Rising Stars: 15 Teens Taking the Acting World by Storm

13. Kodi Smit-McPhee, 19

Bringing incredible talent from the land down-under is Australian actor 19-year-old Kodi Smit-McPhee. With brilliant portrayals in films such as the chilling 2009 film The Road, 2010’s ‘creeptastic’ offering Let Me In, the voice of Norman Babcock in 2012’s ParaNorman and 2014’s heart-racing primate film Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, it’s no wonder he’s made our list of rising teen stars. Smit-McPhee hasn’t forgotten his roots either, and plays “Thomas ‘Tolly’ Johnson” in the Australian miniseries Gallipoli (2015). Look for him in the upcoming 2016 superhero film X-Men: Apocalypse, where he stars as “Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler” replacing Alan Cumming.