Cody Fern: 11 Facts You Need To Know About The 'American Horror Story' Star
Cody Fern joined the cast of American Horror Story: Apocalypse as Michael Langdon, the 'grown-up' version of the baby from Murder House. Here's everything you need to know about the rising star, from his age to his previous on-screen roles...
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1. How old is Cody Fern?
Cody Fern was born on December 15, 1988 which makes him 29 years old.
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2. Who plays Michael Langdon in American Horror Story: Apocalypse?
Cody plays the grown-up version of Michael Langdon, the son of human Vivien Harmon and ghost Tate Langdon, who was last seen as a toddler in Murder House (season one). It was explained by Billie Dean Howard (Sarah Paulson) that the child of a human and a spirit would bring around the Antichrist and the end of days. Michael is said to be that Antichrist.
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3. How tall is Cody Fern?
According to Cody’s IMDb page, he is 5' 11" tall. (1.8 m)
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4. Where is Cody Fern from?
Cody was born in Southern Cross, Western Australia, a few hours outside of Perth. And yes, he has an Australian accent in real life.
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5. Cody Fern played David Madson in 'American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace'
Cody has previously starred in another one of Ryan Murphy’s drama series. He appeared in ‘Versace’ as David Madson, the murdered former lover of Andrew Cunanan (Darren Criss), the man who shot and killed Gianni Versace.
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6. Cody Fern plays Duncan Shepherd in House of Cards season 6
Cody plays Duncan Shepherd in the final season of House of Cards on Netflix. Duncan the “ambitious and devoted son of Annette Shepherd (Diane Lane), who represents the next generation of DC power players.”
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7. What movies has Cody Fern been in?
Cody has appeared in numerous short films; ‘Hole In The Ground’, ‘Still Take You Home’, ‘Drawn Home’, ‘The Last Time I Saw Richard’ (pictured) and ‘Pisces’.
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8. He also appeared in The Tribes Of Palos Verdes with Jennifer Garner.
The Tribes of Palos Verdes is a 2017 American coming-of-age drama film about a family who moves to Palos Verdes and soon their troubles start catching up with them. Cody plays Jim Mason, the son of Jennifer Garner’s character Sandy and twin brother of Maika Monroe’s character Medina.
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9. Is Cody Fern on Instagram or Twitter?
Yes - you can find Cody’s Instagram account at @CodyFern but it doesn't look like he is active on Twitter.
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10. Cody also appeared in War Horse at the National Theatre
Cody can also add ‘stage actor’ to his CV because he once appeared on stage at the National Theatre as Albert, the main role in War Horse.
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11. Cody was awarded the Heath Ledger scholarship
Cody won the scholarship - which celebrates and offers up and coming Australian actors professional services, acting classes, flights to LA and living expenses - in 2014. The honour was particularly special for Cody who counts the late Heath as one of his heroes: “He's an inspiration, in particular because I come from Western Australia where he is a legend.”