Actor Timothy Challamat won the Best Actor Trophy at the SAG (Screen Actors Guild) Awards 2025 for his performance in the Bob Dylan biopic, ‘A Complete Unknown’ on Sunday. The actor’s speech from the show is now going viral. Not because they made it look like a surprise, such as most actors do when they show that they were not expecting victory, but because of how they took it as the opposite of that .

A calm and composed Chalmet first thanked his mother. As soon as he stepped on the stage, he owned every few moments in those few moments in front of Mike. The 29 -year -old did not back down from growing up to “chase greatness” in his aspirations and speeches.

When he said “I was not expecting it at all”, the rest of his speeches looked so ready and surprising that it became difficult to believe that he was not really expecting it ‘at all’.

He did not defeat around the bush and dives the right to control his choice and build an inheritance. He said, “I know that the biggest thing to reduce the effort in this role will be how much it means for me, but the truth is that it was five and a half years of my life.”

Chalmet underlined the importance of playing a revered person like dylan on-screen and what took him to do so. He said, “I put everything in playing this incomparable artist, Mr. Bob Dylan, a true American hero, and it was respected to play for a lifetime,” he said.

“I know that we are in a subjective business, but the truth is, I am really in search of greatness,” he moved forward.

At this time, he ensured to tell everyone that he was aware of what he was saying, and it meant every word. Chalmet thanked the film’s team, including his co-star, and said that making a successful biopic is a product of the team’s effort.

“I know that people usually don’t talk like this, but I want to be one of the great people. I am inspired by great people. I am inspired by the great people tonight. I am inspired by Marlon Brando and Viola Davis as I am doing by Michael Jordan and Michael Phelps.

‘Dune’ star mentioned more names in his speech and shared, “It was a lifetime honor. It is an honor that I share with Monica (Bar -Baro, who plays the role of a zone badge), Edward (Norton, who played the role of Pete Segar), and the entire cast, is doing a biopic in a style that might have been tired. ”

He concluded, “Everyone gave it everything – I am very grateful to him.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p50uquil4o

At the age of 29, shelmet is the youngest man to win the best actor at the SAG Awards. He defeated the choice of Ralph Fiene (Conclave), Coleman Domingo (Sing Sing), Adrian Body (The Brutilist), Sebastian Stan (The Apprentice), and Daniel Craig (Cuir) to win the trophy.