Kodi Smit-McPhee
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Kodi Smit-McPhee is an award-winning Australian actor, most known for his roles as The Boy in the The Road and Owen in Let Me In
. He has also appeared in Australian films, Romulus, My Father
and Matching Jack
.
. He was trained at Drama with a Difference. He has had many roles in film and television, but is best known for his performance in the 2009 film The Road, acting beside Viggo Mortenson. Kodi has also appeared in the Australian telemovie The King
and the American television series Monarch Cove
and Nightmares and Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King in the episode titled "Umney's Last Case
".
Kodi was originally cast in the role of Young Logan
in the X-Men
film, X-Men Origins: Wolverine
, however he was unable to film because of his work with The Road
. In The Road, he appeared as the unnamed son of Viggo Mortensen
's also unnamed character in the screen adaptation of Cormac McCarthy
's Pulitzer Prize winning novel of the same name. Kodi's performance in The Road has received mainly positive reviews from the critics. Therefore, he was nominated for Best Young Actor at the 15th annual Critics' Choice Awards.
On 1 October 2009, it was confirmed that Kodi would play the role of Owen in the film Let Me In
, which was directed by Matt Reeves
and released in October 2010. In an interview at Comic Con, he said he has seen The Exorcist
and it "scared the crap" out of him. He also said that he did not watch Let the Right One In before or during playing the part of Owen in the American remake of the film because he did not want to copy anything. But he did eventually see it and thought it was amazing "that someone could come up with that".
Kodi's favorite horror film
s include Friday the 13th, Child's Play, Jeepers Creepers
, and The Fourth Kind
, even though they all "freaked" him out.
Let Me In (film)
Let Me In is a 2010 American romantic horror film directed by Matt Reeves and starring Kodi Smit-McPhee and Chloë Grace Moretz. It is based on the 2008 Swedish film Let the Right One In , directed by Tomas Alfredson, and the novel of the same name by John Ajvide Lindqvist...
. He has also appeared in Australian films, Romulus, My Father
Romulus, My Father (film)
Romulus, My Father is a 2007 Australian drama film directed by Richard Roxburgh. Based on the memoir by Raimond Gaita, the film tells the story of Romulus and his wife Christine , and their struggle in the face of great adversity to raise their son, Raimond . The film marks the directorial debut...
and Matching Jack
Matching Jack
Matching Jack is a 2010 Australian drama film directed by Nadia Tass from a screenplay by Lynne Renew and David Parker, based on an unfilmed script by Renew entitled Love and Mortar. The film stars Jacinda Barrett as a mother who begins a lengthy search for a bone marrow donor to help her son , who...
.
Life and career
Kodi Smit-McPhee was born in Australia, the son of Sonja and Andy McPhee, an actor and former professional wrestler. His sister is actress Sianoa Smit-McPheeSianoa Smit-McPhee
Sianoa Smit-McPhee is an Australian actress. She is best known for her two years in Australian soap Neighbours as Breanna Timmins. Sianoa's next role was in the children's television series As the Bell Rings, which used to air on the Disney Channel.In 2007, Sianoa appeared as Desma, the lead...
. He was trained at Drama with a Difference. He has had many roles in film and television, but is best known for his performance in the 2009 film The Road, acting beside Viggo Mortenson. Kodi has also appeared in the Australian telemovie The King
The King (2007 film)
The King: The Story of Graham Kennedy is an Australian telemovie examining the life of Australian entertainer Graham Kennedy.Produced in Australia by the Sydney based independent production company Crackerjack Productions for TV1 and the Nine Network, The King was first shown on 20 May 2007 on TV1...
and the American television series Monarch Cove
Monarch Cove
Monarch Cove is a prime time telenovela that premiered on Lifetime Television on November 4, 2006. It ran for 14 episodes, ending on December 16, 2006.-Premise:...
and Nightmares and Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King in the episode titled "Umney's Last Case
Umney's Last Case
Umney's Last Case is a short story written by Stephen King and published as a separate booklet as part of Penguin's 60th anniversary...
".
Kodi was originally cast in the role of Young Logan
Wolverine (comics)
Wolverine is a fictional character, a superhero that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. Born as James Howlett and commonly known as Logan, Wolverine is a mutant, possessing animal-keen senses, enhanced physical capabilities, three retracting bone claws on each hand and a healing...
in the X-Men
X-Men
The X-Men are a superhero team in the . They were created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, and first appeared in The X-Men #1...
film, X-Men Origins: Wolverine
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
X-Men Origins: Wolverine is a 2009 American action film based on the Marvel Comics' fictional character Wolverine. The fourth installment in the X-Men film series, it was released worldwide on May 1, 2009...
, however he was unable to film because of his work with The Road
The Road
The Road is a 2006 novel by the American author Cormac McCarthy.The Road may also refer to:* The Road , a 2001 Kazakhstani film* The Road , a 2009 film adaptation of the McCarthy novel...
. In The Road, he appeared as the unnamed son of Viggo Mortensen
Viggo Mortensen
Viggo Peter Mortensen, Jr. is a Danish-American actor, poet, musician, photographer and painter. He made his film debut in Peter Weir's 1985 thriller Witness, and subsequently appeared in many notable films of the 1990s, including The Indian Runner , Carlito's Way , Crimson Tide , Daylight , The...
's also unnamed character in the screen adaptation of Cormac McCarthy
Cormac McCarthy
Cormac McCarthy is an American novelist and playwright. He has written ten novels, spanning the Southern Gothic, Western, and modernist genres. He received the Pulitzer Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction for The Road...
's Pulitzer Prize winning novel of the same name. Kodi's performance in The Road has received mainly positive reviews from the critics. Therefore, he was nominated for Best Young Actor at the 15th annual Critics' Choice Awards.
On 1 October 2009, it was confirmed that Kodi would play the role of Owen in the film Let Me In
Let Me In (film)
Let Me In is a 2010 American romantic horror film directed by Matt Reeves and starring Kodi Smit-McPhee and Chloë Grace Moretz. It is based on the 2008 Swedish film Let the Right One In , directed by Tomas Alfredson, and the novel of the same name by John Ajvide Lindqvist...
, which was directed by Matt Reeves
Matt Reeves
Matthew George "Matt" Reeves is an American film writer, director and producer.-Early life:Reeves was born in Rockville Centre, New York, and raised in Los Angeles, California. He began making movies at eight years old, directing friends with a wind-up camera. Reeves met and became friends with J.J...
and released in October 2010. In an interview at Comic Con, he said he has seen The Exorcist
The Exorcist (film)
The Exorcist is a 1973 American horror film directed by William Friedkin, adapted from the 1971 novel of the same name by William Peter Blatty and based on the exorcism case of Robbie Mannheim, dealing with the demonic possession of a young girl and her mother’s desperate attempts to win back her...
and it "scared the crap" out of him. He also said that he did not watch Let the Right One In before or during playing the part of Owen in the American remake of the film because he did not want to copy anything. But he did eventually see it and thought it was amazing "that someone could come up with that".
Kodi's favorite horror film
Horror film
Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...
s include Friday the 13th, Child's Play, Jeepers Creepers
Jeepers Creepers (2001 film)
Jeepers Creepers is a 2001 horror film written and directed by Victor Salva. The movie takes its name from the 1938 song "Jeepers Creepers" which is featured in the film.- Plot :...
, and The Fourth Kind
The Fourth Kind
The Fourth Kind is a 2009 American mockumentary science fiction film starring Milla Jovovich, Charlotte Milchard, Elias Koteas, Will Patton, and Mia McKenna-Bruce. The title is derived from the expansion of J...
, even though they all "freaked" him out.
Filmography
| Film | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| Stranded | Teddy | ||
| Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America is an ABC two-hour TV movie which first aired May 9, 2006 in which an American "businessman visiting China is infected and carries the deadly mutated bird flu virus back via jetliner to the USA, soon it spreads throughout the country then the rest of the world... |
Toby Connelly | TV movie | |
| Romulus, My Father Romulus, My Father (film) Romulus, My Father is a 2007 Australian drama film directed by Richard Roxburgh. Based on the memoir by Raimond Gaita, the film tells the story of Romulus and his wife Christine , and their struggle in the face of great adversity to raise their son, Raimond . The film marks the directorial debut... |
Raimond | ||
| The King The King (2007 film) The King: The Story of Graham Kennedy is an Australian telemovie examining the life of Australian entertainer Graham Kennedy.Produced in Australia by the Sydney based independent production company Crackerjack Productions for TV1 and the Nine Network, The King was first shown on 20 May 2007 on TV1... |
Young John Wesley | TV movie | |
| The Road | Boy | ||
| Tinytown | Davis | Completed | |
| Matching Jack Matching Jack Matching Jack is a 2010 Australian drama film directed by Nadia Tass from a screenplay by Lynne Renew and David Parker, based on an unfilmed script by Renew entitled Love and Mortar. The film stars Jacinda Barrett as a mother who begins a lengthy search for a bone marrow donor to help her son , who... |
Finn | ||
| Let Me In Let Me In (film) Let Me In is a 2010 American romantic horror film directed by Matt Reeves and starring Kodi Smit-McPhee and Chloë Grace Moretz. It is based on the 2008 Swedish film Let the Right One In , directed by Tomas Alfredson, and the novel of the same name by John Ajvide Lindqvist... |
Owen | ||
| ParaNorman ParaNorman ParaNorman is an upcoming 3D stop-motion animated comedy thriller film produced by Laika, distributed by Focus Features and set for international release on August 17, 2012... |
Norman | Voice | |
| The Congress | |||
| Romeo and Juliet | Benvolio | ||
| Guest appearances | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Episode |
| Nightmares and Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King | Brandon | Umney's Last Case Umney's Last Case Umney's Last Case is a short story written by Stephen King and published as a separate booklet as part of Penguin's 60th anniversary... |
|
| Jackson Evans | The Fifth Quarter | ||
| Monarch Cove Monarch Cove Monarch Cove is a prime time telenovela that premiered on Lifetime Television on November 4, 2006. It ran for 14 episodes, ending on December 16, 2006.-Premise:... |
Young Jake | Episode #1.1 | |
| Episode #1.6 | |||
| Episode #1.7 | |||
| Episode #1.8 | |||
Awards and nominations
| Award | Year | Category | Result | Work |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Film Institute Australian Film Institute The Australian Film Institute was founded in 1958 as a non-profit organisation devoted to developing an active film culture in Australia and fostering engagement between the general public and the Australian film industry... |
2007 | Young Actor's Award | Romulus, My Father Romulus, My Father (film) Romulus, My Father is a 2007 Australian drama film directed by Richard Roxburgh. Based on the memoir by Raimond Gaita, the film tells the story of Romulus and his wife Christine , and their struggle in the face of great adversity to raise their son, Raimond . The film marks the directorial debut... |
|
| Best Lead Actor | ||||
| Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards | 2008 | Special Achievement Award | ||
| Best Actor – Supporting Role | ||||
| Young Artist Award Young Artist Award The Young Artist Award is an accolade bestowed by the Young Artist Foundation, a non-profit organization founded in 1978 to recognize and award excellence of youth performers, and to provide scholarships for young artists who may be physically and/or financially challenged.The Young Artist... |
2009 | Best Performance in a Feature Film – Leading Young Actor | ||
| Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards The Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards, commonly called the Critics' Choice Awards, are bestowed annually by the Broadcast Film Critics Association to honor the finest in cinematic achievement. Nominees are selected by written ballots in a week-long voting period, and are announced in... |
2010 | Best Young Actor/Actress | The Road | |
| Saturn Award Saturn Award The Saturn Award is an award presented annually by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films to honor the top works in science fiction, fantasy, and horror in film, television, and home video. The Saturn Awards were devised by Dr. Donald A. Reed in 1972, who felt that films within... |
Best Performance by a Younger Actor | |||
| Australian Film Institute Australian Film Institute The Australian Film Institute was founded in 1958 as a non-profit organisation devoted to developing an active film culture in Australia and fostering engagement between the general public and the Australian film industry... |
Best Actor | |||
| Best Supporting Actor | Matching Jack Matching Jack Matching Jack is a 2010 Australian drama film directed by Nadia Tass from a screenplay by Lynne Renew and David Parker, based on an unfilmed script by Renew entitled Love and Mortar. The film stars Jacinda Barrett as a mother who begins a lengthy search for a bone marrow donor to help her son , who... |
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| Phoenix Film Critics Society Phoenix Film Critics Society The Phoenix Film Critics Society is an organization of film reviewers from Phoenix-based publications.In December of each year, the PFCS meets to vote on their Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards for films released in the same calendar year.Categories of awards include:* Best Actor The Phoenix... |
Best Performance by a Youth (Male) | Let Me In Let Me In (film) Let Me In is a 2010 American romantic horror film directed by Matt Reeves and starring Kodi Smit-McPhee and Chloë Grace Moretz. It is based on the 2008 Swedish film Let the Right One In , directed by Tomas Alfredson, and the novel of the same name by John Ajvide Lindqvist... |
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| Critic's Choice Award | 2011 | Best Young Actor | ||
| Saturn Award Saturn Award The Saturn Award is an award presented annually by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films to honor the top works in science fiction, fantasy, and horror in film, television, and home video. The Saturn Awards were devised by Dr. Donald A. Reed in 1972, who felt that films within... |
Best Performance by a Younger Actor |