1. Kit Harington is best known for his role as Jon Snow in the HBO fantasy television series Game of Thrones, for which he received a Golden Globe nomination and two nominations for Primetime Emmy Awards and Critics' Choice Television Awards.
38 Facts About Kit Harington
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Kit Harington has since returned to the West End taking roles in productions of The Children's Monologues, The Vote, Doctor Faustus, and True West.
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Kit Harington currently is starring in the London transfer of the Jeremy O Harris play Slave Play.
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Kit Harington developed, produced, and starred as Robert Catesby in the 2017 BBC drama series Gunpowder.
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Kit Harington portrayed Dane Whitman in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Eternals, and voiced Eret, a dragon hunter in the second and third films of the How to Train Your Dragon film series.
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Christopher Catesby Kit Harington was born on 26 December 1986 in Acton, west London.
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Kit Harington's mother named him after Christopher Marlowe, whose first name was shortened to Kit, a name Harington prefers.
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Kit Harington did not learn what his full name was until age eleven.
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Kit Harington's parents are Sir David Harington, 15th Bt, a businessman and baronet, and former playwright Deborah Jane Catesby.
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Kit Harington is related to men who were involved on opposite sides of the Gunpowder Plot.
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Kit Harington was educated at Southfield Primary School from 1992 to 1998.
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Kit Harington became interested in acting after seeing a production of Waiting for Godot when he was fourteen, and he performed in several school productions.
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Kit Harington attended Worcester Sixth Form College, where he studied Drama and Theatre.
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Kit Harington moved back to London in 2005 at the age of 18 after completing Sixth Form and, later that year, enrolled at the Central School of Speech and Drama, where he graduated in 2008.
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Kit Harington was later cast in his second play Posh, a dark ensemble comedy about upper-class men attending Oxford University.
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Kit Harington's role was largely filmed in Iceland and Northern Ireland.
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In 2016, Kit Harington was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.
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Kit Harington made his feature film debut in 2012 as Vincent in Silent Hill: Revelation.
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Kit Harington was honoured with Actor of the Year at the Young Hollywood Awards 2013, which celebrates the best emerging young talent in film, music and television.
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Kit Harington chose to undergo intensive body transformation under the guidance of a personal trainer, who grew concerned of the actor's growing body dysmorphia.
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That year, Kit Harington voiced Eret in the DreamWorks Animation film How to Train Your Dragon 2, which was a critically acclaimed box office success, won the Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film and received an Academy Award nomination.
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Kit Harington played Billy Bradley, Bridges' first apprentice killed early in the film by a character played by Julianne Moore.
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Kit Harington starred in the 2015 HBO comedy 7 Days in Hell, a short film about a seven-day tennis match.
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In 2016, Kit Harington starred as Salen Kotch, the main villain in the first-person shooter video game Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare.
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In February 2017, it was reported that Kit Harington would write, star in and executive produce Gunpowder, a three-part historical drama for BBC based on the real story of the Gunpowder Plot.
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Kit Harington played the role of his ancestor Robert Catesby alongside actors Mark Gatiss, Liv Tyler and Peter Mullan.
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In 2020, Kit Harington took part in a virtual performance of an extract from the play Burn by playwright Chris Thompson.
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In March 2023, Kit Harington featured in the Apple TV+ series Extrapolations as Nicholas Bilton.
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Kit Harington is producing a TV thriller, Empire of Dirt described as "a very British Western" about a maven who discovers his family is running a drugs racket.
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Kit Harington began a relationship with his Game of Thrones co-star Rose Leslie in 2011.
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In February 2023, Kit Harington announced he and Leslie were expecting their second child.
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In May 2019, Kit Harington checked into a mental health and wellness facility to seek help for "some personal issues".
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In 2024, Kit Harington opened up about his struggles with anxiety and alcoholism and revealed that he had been diagnosed with ADHD while in rehab.
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Kit Harington is a football fan and a supporter of Manchester United.
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In 2015, Kit Harington joined a cast including Benedict Cumberbatch, Nicole Kidman, James McAvoy and Christopher Eccleston in a charity production of The Children's Monologues, conceived by Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle.
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Since April 2016, Kit Harington has been an ambassador for The Royal Mencap Society; a leading organisation in the United Kingdom helping people with learning difficulties that provides support for their families and caregivers.
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In 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Kit Harington supported a humanitarian campaign by starring in a video where he asked to help Ukrainian refugees.
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Kit Harington auctioned off signed Game of Thrones memorabilia to support Ukraine.