Timothee Chalamet fans gutted as Adrien Brody wins best actor Golden Globe

Timothee Chalamet was hotly tipped as a contender to win a Best Actor prize at the Golden Globes and his fans are not happy that he fell short. Adrien Brody's work on The Brutalist ultimately beat out Chalamet's performance as Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown.

Chalamet has been showered with praise for his performance in the film, which follows a young Dylan as he arrives in New York City in the early 1960s and befriends folk singers Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie. It then traces his rise to the top, culminating in his infamous performance with electric instruments at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival.

Globes voters preferred Brody's performance as an architect and Holocaust survivor in The Brutalist, with Brody winning the award for Best Actor in a Drama ahead of Chalamet. Popular fan account Club Chalamet was among those who chimed in to criticise the Globes and the voters for their decision.

In the wake of the ceremony, they wrote on X (formerly Twitter) that "the fourth nomination was not the charm" for Chalamet. They added: "Timmy didn't win, again, and the Golden Globes got what they wanted from him, jokes, and his face on the camera, in this seat. This sucks."

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Club Chalamet, though, tried to keep spirits high by pointing out that Chalamet will likely have many other awards nominations to come for his work in the film — some of which might become wins.

They said: "But, there are more award opportunities coming from even more worthy awards. Remember, a lot of Golden Globes winners do not get nominated at the Oscars, or win. So, there's still hope for Timmy to receive the praise he is so overdue for with his beautiful work in A Complete Unknown."

Chalamet's snub was a hot topic online following the Globes. One fan wrote that awards voters need to "give him his flowers already", while another pointed to some of Chalamet's other awards season misses over the years for films including Call Me By Your Name and Little Women.

They wrote on X: "When I said Timothee Chalamet is the next Leonardo DiCaprio, I didn't mean I wanted him to be snubbed repeatedly while having an insane filmography, but here we are."

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A Complete Unknown earned Chalamet his fourth Golden Globe nomination, with none of them converting into wins so far. Chalamet has also been nominated once at the Oscars — and should get a second for A Complete Unknown — and five times by the Screen Actors Guild.

Chalamet was the butt of several jokes from Globes host Nikki Glaser in her well-received opening monologue. "You have the most gorgeous eyelashes... on your upper lip," she said in a reference to the 29-year-old star's new facial hair.

Glaser continued: "You were so good in A Complete Unknown as Bob Dylan. Wasn't he just incredible? So good dude. Seriously, in fact, I actually read that your singing voice was so accurate that even Bob Dylan himself admitted that it was absolutely horrible. You nailed it."

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A Complete Unknown was nominated for three awards at the Golden Globes, but failed to win any of them. It was Netflix musical Emilia Pérez that won the night with four wins, while The Brutalist managed three awards.

The Golden Globes aired live on CBS and Paramount+ in the United States. A Complete Unknown will be released into UK cinemas on 17 January.