Kit Harington
Date of birth: 1986-12-26
Place of birth: Worcester, Worcestershire, England, UK
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Кит Харингтон, 키트 해링턴, Christopher Catesby Harington, کیت هرینگتون, 基特·哈灵顿, 基特·哈靈頓
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.
Movie Credits
Eternals
2021-11-03
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Silent Hill: Revelation 3D
2012-10-10
Heather Mason and her father have been on the run, always one step ahead of dangerous forces that sh
National Theatre Live: Henry V
2022-04-21
Fresh to the throne, King Henry V launches England into a bloody war with France. When his campaign
Eternal Return
2026-03-19
Cass has come to a personal point of emotional invulnerability, until she meets Virgil, a cartograph
How to Train Your Dragon 2
2014-06-05
Five years have passed since Hiccup and Toothless united the dragons and Vikings of Berk. Now, they
Pompeii
2014-02-18
In 79 A.D., Milo, a slave turned gladiator, finds himself in a race against time to save his true lo
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals
2022-02-16
Join director Chloe Zhao and the Cast of Eternals as they recount their experiences during the makin
A Ghost Story for Christmas: Lot No. 249
2023-12-24
It’s 1881, and Old College, Oxford plays host to three very different academics. Abercrombie Smith i
Seventh Son
2014-12-12
John Gregory, who is a seventh son of a seventh son and also the local spook, has protected the coun
Testament of Youth
2015-01-16
Testament of Youth is a powerful story of love, war and remembrance, based on the First World War me
Baby Ruby
2023-02-03
After welcoming her baby, Ruby, home, the tightly scripted world of lifestyle influencer Jo starts t
7 Days in Hell
2015-07-08
A fictional documentary-style expose on the rivalry between two tennis stars who battled it out in a
Spooks: The Greater Good
2015-04-11
During a handover to the head of counter-terrorism of MI5, Harry Pearce, a terrorist escapes custody
Blood for Dust
2024-04-19
Reckless Ricky makes serious money dealing illegal weapons throughout the tri-state area and loves t
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
2019-03-13
A decade after the death of an American TV star, a young actor reminisces about the written correspo
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
2015-01-29
The first episode of this IMAX screening takes place entirely at The Wall with the Night’s Watch (S4
The Dreadful
Set against the backdrop of the War of the Roses follows Anne and her mother-in-law Morwen, who live
Brimstone
2016-03-12
In the menacing inferno of the old North-American West, Liz is a genuine survivor who is hunted by a
The Beast Within
2024-07-22
Ten-year-old Willow follows her parents on one of their secret late-night treks to the heart of an a
Make My Money Matter Couples Therapy
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Zog
2018-12-25
Zog is a keen young dragon who wants to learn to fly, roar, and breathe fire, so he studies at the D
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
2019-01-03
As Hiccup fulfills his dream of creating a peaceful dragon utopia, Toothless’ discovery of an untame
Game of Thrones: The Last Watch
2019-05-26
For a year, acclaimed British filmmaker Jeanie Finlay was embedded on the set of the hit HBO series
Friends: The Reunion
2021-05-27
The cast of Friends reunites for a once-in-a-lifetime celebration of the hit series, an unforgettabl
Chariot
A disgraced jockey tries to re-enter his beloved sport of horse racing — with a centaur.
The Family Plan 2
2025-11-20
Now that Dan's assassin days are behind him, all he wants for Christmas is quality time with his kid