Kit Harington
- Acting
- December 26, 1986 · Worcester, Worcestershire, England, UK
Biography
Christopher Catesby Harington (born 26 December 1986), known professionally as Kit Harington, is an English actor. He is best known for his role as Jon Snow in the HBO fantasy television series Game of Thrones (2011–2019), for which he received a Golden Globe nomination and two nominations for Primetime Emmy Awards and Critics' Choice Television Awards. A graduate of the Royal Central School of Speech & Drama, Harington made his professional acting debut in 2009 with the lead role of Albert Narracott in the West End play War Horse. He has since returned to the West End, taking roles in productions of The Children's Monologues (2015), The Vote (2015), Doctor Faustus (2016), and True West (2018–2019). He portrayed the titular role in the revival of William Shakespeare's Henry V (2022). He starred in the London transfer of the Jeremy O. Harris play Slave Play (2024). He developed, produced, and starred as Robert Catesby in the 2017 BBC drama series Gunpowder. He has also acted in the Amazon Prime Video romantic comedy anthology series Modern Love (2021), the Apple TV+ anthology series Extrapolations (2023), and the HBO/BBC One drama series Industry (2024). He has acted in films such as the historical action drama Pompeii (2014), the period drama Testament of Youth (2014), and the drama The Death and Life of John F. Donovan (2018). He portrayed Dane Whitman in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Eternals (2021). He voiced Eret, a dragon hunter in the second and third films of the How to Train Your Dragon film series (2014–2019). Description above from the Wikipedia article Kit Harington, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
- Eternal Return · Virgil
- A Tale of Two Cities · Sydney Carton, Executive producer
- The Dreadful · Jago
- Variety & CNN Actors on Actors · Self
- The Family Plan 2 · Finn Clarke
- Psychopomp · Director, Screenplay
- Too Much · Jessica's Father
- The Beast Within · Noah
- THE FAKE JON SNOW · Jon Snow (fake)
- Blood for Dust · Ricky
- A Ghost Story for Christmas: Lot No. 249 · Abercrombie Smith
- Make My Money Matter Couples Therapy
- Extrapolations · Nicholas Bilton
- Baby Ruby · Spencer
- Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg · Self
- Welcome to Wrexham · Self
- National Theatre Live: Henry V · Henry
- Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals · Self
- Eternals · Dane Whitman
- Friends: The Reunion · Self
- The Game of Thrones Reunion Hosted by Conan O'Brien · Self
- Industry · Henry Muck
- My Grandparents' War · Self
- Modern Love · Michael
- Criminal: UK · Alex
- Game of Thrones: The Last Watch · Self
- The Death & Life of John F. Donovan · John F. Donovan
- How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World · Eret (Voice)
- Zog · Sir Gadabout (Voice)
- Gunpowder · Robert Catesby, Co-Executive Producer
- Brimstone · Samuel
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Self
- 7 Days in Hell · Charles Poole
- Game of Thrones: The Musical · Jon Snow
- Spooks: The Greater Good · Will Holloway
- Game of Thrones: Spanish Kingdom Special · Self
- The Late Late Show with James Corden · Self
- Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience · Jon Snow
- Testament of Youth · Roland Leighton
- Seventh Son · William "Billy" Bradley
- How to Train Your Dragon 2 · Eret (Voice)
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- Pompeii · Milo
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- @midnight with Chris Hardwick · Self
- Silent Hill: Revelation 3D · Vincent Carter
- The Jonathan Ross Show · Self
- Game of Thrones · Jon Snow
- The Graham Norton Show · Self
- Saturday Night Live · Self
- A Ghost Story for Christmas · Abercrombie Smith
- Chariot
- The Original Julian Reed
- Count My Lies · Jay Lockhart
- Army of Shadows