Emmy Award-Winning Actor, Game of Thrones
Kit Harington: Biography at a Glance
- Kit Harington is best known for starring as "Jon Snow" in the critically acclaimed and Emmy award-winning HBO drama series Game of Thrones.
- He received his first Emmy nomination for Best Supporting Actor in Drama Series
- Harington transitioned into the role of Executive Producer for a miniseries titled Gunpowder, which he also starred in.
- He can be seen in the hit HBO show Industry and starring in Jeremy O'Harris' The Slave Play in the West End.
- His notable film roles include the period drama Testament of Youth, the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Eternals, and a voice role in the second and third installments of the How To Train Your Dragon film series which won the Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film in and received an Academy Award nomination.
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Kit is best known for his role as Jon Snow in the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones, for which he received nominations for a Golden Globe Award and two Primetime Emmy Awards.
He can be seen in the hit HBO show Industry and starring in Jeremy O'Harris' The Slave Play in the West End.
It was announced that Kit would reunite with his Game of Thrones co-star Sophie Turner for the independent feature The Dreadful, directed by Natasha Kermani. He wrapped filming the Village Roadshow feature Eternal Return, alongside Naomi Watts and Jeremy Irons.
A graduate of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, Kit made his professional acting debut in 2009 with the lead role of Albert Narracott in the West End play War Horse. He developed, produced, and starred as Robert Catesby in the 2017 BBC drama series Gunpowder.
His notable film roles include the period drama Testament of Youth, the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Eternals, and a voice role in the second and third installments of the How To Train Your Dragon film series. He also starred in Apple's hit anthology series Extrapolations.
