Kit Harington

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 20112019 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 Childrens Monologues 2015 The Vote 2015 Doctor Faustus 2016 and True West 20182019 He portrayed the titular role in the revival of William Shakespeares 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 HBOBBC 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 20142019 Description above from the Wikipedia article Kit Harington licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia