I got away with that. Thank you, Kevin. I would have been stunned, but I would have been very grateful.”

He continued, “My dad instilled in me a spirit of gratitude growing up: Always be grateful for what you have. It’s allowed me to leave this ceremony in the past empty-handed, my head held high, grateful just to be here, but I’d be lying if I didn’t say those moments didn’t make this moment that much sweeter. For my parents, for my partner [Kylie Jenner], I love you, thank you so much.”

Last year, Chalamet, who led A Complete Unknown, lost in his leading actor category (for Motion Picture — Drama) to Adrian Brody, who starred in The Brutalist. He has also been nominated in the past for his roles in Wonka, Beautiful Boy and CMBYN.