Kit Harington
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Dec 26, 1986 (age 39)
- Place of birth
- Worcester, Worcestershire, England, UK
- Credits
- 54
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).
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Known for
Game of Thrones
2011TV
Jon Snow
How to Train Your Dragon 2
2014Movie
Eret (voice)
Eternals
2021Movie
Dane Whitman
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
2019Movie
Eret (voice)
Pompeii
2014Movie
Milo
Seventh Son
2014Movie
William "Billy" Bradley
Filmography
Eternal Return
2026Movie
Virgil
A Tale of Two Cities
2026TV
Sydney Carton
The Dreadful
2026Movie
Jago
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
2025TV
Self
The Family Plan 2
2025Movie
Finn Clarke
Too Much
2025TV
Jessica's Father
The Beast Within
2024Movie
Noah
THE FAKE JON SNOW
2024Movie
Jon Snow (fake)
Blood for Dust
2024Movie
Ricky
A Ghost Story for Christmas: Lot No. 249
2023Movie
Abercrombie Smith
Make My Money Matter Couples Therapy
2023Movie
Extrapolations
2023TV
Nicholas Bilton
Baby Ruby
2023Movie
Spencer
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022TV
Self
Welcome to Wrexham
2022TV
Self
National Theatre Live: Henry V
2022Movie
Henry
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals
2022Movie
Self - Dane Whitman
Eternals
2021Movie
Dane Whitman
Friends: The Reunion
2021Movie
Self
The Game of Thrones Reunion Hosted by Conan O'Brien
2021TV
Self
Industry
2020TV
Henry Muck
My Grandparents' War
2019TV
Self
Modern Love
2019TV
Michael
Criminal: UK
2019TV
Alex
Game of Thrones: The Last Watch
2019Movie
Self
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
2019Movie
John F. Donovan
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
2019Movie
Eret (voice)
Zog
2018Movie
Sir Gadabout (voice)
Gunpowder
2017TV
Robert Catesby
Brimstone
2016Movie
Samuel
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015TV
Self
7 Days in Hell
2015Movie
Charles Poole
Game of Thrones: The Musical
2015Movie
Jon Snow
Spooks: The Greater Good
2015Movie
Will Holloway
Game of Thrones: Spanish Kingdom Special
2015Movie
self
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015TV
Self - Guest
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
2015Movie
Jon Snow
Testament of Youth
2015Movie
Roland Leighton
Seventh Son
2014Movie
William "Billy" Bradley
How to Train Your Dragon 2
2014Movie
Eret (voice)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014TV
Self - Guest
Pompeii
2014Movie
Milo
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014TV
Self, Self - Guest
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
2013TV
Self - Guest
Silent Hill: Revelation 3D
2012Movie
Vincent Carter
The Jonathan Ross Show
2011TV
Self - Guest
Game of Thrones
2011TV
Jon Snow
The Graham Norton Show
2007TV
Self
Saturday Night Live
1975TV
Self - Host
A Ghost Story for Christmas
1971TV
Abercrombie Smith
Count My Lies
TV
Jay Lockhart
Army of Shadows
TV
Chariot
Movie
The Original Julian Reed
Movie