---
name: "Kodi Smit-McPhee"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kodi-smit-mcphee"
fi1m_id: "kodi-smit-mcphee"
imdb_id: "nm2240346"
tmdb_id: 113505
wikidata_id: "Q716251"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "13 June 1996"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 10
average_fi1m_score: 69
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 10
updated: "2026-10-05T13:55:29.874494+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Kodi Smit-McPhee

## Identity

Kodi Smit-McPhee

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kodi-smit-mcphee
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kodi-smit-mcphee
- **IMDb ID:** nm2240346
- **TMDB ID:** 113505
- **Wikidata ID:** Q716251
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodi_Smit-McPhee, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q716251, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2240346/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/113505

Actor. Born 13 June 1996 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 13 June 1996, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- **Active:** 2009–present
- **Also known as:** 코디 스밋 맥피, کودی اسمیت-مک‌فی
- **Golden Globes:** 1 Golden Globe (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 69, as actor, over 10 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 78 (1), 2010s 70 (4), 2020s 67 (5)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 69 to 68 across 10 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 6 at 60–79, 3 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 5 of 10 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 8, Adventure 3, Action 2, Animation 2, Comedy 2, History 2
- **Screen time:** 18 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,680m across 8 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodi_Smit-McPhee, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q716251, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2240346/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/113505

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*The Power of the Dog*](https://film.one/film/the-power-of-the-dog.md) (84), [*Slow West*](https://film.one/film/slow-west.md) (77), [*Maria*](https://film.one/film/maria.md) (57)
- **Disney+:** [*Dawn of the Planet of the Apes*](https://film.one/film/dawn-of-the-planet-of-the-apes.md) (78), [*ParaNorman*](https://film.one/film/paranorman.md) (76), [*X-Men: Apocalypse*](https://film.one/film/x-men-apocalypse.md) (48)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Road*](https://film.one/film/the-road-2009.md) (78)
- **AMC+:** [*Memoir of a Snail*](https://film.one/film/memoir-of-a-snail.md) (72)
- **Apple TV:** [*Disclaimer*](https://film.one/tv/disclaimer.md) (56)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Kodi Smit-McPhee

> Smit-McPhee does less than most actors would, and has since he was a child: the quiet boy at the edge of the frame, watching harder than anyone. It works when a director trusts it and stalls when the script only wants a listener.

Listen to Norman in *ParaNorman* (2012). Smit-McPhee gives the boy a flat, tired voice, the voice of a child who has stopped expecting to be listened to, and he never once pushes for a laugh. The laughs come anyway, because he is not asking for them. That is the habit that runs through everything he has done: he does less than the scene seems to want, and waits. He knows it, too. "I tend to unconsciously underplay my characters," he said in 2021, "so it's a constant that directors ask me to turn it up a little bit."

He has been the quiet boy at the edge of the frame since he was one. He started at nine, pushed along by an actor father, and had his first feature part in *Romulus, My Father* (2007). *The Road* (2009), opposite Viggo Mortensen, and *Let Me In* (2010) made his name as a child actor, and both parts were solitary children in bad places. *ParaNorman* followed, then a run of blue make-up as Nightcrawler in *X-Men: Apocalypse* (2016) and *Dark Phoenix* (2019). The turn came with Peter Gordon in Jane Campion's *The Power of the Dog* (2021), the part most critics point to when they talk about him, and the one that made the stillness look deliberate. We have not reviewed it, so we will only say that the reputation rests there. Since then: *Elvis* (2022), the series *Disclaimer* (2024), *Maria* (2024), and a voice in *Memoir of a Snail* (2024).

The stillness is what he is good at, and it can be turned against him. In *ParaNorman* it is the whole performance, and it moved us more than we expected from a stop-motion ghost story; the boy sounds beaten before the film starts, so that when the last twenty minutes ask him to stand up, the effort costs something. Against Tucker Albrizzi's cheerful, unbothered Neil, the pairing is the best thing in the film, and it works because Smit-McPhee refuses to match his friend's energy.

*Maria* shows the other side. Pablo Larraín casts him as Mandrax, a young man with a camera crew who interviews Callas at length, and Steven Knight's script gives him a name that is also written on her pill bottles, in case we missed the point. It is a part built to listen, and Smit-McPhee listens attentively, but there is nothing behind the listening for him to do. When an actor's instinct is to hold back and the writing gives him nothing to hold back from, the result is a well-mannered blank. We scored the film 57 and he is not the reason, but he is not a reason to see it either.

The pattern of the casting is plain enough: sensitive, solitary, watching. Directors who know what to do with that get intensity; directors who only want a witness get a witness. The next phase of the career depends on whether anyone asks him to turn it up and means it.

## Biography

Kodi Smit-McPhee is an Australian actor. He gained recognition as a child actor for his leading roles in *The Road* (2009) and *Let Me In* (2010). He voiced the title 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).

In 2021, Smit-McPhee received critical acclaim for his performance as Peter Gordon in Jane Campion's *The Power of the Dog*, winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor and receiving an Academy Award nomination. He has since appeared in *Elvis* (2022) and portrayed Mandrax in *Maria* (2024). He also featured in the miniseries *Disclaimer* (2024) and voiced a character in *Memoir of a Snail* (2024).

His father, Andy McPhee, is an actor and former professional wrestler; his sister Sianoa Smit-McPhee is also an actress.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (10)

- *Disclaimer* (2024), Fi1m 56, as Nicholas Ravenscroft — [page](https://film.one/tv/disclaimer.md)
- *Maria* (2024), Fi1m 57, as Mandrax — [page](https://film.one/film/maria.md)
- *Memoir of a Snail* (2024), Fi1m 72, as Gilbert (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/memoir-of-a-snail.md)
- *Elvis* (2022), Fi1m 66, as Jimmie Rodgers Snow — [page](https://film.one/film/elvis.md)
- *The Power of the Dog* (2021), Fi1m 84, as Peter Gordon — [page](https://film.one/film/the-power-of-the-dog.md)
- *X-Men: Apocalypse* (2016), Fi1m 48, as Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler — [page](https://film.one/film/x-men-apocalypse.md)
- *Slow West* (2015), Fi1m 77, as Jay Cavendish — [page](https://film.one/film/slow-west.md)
- *Dawn of the Planet of the Apes* (2014), Fi1m 78, as Alexander — [page](https://film.one/film/dawn-of-the-planet-of-the-apes.md)
- *ParaNorman* (2012), Fi1m 76, as Norman Babcock (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/paranorman.md)
- *The Road* (2009), Fi1m 78, as Boy — [page](https://film.one/film/the-road-2009.md)

## Complete filmography (38)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Passenger* (2026), as Lloyd
- *Maria* (2024), as Mandrax — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/maria.md)
- *Memoir of a Snail* (2024), as Gilbert (voice) — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/memoir-of-a-snail.md)
- *Disclaimer* (2024), series, as Nicholas Ravenscroft — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/tv/disclaimer.md)
- *Elvis* (2022), as Jimmie Rodgers Snow — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/elvis.md)
- *The Power of the Dog* (2021), as Peter Gordon — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-power-of-the-dog.md)
- *2067* (2020), as Ethan Whyte
- *Interrogation* (2020), series, as Chris Keller
- *Dolemite Is My Name* (2019), as Nick von Sternberg
- *Dark Phoenix* (2019), as Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler
- *Once Upon a Deadpool* (2018), as Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler (uncredited) — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/once-upon-a-deadpool.md)
- *Alpha* (2018), as Keda
- *Deadpool 2* (2018), as Nightcrawler (uncredited) — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/deadpool-2.md)
- *X-Men: Apocalypse* (2016), as Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/x-men-apocalypse.md)
- *Slow West* (2015), as Jay Cavendish — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/slow-west.md)
- *Gallipoli* (2015), series, as Thomas "Tolly" Johnson
- *Maya the Bee Movie* (2014), as Willy (voice)
- *Dawn of the Planet of the Apes* (2014), as Alexander — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/dawn-of-the-planet-of-the-apes.md)
- *Young Ones* (2014), as Jerome Holm
- *All the Wilderness* (2014), as James Charm
- *Romeo & Juliet* (2013), as Benvolio
- *The Congress* (2013), as Aaron Wright
- *A Birder's Guide to Everything* (2013), as David Portnoy
- *Dead Europe* (2012), as Josef
- *ParaNorman* (2012), as Norman Babcock (voice) — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/paranorman.md)
- *Let Me In* (2010), as Owen
- *Matching Jack* (2010), as Finn
- *The Road* (2009), as Boy — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-road-2009.md)
- *The Adventures of Charlotte and Henry* (2008), as Henry (voice)
- *The Tender Hook* (2008), as Jimmy
- *Romulus, My Father* (2007), as Raimond
- *The King* (2007), as Young John Wesley
- *End of Town* (2006), as Brother
- *Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King* (2006), series, as Brandon, Jackson Evans
- *Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America* (2006), as Toby Connelly
- *Stranded* (2006), as Teddy
- *Untitled NAVY Seal Film*, Actor
- *Black Palace*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Kodi Smit-McPhee](https://film.one/media/person/10085/gallery-681be404b9a4.jpg) Kodi Smit-McPhee — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Kodi_Smit-McPhee_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/1280px-Kodi_Smit-McPhee_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Alexandra Shipp, Evan Peters and Kodi Smit-McPhee speaking at the 2019 WonderCon, for "Dark Phoenix", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. P](https://film.one/media/person/10085/gallery-0aae738b73bd.jpg) Alexandra Shipp, Evan Peters and Kodi Smit-McPhee speaking at the 2019 WonderCon, for "Dark Phoenix", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. P — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Alexandra_Shipp%2C_Evan_Peters_%26_Kodi_Smit-McPhee_%2847519171411%29.jpg/1280px-Alexandra_Shipp%2C_Evan_Peters_%26_Kodi_Smit-McPhee_%2847519171411%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Cate Blanchett, Alfonso Cuarón, Sacha Baron Cohen, etc at Disclaimer (TV series) premiere at Venice International Film Festival (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/10085/gallery-20d746d2e578.jpg) Cate Blanchett, Alfonso Cuarón, Sacha Baron Cohen, etc at Disclaimer (TV series) premiere at Venice International Film Festival (2024) — Ariela Ortiz-Barrantes, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Cast_and_crew_of_Disclaimer_%28TV_series%29_at_81st_Venice_International_Film_Festival.jpg/1280px-Cast_and_crew_of_Disclaimer_%28TV_series%29_at_81st_Venice_International_Film_Festival.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Cast of X-men Apocalypse at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con International. (Top:Bottom: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Oscar Isaac, Nicholas ](https://film.one/media/person/10085/gallery-afce675570ce.jpg) Cast of X-men Apocalypse at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con International. (Top:Bottom: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Oscar Isaac, Nicholas  — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Cast_of_X-Men_Apocalypse.jpg/1280px-Cast_of_X-Men_Apocalypse.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Kodi Smit-McPhee](https://film.one/media/person/10085/gallery-254386b95b78.jpg) Kodi Smit-McPhee — Image via TMDB
- ![Kodi Smit-McPhee](https://film.one/media/person/10085/gallery-42870f59aab7.jpg) Kodi Smit-McPhee — Image via TMDB
- ![Kodi Smit-McPhee](https://film.one/media/person/10085/gallery-7bd5572c7528.jpg) Kodi Smit-McPhee — Image via TMDB
- ![The cast of Dark Phoenix at the 2019 WonderCon in Anaheim, California.](https://film.one/media/person/10085/gallery-3b01fe23c168.jpg) The cast of Dark Phoenix at the 2019 WonderCon in Anaheim, California. — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Dark_Phoenix_cast_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/1280px-Dark_Phoenix_cast_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![The cast of Dark Phoenix at the 2019 WonderCon in Anaheim, California.](https://film.one/media/person/10085/gallery-228e3fc6bc1b.jpg) The cast of Dark Phoenix at the 2019 WonderCon in Anaheim, California. — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Dark_Phoenix_cast_by_Gage_Skidmore_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Dark_Phoenix_cast_by_Gage_Skidmore_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Kodi Smit-McPhee](https://film.one/media/person/10085/gallery-691656a29646.jpg) Kodi Smit-McPhee — Image via TMDB
- ![Kodi Smit-McPhee](https://film.one/media/person/10085/gallery-3d1d7f8d48d7.jpg) Kodi Smit-McPhee — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2022: Best Supporting Actor (nominated), for *The Power of the Dog*

### Golden Globes — 1 won

- 2021: Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture (won), for *The Power of the Dog*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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