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 and 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 is currently starring 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 Death & Life of John F. Donovan (2018). He portrayed Dane Whitman in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Eternals (2021) and a voiced Eret, a dragon hunter, in the second and third films of the How to Train Your Dragon film series (2014–2019).
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Filmography
all 42
Movies 27
TV Shows 15
self 12
Voice 3
Producer 1
A Ghost Story for Christmas: Lot No. 249 (2023)
Extrapolations (2023)
Baby Ruby (2023)
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals (2022)
Eternals (2021)
Industry (2020)
My Grandparents' War (2019)
Modern Love (2019)
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan (2019)
Zog (2018)
Gunpowder (2017)
Brimstone (2016)
7 Days in Hell (2015)
Spooks: The Greater Good (2015)
The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015)
Seventh Son (2014)
Testament of Youth (2014)
How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)
@midnight with Chris Hardwick (2013)
Silent Hill: Revelation 3D (2012)
Game of Thrones (2011)
The Sinking of the Belgrano (2003)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1986-12-26 (37 years old)
Birth NameChristopher Catesby Harington
Birth PlaceActon, United Kingdom
Height1.78-meter
SpouseRose Leslie
FatherSir David Harington, 15th Baronet
MotherDeborah Catesby
SiblingsJack Harington
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
ResidencesIpswich · Worcestershire · Canonbury, United Kingdom
Also Known AsКит Харингтон, 키트 해링턴, Christopher Catesby Harington, کیت هرینگتون, 基特·哈灵顿, 基特·哈靈頓
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