Timothee Chalamet admits to being a 'crazy kid in high school' when growing up in Hell's Kitchen

Timothee Chalamet has admitted to being a "crazy kid in high school" when he was growing up in Hell's Kitchen.

The 29-year-old actor lived with his family in the federally subsidised artists' building Manhattan Plaza in Hell's Kitchen under the Mitchell–Lama programme, a block which also housed a young Alicia Keys and a young Samuel L. Jackson.

Chalamet - whose older sister Pauline Chalamet is an actress, while his mother Nicole Flender is a former Broadway dancer - admits at school he was only interested in acting and was quite a handful.

Appearing on the 'Nardwuar The Human Serviette' podcast, he shared: "The building I grew up in in Hell's Kitchen was basically an arts block and was also home to a young Alicia Keys and Samuel L. Jackson.

"They built it as regular apartments but, back then, the mafia was so infiltrated in Hell's Kitchen, they cut a deal with the federal government so they provided low-income arts housing for all these crazy artists to grow up in.

"I was just a crazy kid in high school. Shout out to everyone who had patience for me at that time."

Chalamet's passion for acting paid off and he is now one of the most in-demand actors around with lead roles in 'Dune', 'Wonka' and Call 'Me by Your Name'.

He will next be seen playing Bob Dylan in the music biopic 'A Complete Unknown', and Timothee has described it as the "greatest honour" so far in his career.

He said: "I get to be the voice of Bob Dylan, and that is the greatest honour of my life, truly.

"This is the movie I am the most proud of in my career.

"Dylan deserves to get this attention."