Kodi Smit-McPhee

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Summary

Kodi Smit-McPhee is an Australian actor known for The Road, Let Me In, the X-Men films and The Power of the Dog. His roles often include sensitive outsiders, including characters who challenge conventional ideas of masculinity. In a 2019 interview, he described X-Men as a metaphor for acceptance and inclusion and welcomed greater diversity in comic-book films. He has also said that he need not fit traditional masculine expectations to be strong. No public campaigning, political affiliations or wider advocacy on identity or DEI are on record.