Below we break down five things to know about the 25-year-old who’s been in the entertainment industry most of his life.<\/p>\n
He hails from Australia\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n![\"Kodi](\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Kodi-Smit-McPhee-5-Things-embed-11.jpg?resize=620%2C964\")
Kodi Smit-McPhee at the LACMA: Art + Film Gala, in Los Angeles, 2021 (Matt Baron\/Shutterstock).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nKodi Smit-McPhee<\/b> was born June 13, 1996 in Adelaide, South Australia. He is the son of Andy McPhee, an actor and former professional wrestler, and Sonja Smit. His older sister, Sianoa Smit-McPhee, is also an actress and singer.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy dad has always been my coach and my mentor,\u201d Kodi told The Guardian<\/em><\/a> in a 2021 interview around the release of The Power of the Dog<\/em>. \u201cWe are so close. But he\u2019s 6ft 6in, he\u2019s got a goatee, he has ridden with outlaw motorcycle clubs most of his life. As I started to approach adolescence, I wondered when I was going to bloom into this masculine thing. Do I have to go to the gym? Do I have to speak a different way? One day there was a bit of a breakthrough and I realized I don\u2019t have to be any of that. I\u2019m an ectomorph. I\u2019m interested in philosophy. I\u2019m an artist, and that\u2019s beautiful.”<\/p>\nHis career began to take off in 2007\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n![\"Kodi](\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Kodi-Smit-McPhee-5-Things-embed-21.jpg?resize=620%2C414\")
Kodi Smit-McPhee in ‘The Power of the Dog’ (KIRSTY GRIFFIN\/NETFLIX).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nKodi’s first feature film was the 2007 Australian drama Romulus, My Father<\/em>, for which he received the AFI Best Young Actor award. That win gained him recognition, as he went on to star in 2010’s vampire thriller Let Me In\u00a0<\/em>and subsequently veered into action films like Dawn of the Planet of the Apes<\/em>,\u00a0Dark Phoenix<\/em>, and X-Men: Apocalypse<\/em>.<\/p>\nKodi really made a breakthrough, however, with 2009’s apocalyptic drama\u00a0The Road<\/em>, based on\u00a0Cormac McCarthy<\/strong>‘s novel. Kodi co-starred alongside one of his acting idols,\u00a0Viggo Mortensen<\/strong><\/a>, and the actor heaped his praises on the then-12-year-old boy.\u00a0“Kodi is amazing in the movie, he’s an extraordinary individual,” he told the\u00a0Independent<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>upon the film’s release.\u00a0“I think that’s a measure not just of his talent, but his humanity. He was able to be joyful every day at work, like a kid. I was worried when I got cast because this boy in the story breaks your heart, so I thought how are they going to find that boy? And luckily we did.”<\/p>\nHe continued, “It wouldn’t work if I didn’t have a partner like Kodi who could pull certain things out of me and then I could return it. That simplicity, that relationship that was forged through hardship and also through having a good time, frankly. And you feel that on the screen.”<\/p>\n
He was diagnosed with Ankylosing spondylitis at age 16<\/b><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n![\"Kodi](\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Kodi-Smit-McPhee-5-Things-embed-31.jpg?resize=620%2C413\")
Kodi Smit McPhee at the London ‘Power of the Dog’ premiere, 2021 (Joel C Ryan\/Invision\/AP\/Shutterstock).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAt age 16, Kodi was diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis, a degenerative form of arthritis which causes vertebrae in the spine to fuse together, leading to chronic pain and loss of vision. As a result of this condition, Kodi is unfortunately blind in his left eye. Speaking with\u00a0GQ<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>in 2021, the actor shared that doctors predicted the illness would get worse for him when he turned 20. Unfortunately, it did, as he often became bedridden due to the pain.<\/p>\n\u201cIt really hurt and shocked me to find that while I was on this amazing run of success and joy, I was hit with something that was seemingly the end of that,\u201d he told the outlet. \u201cMy life and my career have always been kind of like, \u2018You’re almost there, you’re almost there.\u2019 I thought, I’m screwed. I’m not going to actually get there.\u201d<\/p>\n
He was able, however, to not only move through the physical pain from the disease, but was helped with the mental anguish because of it with the help of his girlfriend,\u00a0Rebecca Phillipou<\/strong>, praising her with \u201cmentally giving me the power to see why it was worth striving forward, and to not stay in apathy.\u201d<\/p>\nHe’s already garnered numerous accolades <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n![\"Kodi](\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Kodi-Smit-McPhee-5-Things-embed-41.jpg?resize=620%2C940\")
Kodi Smit-McPhee during a ‘Dark Phoenix’ WonderCon photo session 2019 (Chris Pizzello\/Invision\/AP\/Shutterstock).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nKodi may be up for the big prize at this year’s Oscars, but it isn’t the first time the young actor has received some serious critical attention. After his first feature film role in\u00a0Romulus, My Father<\/em>, Kodi won the 2007 AFI Award for Best Young Actor. Subsequently, he received a Critic’s Choice Award nomination for Best Young Actor in 2009’s\u00a0The Road\u00a0<\/em>as well as 2010’s\u00a0Let Me In<\/em>.<\/p>\nKodi has also received BAFTA, Australian Film Institute, and SAG nominations for his acting roles, garnering a plethora of nominations and wins from various local film festivals and critic circuits. Moreover, the Australian native won the Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role at the 2022 Golden Globes<\/a>, so he’s primed to be a major contestant for the subsequent Oscars!<\/p>\nHe has various interests outside of acting\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n <\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\nView this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
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Kodi Smit-McPhee<\/b> was born June 13, 1996 in Adelaide, South Australia. He is the son of Andy McPhee, an actor and former professional wrestler, and Sonja Smit. His older sister, Sianoa Smit-McPhee, is also an actress and singer.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy dad has always been my coach and my mentor,\u201d Kodi told The Guardian<\/em><\/a> in a 2021 interview around the release of The Power of the Dog<\/em>. \u201cWe are so close. But he\u2019s 6ft 6in, he\u2019s got a goatee, he has ridden with outlaw motorcycle clubs most of his life. As I started to approach adolescence, I wondered when I was going to bloom into this masculine thing. Do I have to go to the gym? Do I have to speak a different way? One day there was a bit of a breakthrough and I realized I don\u2019t have to be any of that. I\u2019m an ectomorph. I\u2019m interested in philosophy. I\u2019m an artist, and that\u2019s beautiful.”<\/p>\n Kodi’s first feature film was the 2007 Australian drama Romulus, My Father<\/em>, for which he received the AFI Best Young Actor award. That win gained him recognition, as he went on to star in 2010’s vampire thriller Let Me In\u00a0<\/em>and subsequently veered into action films like Dawn of the Planet of the Apes<\/em>,\u00a0Dark Phoenix<\/em>, and X-Men: Apocalypse<\/em>.<\/p>\n Kodi really made a breakthrough, however, with 2009’s apocalyptic drama\u00a0The Road<\/em>, based on\u00a0Cormac McCarthy<\/strong>‘s novel. Kodi co-starred alongside one of his acting idols,\u00a0Viggo Mortensen<\/strong><\/a>, and the actor heaped his praises on the then-12-year-old boy.\u00a0“Kodi is amazing in the movie, he’s an extraordinary individual,” he told the\u00a0Independent<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>upon the film’s release.\u00a0“I think that’s a measure not just of his talent, but his humanity. He was able to be joyful every day at work, like a kid. I was worried when I got cast because this boy in the story breaks your heart, so I thought how are they going to find that boy? And luckily we did.”<\/p>\n He continued, “It wouldn’t work if I didn’t have a partner like Kodi who could pull certain things out of me and then I could return it. That simplicity, that relationship that was forged through hardship and also through having a good time, frankly. And you feel that on the screen.”<\/p>\n At age 16, Kodi was diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis, a degenerative form of arthritis which causes vertebrae in the spine to fuse together, leading to chronic pain and loss of vision. As a result of this condition, Kodi is unfortunately blind in his left eye. Speaking with\u00a0GQ<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>in 2021, the actor shared that doctors predicted the illness would get worse for him when he turned 20. Unfortunately, it did, as he often became bedridden due to the pain.<\/p>\n \u201cIt really hurt and shocked me to find that while I was on this amazing run of success and joy, I was hit with something that was seemingly the end of that,\u201d he told the outlet. \u201cMy life and my career have always been kind of like, \u2018You’re almost there, you’re almost there.\u2019 I thought, I’m screwed. I’m not going to actually get there.\u201d<\/p>\n He was able, however, to not only move through the physical pain from the disease, but was helped with the mental anguish because of it with the help of his girlfriend,\u00a0Rebecca Phillipou<\/strong>, praising her with \u201cmentally giving me the power to see why it was worth striving forward, and to not stay in apathy.\u201d<\/p>\n Kodi may be up for the big prize at this year’s Oscars, but it isn’t the first time the young actor has received some serious critical attention. After his first feature film role in\u00a0Romulus, My Father<\/em>, Kodi won the 2007 AFI Award for Best Young Actor. Subsequently, he received a Critic’s Choice Award nomination for Best Young Actor in 2009’s\u00a0The Road\u00a0<\/em>as well as 2010’s\u00a0Let Me In<\/em>.<\/p>\n Kodi has also received BAFTA, Australian Film Institute, and SAG nominations for his acting roles, garnering a plethora of nominations and wins from various local film festivals and critic circuits. Moreover, the Australian native won the Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role at the 2022 Golden Globes<\/a>, so he’s primed to be a major contestant for the subsequent Oscars!<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n A post shared by Kodi Smit-McPhee (@kodismitmcphee)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\nHis career began to take off in 2007\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n
He was diagnosed with Ankylosing spondylitis at age 16<\/b><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n
He’s already garnered numerous accolades <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n
He has various interests outside of acting\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n
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