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.

Filmography

• A Tale of Two Cities — Sydney Carton, Executive Producer
• 2026Eternal Return — Virgil
• 2026The Dreadful — Jago
• 2025Psychopomp — Director, Screenplay
• 2025The Family Plan 2 — Finn Clarke
• Too Much — Jessica's Father
• 2024Blood for Dust — Ricky
• 2024THE FAKE JON SNOW — Jon Snow (fake)
• 2024The Beast Within — Noah
• 2023A Ghost Story for Christmas: Lot No. 249 — Abercrombie Smith
• 2023Baby Ruby — Spencer
• Extrapolations — Nicholas Bilton
• 2023Make My Money Matter Couples Therapy
• 2022National Theatre Live: Henry V — Henry
• 2021Eternals — Dane Whitman
• Industry — Henry Muck
• Criminal: UK — Alex
• 2019How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World — Eret (voice)
• Modern Love — Michael
• 2019The Death & Life of John F. Donovan — John F. Donovan
• 2018Zog — Sir Gadabout (voice)
• Gunpowder — Robert Catesby, Co-Executive Producer
• 2016Brimstone — Samuel
• 20157 Days in Hell — Charles Poole
• 2015Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience — Jon Snow
• 2015Game of Thrones: The Musical — Jon Snow
• 2015Spooks: The Greater Good — Will Holloway
• 2015Testament of Youth — Roland Leighton
• 2014How to Train Your Dragon 2 — Eret (voice)
• 2014Pompeii — Milo
• 2014Seventh Son — William "Billy" Bradley
• 2012Silent Hill: Revelation 3D — Vincent Carter
• Game of Thrones — Jon Snow
• A Ghost Story for Christmas — Abercrombie Smith
• Army of Shadows
• Chariot
• Count My Lies — Jay Lockhart
• The Original Julian Reed

Appearances as themselves (17)

• Variety & CNN Actors on Actors — Self
• 2022Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals — Self - Dane Whitman
• Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg — Self
• Welcome to Wrexham — Self
• 2021Friends: The Reunion — Self
• The Game of Thrones Reunion Hosted by Conan O'Brien — Self
• 2019Game of Thrones: The Last Watch — Self
• My Grandparents' War — Self
• 2015Game of Thrones: Spanish Kingdom Special — self
• The Late Late Show with James Corden — Self - Guest
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self, Self - Guest
• @midnight with Chris Hardwick — Self - Guest
• The Jonathan Ross Show — Self - Guest
• The Graham Norton Show — Self
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Host