Kodi Smit-McPhee
Kodi Smit-McPhee
Kodi Smit-McPheeis an Australian actor. He is best known for his roles as The Boy in The Road, Owen in Let Me In, Norman Babcock in ParaNorman, Alexander in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, and Nightcrawler in the 2016 film X-Men: Apocalypse. He will also play Will Burrowsin the upcoming film adaptation of the novel Tunnels...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth13 June 1996
CountryAustralia
interviews
Interviews are fun, but I get nervous at red carpets.
dreams
I wasn't bullied or anything, but I was treated differently because I was an actor, and I had big dreams.
dad teaches
My dad teaches me. He teaches me everything. He's been acting for over 30 years, so he knows a lot.
directing favorite love movies reason
I think, obviously, everyone has a lot of favorite movies, but I really for some reason just love Quentin Tarantino's writing and directing style.
based time work
I'm based in L.A., mainly. I'm pretty much there a lot of the time doing work.
feels stuff
I've got to write about my character every day. I've got to find out where he lives, what bus he catches to school, and stuff like that. You've got to know every little thing about him so when you do it, it feels natural.
boy brought director family john love michael royal scottish works zealand
'Slow West' is a film that I did with Michael Fassbender in New Zealand and Scotland. The director was John McLean. It's a film set in the 1800s. I play a young Scottish boy brought up in the royal family. I fall in love with someone who works on our land.
chance geeky stay
I'm geeky about video games. I don't stay inside a lot and just play them 24/7, but if I had the chance, I probably would.
bit car choose maybe money
If I could choose any car in the world, I'd get a Lamborghini, but I think that's a bit too much money. I'll start off with maybe a V8 or something.
asked auditions bigger dad kept liked
When I was 8, my dad asked me if I wanted to audition, just for fun. I did just a little short film, and I liked it. I just kept doing it, and then I started getting bigger auditions for bigger roles.
fun dad thinking
I'm not really sure if I have anything that inspires me. I think what goes into my work is everything beforehand that I do with my dad. He teaches me acting, and I think maybe without him it would be pretty hard. I started acting for fun, really, because my dad's an actor and my sister's an actor, so I started doing it and it was normal. But it got places really fast, and I started doing feature film auditions and stuff.
character simple challenges
I dont really like simple characters too much; its too easy. I like a challenge, and I like characters you connect with on screen.
fun independent done
I havent done a lot of studio movies, but studio movies and independent films are always just as fun as each other.
Usually, I think, every film I've made has been a book, and I've always read it.