Kit Harington
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Kit Harington, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- 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
- 2023 · Baby Ruby as Spencer
- 2022 · Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg as Self
- 2022 · Welcome to Wrexham as Self
- 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 Sir Henry Muck
- 2019 · My Grandparents' War as Self
- 2019 · Modern Love as Michael
- 2019 · Criminal: UK as Alex
- 2019 · Game of Thrones: The Last Watch as Self
- 2019 · The Death & Life of John F. Donovan as John F. Donovan
- 2019 · How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World as Eret (voice)
- 2018 · Zog as Sir Gadabout (voice)
- 2017 · Gunpowder as Robert Catesby
- 2016 · Brimstone as Samuel
- 2015 · 7 Days in Hell as Charles Poole
- 2015 · Coldplay's Game of Thrones: The Musical as Kit Harington
- 2015 · Spooks: The Greater Good as Will Holloway
- 2015 · The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
- 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
- 2013 · @midnight with Chris Hardwick as Self - Guest
- 2012 · Silent Hill: Revelation 3D as Vincent Carter
- 2011 · Game of Thrones as Jon Snow
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1971 · A Ghost Story for Christmas as
- Future · The Dreadful as
- Future · Make My Money Matter Couples Therapy as
- Future · Chariot as