Kodi Smit-McPhee (born 13 June 1996) is 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. Smit-McPhee will portray a young Nightcrawler in the 2016 film X-Men: Apocalypse. He will also play Will Burrows (the main protagonist) in the upcoming film adaptation of the novel Tunnels.