Cody Fern

About

Cody Fern (born 6 July 1988) is an Australian director and actor. Following his feature debut in The Tribes of Palos Verdes (2017), he played a supporting role in the FX series The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story (2018). Later that year, Fern played the Antichrist Michael Langdon in American Horror Story: Apocalypse and appeared in the final season of the Netflix drama House of Cards.
A frequent collaborator of Ryan Murphy, Fern subsequently appeared in two seasons of American Horror Story, starring in its ninth season 1984 and guest-starring in the tenth season Double Feature. He has also appeared in two episodes of the spin-off series American Horror Stories. In 2025, he appeared in the Apple TV+ series Foundation.

Fern was born on 6 July 1988 in Southern Cross in rural Western Australia. He attended boarding school at Merredin Senior High School, and graduated from Curtin University of Technology with an honours degree in commerce in 2009.

Fern had initially considered a career in finance before pursuing acting. According to an interview with Anthem Magazine, he hated his life while working in finance. He said, “This…