Cast & creator
Kit Harington
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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.
Also known as: Christopher Catesby Harington, Christopher Catesby "Kit" Harington
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Filmography (59)
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
Game of Thrones
Jon Snow
2011
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
2015
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
Self - Guest
2013
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Self
2022
A Tale of Two Cities
Sydney Carton
2026A Tale of Two Cities
Executive Producer
2026
Industry
Henry Muck
2020
The Jonathan Ross Show
Self - Guest
2011
Welcome to Wrexham
Self
2022
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Eret (voice)
2014
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Eret (voice)
2019
The Family Plan 2
Finn Clarke
2025
Extrapolations
Nicholas Bilton
2023
Eternals
Dane Whitman
2021
Modern Love
Michael
2019
Seventh Son
William "Billy" Bradley
2014
Too Much
Jessica's Father
2025
Criminal: UK
Alex
2019
Silent Hill: Revelation 3D
Vincent Carter
2012
A Ghost Story for Christmas
Abercrombie Smith
1971
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
Self
2025
Gunpowder
Robert Catesby
2017Gunpowder
Co-Executive Producer
2017
Pompeii
Milo
2014
Game of Thrones: The Last Watch
Self
2019
Friends: The Reunion
Self
2021
The Dreadful
Jago
2026
The Beast Within
Noah
2024
7 Days in Hell
Charles Poole
2015
Spooks: The Greater Good
Will Holloway
2015
Testament of Youth
Roland Leighton
2015
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
John F. Donovan
2019
Brimstone
Samuel
2016
Zog
Sir Gadabout (voice)
2018
Blood for Dust
Ricky
2024
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals
Self - Dane Whitman
2022
The Game of Thrones Reunion Hosted by Conan O'Brien
Self
2021
My Grandparents' War
Self
2019
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
Jon Snow
2015Count My Lies
Jay Lockhart
Baby Ruby
Spencer
2023
Eternal Return
Virgil
2026Army of Shadows
Chariot
Game of Thrones: Spanish Kingdom Special
self
2015
Game of Thrones: The Musical
Jon Snow
2015
THE FAKE JON SNOW
Jon Snow (fake)
2024
A Ghost Story for Christmas: Lot No. 249
Abercrombie Smith
2023
National Theatre Live: Henry V
Henry
2022
Psychopomp
Director
2025Psychopomp
Screenplay
2025
Make My Money Matter Couples Therapy
2023