Kodi Smit-McPhee

Kodi Smit-McPhee
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Smit-McPhee at the 2019 WonderCon
Born (1996-06-13) 13 June 1996 (age 26)
Adelaide, Australia
OccupationActor
Years active2005–present
RelativesSianoa Smit-McPhee (sister)
AwardsFull list

Kodi Smit-McPhee (born 13 June 1996) is an Australian actor. He gained recognition as a child actor for his leading roles in The Road (2009) and Let Me In (2010). In 2021, Smit-McPhee garnered critical acclaim for his performance as Peter Gordon in Jane Campion's western film The Power of the Dog, for which he earned nominations for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor.

He provided the voice of the titular character in ParaNorman (2012) and appeared in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014), X-Men: Apocalypse (2016), Alpha (2018), and Dark Phoenix (2019).

Early life

Smit-McPhee was born on 13 June 1996 in Adelaide, South Australia, the son of Sonja Smit and Andy McPhee. His father is an actor and former professional wrestler. His older sister is actress and singer Sianoa Smit-McPhee.

At age 16, Smit-McPhee was diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis, a degenerative form of arthritis which causes vertebrae in the spine to fuse and can lead to chronic pain and loss of vision. Because of the condition, he is blind in his left eye.

Career

Smit-McPhee at the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con

Smit-McPhee's first feature film role was in Romulus, My Father, which garnered him the 2007 AFI Award for Best Young Actor as well as a Best Actor nomination. For his appearance in The Road (2009), he received a Critics' Choice Award nomination for Best Young Actor and a 2010 Australian Film Institute (AFI) nomination for Best International Actor. The following year, he starred in Let Me In, for which he received a 2010 Critics Choice Award nomination for Best Young Actor for his performance in the film.

Viggo Mortensen, Smit-McPhee, Joe Penhall, John Hillcoat, and Steve Schwartz at the 2009 premiere of The Road

Smit-McPhee then voiced the lead role of Norman in ParaNorman, a 2012 animated comedy horror film which was nominated for Best Animated Feature for the 2013 Academy Awards, and also received a 2013 BAFTA Award nomination for Best Animated Film. Later the same year, Smit-McPhee had a role in Dead Europe, which premiered at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival. His next role came in The Wilderness of James in the title role of James. He also starred in A Birder's Guide to Everything, which premiered at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival, and played Benvolio in a film adaptation of Romeo and Juliet. He co-starred in the 20th Century Fox film Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014).

In 2013, Smit-McPhee filmed the action science fiction film Young Ones. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2014. Soon afterwards he appeared in Slow West, which was released in 2015.

In March 2014, he was cast in the Nine Network's seven-part drama series Gallipoli which was broadcast in February and March 2015, the year that marks the 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli landing. He plays 17-year-old Thomas "Tolly" Johnson, who pretends to be older so that he can enlist with his brother Bevan and ends up fighting at Gallipoli in the campaign that helped create the Anzac legend. Aged 17 when he undertook the role, Smit-McPhee said afterwards that it showed "that soldiers aren't the patriotic brave souls they look like, it's showing them at their most vulnerable in tragic times and when they are terrified".

Smit-McPhee played Nightcrawler in X-Men: Apocalypse (2016), a character whose older version was previously played by Alan Cumming. Smit-McPhee reprised the role in Dark Phoenix, which was released in 2019.

In 2018, he played the central character Keda, an Ice Age adolescent who tames a wolf, in Alpha.

In 2021, Smit-McPhee starred in Jane Campion's film The Power of the Dog. The film premiered at the 78th Venice International Film Festival, where it opened to critical acclaim. Smit-McPhee's performance in particular received praise, with Carlos Aguilar of TheWrap calling him "terrifyingly remarkable" and Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian writing, "Smit-McPhee brings something inscrutably complex and reserved to his character's behaviour". In March 2022, Smit-McPhee joined Alfonso Cuaron's upcoming Apple+ series Disclaimer.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2006 Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America Toby Connelly Television film
2007 The King Young John Wesley Television film
Romulus, My Father Raimond
2009 The Road Boy
Tinytown Davis
2010 Let Me In Owen
Matching Jack Finn
2012 Dead Europe Josef
ParaNorman Norman Babcock (voice)
2013 A Birder's Guide to Everything David Portnoy
The Congress Aaron Wright
Romeo & Juliet Benvolio
2014 All the Wilderness James Charm
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Alexander
Maya the Bee Willy (voice)
Young Ones Jerome Holm
2015 Slow West Jay Cavendish
2016 X-Men: Apocalypse Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler
2018 Alpha Keda
2019 Dark Phoenix Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler
Dolemite Is My Name Nicholas Josef von Sternberg
2020 2067 Ethan Whyte
2021 The Power of the Dog Peter Gordon
2022 Elvis Jimmie Rodgers Snow

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2006 Monarch Cove Young Jake 4 episodes
Nightmares and Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King Brandon Episode: "Umney's Last Case"
Nightmares and Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King Jackson Evans Episode: "The Fifth Quarter"
2011–2016 Poppy Cat Ravi (voice)
2015 Gallipoli Thomas "Tolly" Johnson Miniseries
2020 Interrogation Chris Keller Main role
TBA Disclaimer Upcoming miniseries

Awards and nominations

Smit-McPhee received many youth awards for his performances in films Romulus, My Father (2007), Let Me In (2010) and The Road (2009).

His critically acclaimed performance in The Power of the Dog (2021) earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. He was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, British Academy Film Award for Best Supporting Actor and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actor for the role.[citation needed]


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