Kit Harington

Kit Harington

Birthdate
December 26, 1986 (37 years old)
Place of Birth
Worcester, Worcestershire, England, UK
Known For
Acting

Details

Birthdate
December 26, 1986 (37 years old)
Place of Birth
Worcester, Worcestershire, England, UK
Known For
Acting

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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Kit Harington's LGBTQ+ Titles

The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
John F. Donovan

Acting (40)

The Dreadful
Make My Money Matter Couples Therapy
Chariot
2025
Eternal Return as Virgil
2024
The Beast Within as Noah
2024
Blood for Dust as Ricky
2023
Lot No. 249 as Abercrombie Smith
2023
Extrapolations as Nicholas Bilton (4 episodes)
2023
Baby Ruby as Spencer
2022
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg as Self (1 episode)
2022
Welcome to Wrexham as Self (1 episode)
2022
National Theatre Live: Henry V as Henry
2022
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals as Self - Dane Whitman
2021
Eternals as Dane Whitman
2021
Friends: The Reunion as Self
2020
Industry as Henry Muck (5 episodes)
2019
My Grandparents' War as Self (1 episode)
2019
Modern Love as Michael (1 episode)
2019
Criminal: UK as Alex (1 episode)
2019
Game of Thrones: The Last Watch as Self
2019
2019
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World as Eret (voice)
2018
Zog as Sir Gadabout (voice)
2017
Gunpowder as Robert Catesby (3 episodes)
2016
Brimstone as Samuel
2015
7 Days in Hell as Charles Poole
2015
Spooks: The Greater Good as Will Holloway
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2015
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience as Jon Snow
2014
Seventh Son as William "Billy" Bradley
2014
Testament of Youth as Roland Leighton
2014
How to Train Your Dragon 2 as Eret (voice)
2014
Pompeii as Milo
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self (1 episode)
2013
@midnight with Chris Hardwick as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2012
Silent Hill: Revelation 3D as Vincent Carter
2011
Game of Thrones as Jon Snow (79 episodes)
2007
The Graham Norton Show as Self (2 episodes)
1975
Saturday Night Live as Self - Host (1 episode)
1971
A Ghost Story for Christmas (1 episode)

Production (1)

2017
Gunpowder • Co-Executive Producer (3 episodes)
• Co-Executive Producer (3 episodes)