Kit Harington

Acting · Born 1986-12-26 in 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…

Filmography

• How to Train Your Dragon 2 as Eret (voice)
• Testament of Youth as Roland Leighton
• Brimstone as Samuel
• How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World as Eret (voice)
• Game of Thrones: The Last Watch as Self
• Friends: The Reunion as Self
• Eternals as Dane Whitman
• Silent Hill: Revelation 3D as Vincent Carter
• National Theatre Live: Henry V as Henry
• Pompeii as Milo

TV

• Game of Thrones as Jon Snow
• Welcome to Wrexham as Self
• Extrapolations as Nicholas Bilton
• Modern Love as Michael
• My Grandparents' War as Self
• The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
• Gunpowder as Robert Catesby
• A Ghost Story for Christmas as Abercrombie Smith
• @midnight with Chris Hardwick as Self - Guest
• Saturday Night Live as Self - Host