Timothée Chalamet plays Bob Dylan in his early days as a musician in New York City.

Chalamet is an Oscar-nominated film star known for a number of acclaimed films, including “Call Me By Your Name,” “Lady Bird,” “Beautiful Boy,” “Little Women,” “The French Dispatch,” “Dune.” and “The French Dispatch.” and “Dune: Part Two.”

And yet Chalamet recently told Stephen Colbert that “A Complete Unknown” is “the film I’m most proud of in my career.”

Chalamet learned to play guitar for the lead role and sang live in many of the film’s musical performances. He said he spent five years familiarizing himself with Dylan’s life, his discography and his singing style.

“A Complete Unknown” begins in 1961, when Dylan moved to New York City as a teenager. He released his self-titled debut album in 1962 and quickly became a fixture on the Greenwich Village folk scene, leading many critics to dub him “the voice of a generation.”

After releasing a few popular folk albums, Dylan made a divisive turn to rock and roll, highlighted by his electrifying performance at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival. The controversy was discussed by Elijah Wald in his 2015 book Dylan Goes Electric! Newport, Seeger, Dylan, and the Night That Split the Sixties,” on which the film’s screenplay is based.

Today, at the age of 83, Dylan is considered one of the most influential and prolific singer-songwriters of all time. He won 10 Grammys from 38 nominations, as well as the Recording Academy’s Lifetime Achievement Award, which he accepted in 1991.