Timothée Chalamet breaks longstanding Oscars record as 2026 nominations announced

Timothée Chalamet has broken a longstanding Oscars record as he is nominated for Best Actor.

Chalamet is currently won of the favourites to win for his role in Marty Supreme as Marty Mauser, with his nomination setting him up to potentially receive his first ever Oscar.

The celebrity, whose press tour for Marty Supreme has received almost as much praise as his acting, previously lost out for his roles in Call Me by Your Name and A Complete Unknown.

By being nominated for the new Josh Safdie film about a ping pong sensation however he has made Oscars history in two different ways.

Firstly, Chalamet has become the youngest person since Marlon Brando in 1954 to receive a third Oscar nomination for Best Actor.

Chalamet broke a longstanding record (A24)

This places him amongst the company of cinematic greats, with Will Smith, Joaquin Phoenix, Gary Oldman, and Humphrey Bogart all having received three Best Actor nominations.

The other record breaking aspect of the announcement is that Chalamet has become the youngest actor to appear in eight different Best Picture nominees.

Eight out of Chalamet’s 24 feature film projects have been Best Picture nominees: Call Me By Your Name, Lady Bird, Little Women, Dune, Don't Look Up, Dune: Part Two, A Complete Unknown and now Marty Supreme.

The actor's controversial speech from last year's SAG Awards in which he said he was someone 'in pursuit of greatness' may have received criticism, but the young actor appears to be living up to his own promises.

Sinners was the other headline from the nominees, receiving 16 nominations (Warner Brothers)

Chalamet's nomination saw The Rock miss out for The Smashing Machine, with Sinners leading the way with shock nominations for Wunmi Mosaku and Delroy Lindo.

Sinners also broke a longstanding Oscar record which was held by Titanic, La La Land, and 1950's All About Eve which all received 14 Oscar nominations.

Sinners meanwhile received an incredible 16 nominations, marking the most Oscar nominations any film has ever received.

Here are the major nominees for the 2026 Oscars:

Best Picture

Sinners received an insane 16 Oscar nominations, the most ever (Warner Brothers)

Bugonia

F1

Frankenstein

Hamnet

Marty Supreme

One Battle After Another

The Secret Agent

Sentimental Value

Sinners

Train Dreams

Best Actress

Jessie Buckley is the current frontrunner (Universal)

Jessie Buckley, Hamnet

Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I'd Kick You

Kate Hudson, Song Sung Blue

Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value

Emma Stone, Bugonia

Best Actor

One Battle After Another could see DiCaprio win a second Oscar, but Hawke and Chalamet are the frontrunners (Warner Brothers)

Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme

Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another

Michael B Jordan, Sinners

Ethan Hawke, Blue Blue Moon

Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent

Best Director

Chloe Zhao is looking to pick up her second Oscar which would make her the only female director to ever achieve this (Chris Pizzello-Pool/Getty Images)

Chloé Zhao, Hamnet

Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme

Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another

Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value

Ryan Coogler, Sinners

Best Supporting Actor

Frankenstein saw Elordi pick up his first Oscar nomination (Netflix)

Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value

Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein

Benicio Del Toro, One Battle After Another

Sean Penn, One Battle After Another

Delroy Lindo, Sinners

Best Supporting Actress

Amy Madigan picked up a nomination for her role in Weapons (Neon)

Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another

Amy Madigan, Weapons

Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value

Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners

Elle Fanning, Sentimental Value