Kit Harington
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.
Known For
Game of Thrones
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Graham Norton Show
Saturday Night Live
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Industry
All Movies (28)
- Eternal Return2026 · as Virgil
- The Dreadful2026 · as Jago
- The Family Plan 22025 · as Finn Clarke
- The Beast Within2024 · as Noah
- THE FAKE JON SNOW2024 · as Jon Snow (fake)
- Blood for Dust2024 · as Ricky
- A Ghost Story for Christmas: Lot No. 2492023 · as Abercrombie Smith
- Make My Money Matter Couples Therapy2023
- Baby Ruby2023 · as Spencer
- National Theatre Live: Henry V2022 · as Henry
- Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals2022 · as Self - Dane Whitman
- Eternals2021 · as Dane Whitman
- Friends: The Reunion2021 · as Self
- Game of Thrones: The Last Watch2019 · as Self
- The Death & Life of John F. Donovan2019 · as John F. Donovan
- How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World2019 · as Eret (voice)
- Zog2018 · as Sir Gadabout (voice)
- Brimstone2016 · as Samuel
- 7 Days in Hell2015 · as Charles Poole
- Spooks: The Greater Good2015 · as Will Holloway
- Juego de Tronos: Especial Reino Español2015 · as self
- Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience2015 · as Jon Snow
- Testament of Youth2015 · as Roland Leighton
- Seventh Son2014 · as William "Billy" Bradley
- How to Train Your Dragon 22014 · as Eret (voice)
- Pompeii2014 · as Milo
- Silent Hill: Revelation 3D2012 · as Vincent Carter
- Chariot—
All TV Shows (23)
- Variety & CNN Actors on Actors2025 · as Self
- Too Much2025 · as Jessica's Father
- Extrapolations2023 · as Nicholas Bilton
- Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg2022 · as Self
- Welcome to Wrexham2022 · as Self
- The Game of Thrones Reunion Hosted by Conan O'Brien2021 · as Self
- Industry2020 · as Henry Muck
- My Grandparents' War2019 · as Self
- Modern Love2019 · as Michael
- Criminal: UK2019 · as Alex
- Gunpowder2017 · as Robert Catesby
- The Late Late Show with James Corden2015 · as Self - Guest
- Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self - Guest
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self - Guest
- @midnight with Chris Hardwick2013 · as Self - Guest
- The Jonathan Ross Show2011 · as Self - Guest
- Game of Thrones2011 · as Jon Snow
- The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
- Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
- A Ghost Story for Christmas1971 · as Abercrombie Smith
- A Tale of Two Cities— · as Sydney Carton
- Count My Lies— · as Jay Lockhart