Mar 03, 2018 at 7:52 pm

Timothee Chalamet Wins Best Male Lead at Spirit Awards 2018!

Timothee Chalamet accepts his award for Best Male Lead on stage at the 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday afternoon (March 3) in Santa Monica, Calif.

The 22-year-old actor received the award for his work in the movie Call Me By Your Name. He beat out Get Out‘s Daniel Kaluuya, Beach Rats‘ Harris Dickinson, The Disaster Artist‘s James Franco, and Good Time‘s Robert Pattinson.

During his speech, Timothee responded to a joke made at the top of the show about his outfit looking like something a gas station attendant would wear. Then he advocated for the continuation of independent films and said he would always continue to be a part of them.

“I’m trying to really savor this moment. I don’t know if this thing’s ever really going to happen again,” he said. “I hope it doesn’t sound cheesy when I say it, but I have a lot of faith. I have a lot of faith in this industry. I have a lot of faith in our country. I have faith because of Greta Gerwig and Luca Guadagnino and Josh Safdie and Jordan Peele and Daniel Kaluuya and filmmakers that aren’t here. … We’ve got a whole new wave. We’re going to be good. … Thank God we have the Dee Reeses and everybody.”

Timothee is nominated for Best Actor at the Oscars tomorrow!