Timothee Chalamet and James Dean earned two Best Actor Oscar nominations before the age of 30.
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Chalamet was first nominated for the prestigious acting Academy Award thanks to his work in the coming-of-age romance, Call Me by Your Name (2017), and then he picked up another nod back on Jan. 23 for portraying legendary musician Bob Dylan in the must-see biopic, A Complete Unknown.
James Dean tragically died at the age of 24 on Sept. 30, 1955, during a head-on collision in the rural California community of Cholame.
Dean’s death came less than a month before his unforgettable feature film, Rebel Without a Cause, began its theatrical run in October 1955. The following year, the once up-and-coming phenom was nominated posthumously for his first Best Actor Oscar thanks to his indelible work in the classic East of Eden, which was based on John Steinbeck’s 1952 novel.
