Timothée Chalamet‘s wish to play Ernie Johnson in a biopic might come true … ’cause the actor just got a big thumbs up from the “Inside the NBA” host himself!!

Timmy C — who portrays Bob Dylan in the new “A Complete Unknown” movie — recently revealed he’d be down to honor the longtime sports TV show host on the big screen … if he were to ever take on another biopic.

E.J. got wind of Chalamet’s comments on Thursday … and he said the “Dune” star gave him a ton of cred with his family.

Johnson also had a hilarious reaction to his wife’s cameo appearance during the segment … in which she claimed he wanted to check out the new Dylan flick to do his research on Chalamet — although he denied that notion and said it was due to his love for the songwriter.

Charles Barkley wasn’t too happy about it — pointing out how Chalamet also shouted out Kenny “The Jet” Smith for inspiring his fashion sense not too long ago as well … and to him, it’s all “getting out of hand.”