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 and 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 is currently starring 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 Death & Life of John F. Donovan (2018). He portrayed Dane Whitman in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Eternals (2021) and a 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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Primarily2025 The Family Plan 2
2025 Eternal Return as Virgil
2025 The Dreadful as Jago
2025 Chariot
2025 Make My Money Matter Couples Therapy
2024 The Beast Within as Noah
2024 Blood for Dust as Ricky
2023 A Ghost Story for Christmas: Lot No. 249 as Abercrombie Smith
2023 Baby Ruby as Spencer
2022 National Theatre Live: Henry V as Henry
2022 Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals as Self - Dane Whitman
2021 Eternals as Dane Whitman
2021 Friends: The Reunion as Self
2019 Game of Thrones: The Last Watch as Self
2019 The Death & Life of John F. Donovan as John F. Donovan
2019 How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World as Eret (voice)
2018 Zog as Sir Gadabout (voice)
2016 Brimstone as Samuel
2015 7 Days in Hell as Charles Poole
2015 Spooks: The Greater Good as Will Holloway
2015 Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience as Jon Snow
2015 Testament of Youth as Roland Leighton
2014 Seventh Son as William "Billy" Bradley
2014 How to Train Your Dragon 2 as Eret (voice)
2014 Pompeii as Milo
2012 Silent Hill: Revelation 3D as Vincent Carter
2011 Game of Thrones as Jon Snow