Kit Harington
Biography
Kit Harington is an English actor born on 26 December 1986 in Worcester, Worcestershire, England, UK. He is 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 appeared in various stage productions, including The Children's Monologues, The Vote, Doctor Faustus, and True West. Harington is best known for his role in the HBO fantasy television series Game of Thrones, which aired from 2011 to 2019. He has received a Golden Globe nomination and multiple nominations for Primetime Emmy Awards and Critics' Choice Television Awards.
Career overview
Kit Harington is an English actor. He made his professional acting debut in 2009 with the lead role in the West End play War Horse. Harington has since returned to the West End, taking roles in various productions.
He is best known for his role in the HBO fantasy television series Game of Thrones. Harington received a Golden Globe nomination and multiple nominations for Primetime Emmy Awards and Critics' Choice Television Awards for his performance in the series.
Harington is a graduate of the Royal Central School of Speech & Drama. He has appeared in several West End productions, including The Children's Monologues, The Vote, Doctor Faustus, and True West.
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- The Dreadful (2026) as Jago
- Eternal Return (2026) as Virgil
- The Family Plan 2 (2025) as Finn Clarke
- Too Much (2025) as Jessica's Father
- Variety & CNN Actors on Actors (2025) as Self
- Psychopomp (2025) Director
- Psychopomp (2025) Screenplay
- Blood for Dust (2024) as Ricky
- The Beast Within (2024) as Noah
- THE FAKE JON SNOW (2024) as Jon Snow (fake)
- Extrapolations (2023) as Nicholas Bilton
- Baby Ruby (2023) as Spencer
- A Ghost Story for Christmas: Lot No. 249 (2023) as Abercrombie Smith
- Make My Money Matter Couples Therapy (2023)
- Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg (2022) as Self
- Welcome to Wrexham (2022) as Self
- Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals (2022) as Self - Dane Whitman
- National Theatre Live: Henry V (2022) as Henry
- Eternals (2021) as Dane Whitman
- Friends: The Reunion (2021) as Self
- The Game of Thrones Reunion Hosted by Conan O'Brien (2021) as Self
- Industry (2020) as Henry Muck
- How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019) as Eret (voice)
- Modern Love (2019) as Michael
- Criminal: UK (2019) as Alex
- Game of Thrones: The Last Watch (2019) as Self
- The Death & Life of John F. Donovan (2019) as John F. Donovan
- My Grandparents' War (2019) as Self
- Zog (2018) as Sir Gadabout (voice)
- Gunpowder (2017) as Robert Catesby
- Gunpowder (2017) Co-Executive Producer
- Brimstone (2016) as Samuel
- The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015) as Self - Guest
- Testament of Youth (2015) as Roland Leighton
- Spooks: The Greater Good (2015) as Will Holloway
- 7 Days in Hell (2015) as Charles Poole
- Game of Thrones: Spanish Kingdom Special (2015) as self
- Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience (2015) as Jon Snow
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) as Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) as Self - Guest
- Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014) as Self - Guest
- How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) as Eret (voice)
- Seventh Son (2014) as William "Billy" Bradley
- Pompeii (2014) as Milo
- @midnight with Chris Hardwick (2013) as Self - Guest
- Silent Hill: Revelation 3D (2012) as Vincent Carter
- Game of Thrones (2011) as Jon Snow
- The Jonathan Ross Show (2011) as Self - Guest
- The Graham Norton Show (2007) as Self
- Saturday Night Live (1975) as Self - Host
- A Ghost Story for Christmas (1971) as Abercrombie Smith
- Chariot
- A Tale of Two Cities as Sydney Carton
- A Tale of Two Cities Executive Producer
- Count My Lies as Jay Lockhart
- The Original Julian Reed