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Kodi Smit-McPhee's Best Supporting Actor win at Golden Globes 'well deserved', say fans

'This win feels important for its merits: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture Kodi Smit-McPhee' tweeted a fan

Ever since its debut, 'The Power of the Dog' has certainly made its mark.  Based on the 1967 novel of the same name by Thomas Savage, the western psychological drama film is written and directed by Jane Campion and has a rather impressive cast --  Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons, and Kodi Smit-McPhee. So it comes as no surprise that the movie has been winning big at the Golden Globes, including Kodi Smit-McPhee bagging the award for Best Supporting Actor — Motion Picture.

The other actors nominated under this category are -- Ben Affleck for 'The Tender Bar', Jamie Dornan for 'Belfast', Ciarán Hinds for 'Belfast' and Troy Kotsur for 'CODA'.

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The official Golden Globes Twitter handle made the announcement of McPhee's win via the following tweet -- "A star in his own right . @kodismitmcphee's monumental contribution to @TPOTD has earned him the #GoldenGlobe for Best Supporting Actor — Motion Picture."

Who is Kodi Smit-McPhee?

As per his Golden Globes bio -- "Kodi Smit-McPhee (born in Adelaide, Australia, June 13, 1996) started acting as a child making his film debut in 'Romulus, My Father' (2007) with Eric Bana, he played Viggo Mortensen's son in the post-apocalyptic drama 'The Road' (2009), acted with Chloe Moretz in the horror movie 'Let Me In' (2010), with Michael Fassbender in the Western 'Slow West' (2015). He was Nightcrawler in Marvel's X-Men: 'Apocalypse' (2016), 'Deadpool 2' (2018) and 'X-Men: Dark Phoenix' (2019). He played the teenage son of Kirsten Dunst in 'The Power of the Dog' (2021) written and directed by Jane Campion."

McPhee has won multiple awards for his role Peter Gordon in the 'The Power of the Dog', such as the Florida Film Critics Circle Awards, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, New York Film Critics Circle award, New York Film Critics Online award, St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards and Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards, all under the category of best-supporting actor.

Support came pouring in from Twitter as people believed the award was truly well-deserved. "When I first watched The Power of The Dog it sat with me for days. Congratulations to Campion, who also won a Golden Globe for Best Director, Kodi Smit-McPhee for winning Best Supporting Actor, and the entire cast. I think it's a brilliant film. Hauntingly good." tweeted a user. "I had no idea there are awards being given out tonight... but happy for Ariana DeBose and Kodi Smit-McPhee! Two of my favorite performances of the year. #WestSideStory #ThePowerOfTheDog" added another. "This win feels important for its merits: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog #GoldenGlobes2022" agreed a user.