
Birthday:
12-26-1986
(38 years)
Birthplace:
Worcester, Worcestershire, England, UK
Biography
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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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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Eternals
Act like Dane Whitman
event2021 star_border 6.8
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The Eternals are a team of ancient aliens who have been living on Earth in secret for thousands of years. When an unexpected tragedy forces them out of the shadows, they are forced to reunite against mankind’s most ancient enemy, the Deviants.
Silent Hill: Revelation 3D
Act like Vincent Carter
event2012 star_border 5.5
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Heather Mason and her father have been on the run, always one step ahead of dangerous forces that she doesn't fully understand, Now on the eve of her 18th birthday, plagued by horrific nightmares and the disappearance of her father, Heather discovers she's not who she thinks she is. The revelation leads her deeper into a demonic world that threatens to trap her forever.
National Theatre Live: Henry V
Act like Henry
event2022 star_border 8
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Fresh to the throne, King Henry V launches England into a bloody war with France. When his campaign encounters resistance, this inexperienced new ruler must prove he is fit to guide a country into war.
Eternal Return
Act like Virgil
new_releases Release: June 12, 2025
The film follows Cass, a young woman who has resigned herself to a life of emotional invulnerability until she meets Virgil, a cartographer who makes maps to imaginary places. Along with his partner Malcolm, a vibrant renaissance man, the pair relentlessly attempts to travel back in time to awaken Cass to love again.
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Act like Eret (voice)
event2014 star_border 7.7
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Five years have passed since Hiccup and Toothless united the dragons and Vikings of Berk. Now, they spend their time charting unmapped territories. During one of their adventures, the pair discover a secret cave that houses hundreds of wild dragons -- and a mysterious dragon rider who turns out to be Hiccup's mother, Valka. Hiccup and Toothless then find themselves at the center of a battle to protect Berk from a power-hungry warrior named Drago.
Pompeii
Act like Milo
event2014 star_border 5.5
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In 79 A.D., Milo, a slave turned gladiator, finds himself in a race against time to save his true love Cassia, the beautiful daughter of a wealthy merchant who has been unwillingly betrothed to a corrupt Roman Senator. As Mount Vesuvius erupts in a torrent of blazing lava, Milo must fight his way out of the arena in order to save his beloved as the once magnificent Pompeii crumbles around him.
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals
Act like Self - Dane Whitman
event2022 star_border 7.3
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Join director Chloe Zhao and the Cast of Eternals as they recount their experiences during the making of Marvel Studios’ most ambitious film to date. Discover how the ensemble cast felt stepping into their roles, filming in remote locations, and creating bonds that would help to create the on-screen relationships that span over 7,000 years.
A Ghost Story for Christmas: Lot No. 249
Act like Abercrombie Smith
event2023 star_border 5.7
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It’s 1881, and Old College, Oxford plays host to three very different academics. Abercrombie Smith is a model of Victorian manhood, clean of limb and sound of mind. Monkhouse Lee is a delicate and unworldly student from Thailand. And occupying the rooms between them is the strange and exotic Edward Bellingham, whose unnatural researches into the secrets of ancient Egypt are the talk of the college. Can Bellingham’s experiments truly bring the breath of life to the horrifying bag of bones that is the mysterious Lot No 249?
Seventh Son
Act like William "Billy" Bradley
event2014 star_border 5.5
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John Gregory, who is a seventh son of a seventh son and also the local spook, has protected the country from witches, boggarts, ghouls and all manner of things that go bump in the night. However John is not young anymore, and has been seeking an apprentice to carry on his trade. Most have failed to survive. The last hope is a young farmer's son named Thomas Ward. Will he survive the training to become the spook that so many others couldn't?
Testament of Youth
Act like Roland Leighton
event2014 star_border 7.3
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Testament of Youth is a powerful story of love, war and remembrance, based on the First World War memoir by Vera Brittain, which has become the classic testimony of that war from a woman’s point of view. A searing journey from youthful hopes and dreams to the edge of despair and back again, it’s a film about young love, the futility of war and how to make sense of the darkest times.
Baby Ruby
Act like Spencer
event2023 star_border 5.1
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After welcoming her baby, Ruby, home, the tightly scripted world of lifestyle influencer Jo starts to unravel. As increasingly sinister happenings mount, Jo is plunged into a waking fever dream where everyone is a threat and nothing is what it seems.
7 Days in Hell
Act like Charles Poole
event2015 star_border 6.5
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A fictional documentary-style expose on the rivalry between two tennis stars who battled it out in a 1999 match that lasted seven days.
Spooks: The Greater Good
Act like Will Holloway
event2015 star_border 6
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During a handover to the head of counter-terrorism of MI5, Harry Pearce, a terrorist escapes custody. When Harry disappears soon after, his protégé is tasked with finding out what happened as an impending attack on London looms, and eventually uncovers a deadly conspiracy.
Blood for Dust
Act like Ricky
event2024 star_border 5.8
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Reckless Ricky makes serious money dealing illegal weapons throughout the tri-state area and loves to flaunt it. Traveling salesman Cliff, covers the same territory Ricky runs guns through. Desperate to find some financial relief for his struggling family, Cliff agrees to partner with Ricky, to commit cross-state drug and gun deliveries for a mid-level American cartel boss John. When a simple exchange turns into a bloodbath after Ricky kills everyone in a territory grab, the pair find themselves in a pressure cooker situation where unlikely drug dealer Cliff must fight as hard as he can to stay alive.
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
Act like John F. Donovan
event2019 star_border 6.9
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A decade after the death of an American TV star, a young actor reminisces about the written correspondence he once shared with the former, as well as the impact those letters had on both their lives.
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
Act like Jon Snow
event2015 star_border 8.6
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The first episode of this IMAX screening takes place entirely at The Wall with the Night’s Watch (S4 EP9) hopelessly outnumbered as they attempt to defend Castle Black from the Wildings and features one the fiercest and most intense battle scenes ever filmed for television. The second episode (S4 EP10), features Dany coming to grips with the realities of ruling a kingdom, Bran learning the startling reality of his destiny and Tyrion facing the truth of his unfortunate situation.
The Dreadful
Act like Jago
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Set against the backdrop of the War of the Roses follows Anne and her mother-in-law Morwen, who live a solitary, harsh life on the outskirts of society. But when a man from their past returns, he will set off a sequence of events that become a turning point for Anne.
Brimstone
Act like Samuel
event2016 star_border 7.2
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In the menacing inferno of the old North-American West, Liz is a genuine survivor who is hunted by a vengeful preacher for a crime she didn’t commit.
The Beast Within
Act like Noah
event2024 star_border 6
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Ten-year-old Willow follows her parents on one of their secret late-night treks to the heart of an ancient forest. After witnessing her father undergo a terrible transformation, she too becomes ensnared by the dark ancestral secret that they've so desperately tried to conceal.
Make My Money Matter Couples Therapy
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Our banks are in a hidden relationship with oil companies. Together, they’re fuelling climate change
Zog
Act like Sir Gadabout (voice)
event2018 star_border 6.7
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Zog is a keen young dragon who wants to learn to fly, roar, and breathe fire, so he studies at the Dragon School. He is desperate to impress his teacher and win a golden star, but he is prone to accidents and he has to be helped by a kind young girl who patches up his bumps and bruises.
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Act like Eret (voice)
event2019 star_border 7.7
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As Hiccup fulfills his dream of creating a peaceful dragon utopia, Toothless’ discovery of an untamed, elusive mate draws the Night Fury away. When danger mounts at home and Hiccup’s reign as village chief is tested, both dragon and rider must make impossible decisions to save their kind.
Game of Thrones: The Last Watch
Act like Self
event2019 star_border 7.1
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For a year, acclaimed British filmmaker Jeanie Finlay was embedded on the set of the hit HBO series “Game of Thrones,” chronicling the creation of the show’s most ambitious and complicated season. Debuting one week after the series 8 finale, GAME OF THRONES: THE LAST WATCH delves deep into the mud and blood to reveal the tears and triumphs involved in the challenge of bringing the fantasy world of Westeros to life in the very real studios, fields and car-parks of Northern Ireland. Made with unprecedented access, GAME OF THRONES: THE LAST WATCH is an up-close and personal portrait from the trenches of production, following the crew and the cast as they contend with extreme weather, punishing deadlines and an ever-excited fandom hungry for spoilers. Much more than a “making of” documentary, this is a funny, heartbreaking story, told with wit and intimacy, about the bittersweet pleasures of what it means to create a world – and then have to say goodbye to it.
Friends: The Reunion
Act like Self
event2021 star_border 7.9
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The cast of Friends reunites for a once-in-a-lifetime celebration of the hit series, an unforgettable evening filled with iconic memories, uncontrollable laughter, happy tears, and special guests.
Chariot
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A disgraced jockey tries to re-enter his beloved sport of horse racing — with a centaur.
The Family Plan 2
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The Morgans tear through Europe in search of the perfect action-packed family Christmas.
Game of Thrones
Act like Jon Snow (79 ep.)
event2011 star_border 8.5
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Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the houses leads to full-scale war. All while a very ancient evil awakens in the farthest north. Amidst the war, a neglected military order of misfits, the Night's Watch, is all that stands between the realms of men and icy horrors beyond.
Extrapolations
Act like Nicholas Bilton (4 ep.)
event2023 star_border 6
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Eight interconnected stories told over 33 years explore how our planet’s changing climate will affect family, work, faith—and survival.
Modern Love
Act like Michael (1 ep.)
event2019 star_border 7.3
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An unlikely friendship. A lost love resurfaced. A marriage at its turning point. A date that might not have been a date. An unconventional new family. These are unique stories about the joys and tribulations of love, each inspired by true events.
My Grandparents' War
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event2019 star_border 7.3
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In this four-part documentary series, leading Hollywood actors undertake a fascinating journey into their family's past by re-tracing the footsteps of their grandparents during World War Two. We follow the moving, personal stories of Helena Bonham Carter, Mark Rylance, Kristin Scott Thomas, and Carey Mulligan as they travel to historic locations, from the beaches of Dunkirk to prisoner of war camps in Asia, to learn about the war their grandparents experienced. All of the actors have unanswered questions about the scars war left on their grandparents, and in each episode one of the actors explore how six years changed the lives of their family and the world forever while learning about the life and death decisions that their grandparents faced.
Welcome to Wrexham
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event2022 star_border 7.8
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Documentary series tracking the dreams and worries of Wrexham, a working-class town in North Wales, UK, as two Hollywood stars (Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds) take ownership of the town’s historic yet struggling football club.
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Act like Self - Guest (1 ep.)
event2015 star_border 5.4
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Once Craig Ferguson retires, James Corden will be taking over The Late Late Show. The show is a late night talk show that interviews celebrities and has its own bits. And of course, it's all hosted by James Corden.
Gunpowder
Act like Robert Catesby (3 ep.)
event2017 star_border 6.8
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London, 1605. Robert Catesby, a 33-year old Warwickshire gentleman, devises a plot to blow up Parliament and kill the King.
A Ghost Story for Christmas
Act like Abercrombie Smith (1 ep.)
event1971 star_border 7.4
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A strand of annual British short television adaptations of classic ghost stories, referencing the oral tradition of telling supernatural tales at Christmas. First broadcast on BBC One from 1971 to 1978, and revived in 2005 on BBC Four.
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
Act like Self - Guest (1 ep.)
event2013 star_border 5.1
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Chris Hardwick will lead three celebrity contestants down the ultimate internet wormhole. Culling from the darkest recesses of social media, they will compete to determine who has the funniest take on the day's pop culture.
Saturday Night Live
Act like Self - Host (1 ep.)
event1975 star_border 6.9
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A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.
The Graham Norton Show
Act like Self (2 ep.)
event2007 star_border 7.2
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Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The guests poke fun and share their opinions on the main news stories. Graham is often joined by a band or artist to play the show out.
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event2022 star_border 2.7
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The big names behind the big stories. Laura Kuenssberg talks to those making the news, inside and outside politics.
Criminal: UK
Act like Alex (1 ep.)
event2019 star_border 7.2
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Within the walls of an interrogation room, London investigators question suspects accused of grievous crimes until the truth comes to light.
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event2014 star_border 5.8
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After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent replacement. After 42 years in Los Angeles the program was brought back to New York.
Industry
Act like Henry Muck (5 ep.)
event2020 star_border 6.9
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In the cutthroat world of international finance, a group of young graduates compete for a limited set of permanent positions at a top investment bank in London. The boundaries between colleague, friend, lover, and enemy soon blur as they immerse themselves in a company culture defined as much by sex, drugs and ego as it is by deals and dividends.
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