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Timothée Chalamet turns 28! A step by step guide to how the Wonka star became the world's leading man

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Everybody wish Timothée Chalamet a happy birthday and make sure to give the poster of him on your wall an extra big kiss this week — second part optional — because the Wonka and Dune 2 actor has just turned 28!

The eternally boyish leading man has been described as the "sexiest man alive", the "best male actor of the decade", and "Leonardo DiCaprio for the TikTok generation" (by me, just now).

But how did this incredibly good looking young American-French boy, born to creative parents in the federally subsidised artists building of Manhattan Plaza and educated at the same school as Robert De Niro, Jennifer Anniston and Al Pacino make it big — other than the obvious? To celebrate Timothée Hal Chalamet's 28th year of life, here's a look back on his trip to stardom in 28 steps.

1. He was born

Anyone familiar with the A Star Is Born will know that in order to become a star, you first need to be born. Timothée Chalamet was born on 27 December, 1995, in New York City to a former Broadway dancer and real estate agent mother and editor father. When

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