Kit Harington

Quick Facts

Full Name	Kit Harington
Occupation	TV Actor
Date Of Birth	Dec 26, 1986(1986-12-26)
Age	38
Birthplace	London
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Capricorn

Kit Harington Biography

Kit Harington is one of the most popular and richest TV Actor who was born on December 26, 1986 in London, England, United Kingdom. Best known as Jon Snow on the HBO series Game of Thrones, he also voiced the role of Eret in the 2014 animated film How to Train Your Dragon 2 and played Milo in the 2014 action movie Pompeii.

Sean Bean played his father in the television series Game of Thrones.

Christopher Catesby Harington (born 26 December 1986), known professionally as Kit Harington, is an English actor and producer. Born in Acton, Greater London. Harington studied at the Royal Central School of Speech & Drama. While still at drama school, he made his professional acting debut with the lead role of Albert Narracott in the critically acclaimed West End play War Horse at the National Theatre.

Harington was a pupil at the Southfield Primary School from 1992 to 1998. When he was 11, his family moved to Worcestershire and he studied at the Chantry High School in Martley until 2003. He became interested in acting after watching a production of Waiting for Godot when he was 14, and he performed in several school productions.He attended Worcester Sixth Form College, where he studied Drama and Theatre (2003–05). When he was 17, he was inspired to attend a drama school after seeing a performance by Ben Whishaw as Hamlet in 2004. Harington moved back to London in 2005 when he was eighteen after graduating from Sixth Form and, later that year, attended the Central School of Speech and Drama, graduating in 2008.

His parents are Deborah Jane and David Richard Harington. In 2012, he began dating Game of Thrones co-star Rose Leslie; they became engaged in September 2017 and married in June of 2018. They are currently expecting their first child together.

Kit Harington Net Worth

Kit Harington is one of the richest TV Actor from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Kit Harington 's net worth $14 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He originally wanted to become a cameraman, war correspondent and journalist as a child.

He grew out his own real hair to play Jon Snow on Game of Thrones.

Harington was born on 26 December 1986 in Acton, London, to Deborah Jane (Catesby), a former playwright, and Sir David Robert Harington, 15th Baronet, a businessman. His full name is Christopher Catesby Harington; his mother named him after Christopher Marlowe, whose first name was shortened to Kit, a name Harington prefers. He did not learn what his full name was until he was eleven years old. Harington’s uncle was Sir Nicholas John Harington, 14th Baronet, and his patrilineal great-grandfather was Sir Richard Harington, 12th Baronet. The Haringtons are an ancient family that once spelled their name Haverington and derived the name from their estate, a lordship in Cumberland. Through his paternal grandmother, Lavender Cecilia Denny, Harington’s eighth- great-grandfather was Charles II of England. Also through his father, Harington descends from Scottish politician Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Kit Harington height 5 ft 8 in Kit weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Kit Harington Dating?

According to our records, Kit Harington married to Rose Leslie. As of December 1, 2023, Kit Harington’s is not dating anyone.

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Harington’s first major lead role in a feature film occurred when he played Milo in the film Pompeii. Production for the film commenced in 2013 and took place in and around Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Some scenes were also shot in the actual city of Pompeii itself. The film was a modest box office success, but received negative reviews from critics. That year, Harington also voiced Eret in 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.

Facts & Trivia

Kit Ranked on the list of most popular TV Actor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Kit Harington celebrates birthday on December 26 of every year.

As of 2015, Harington lives in Canonbury, London. In 2017, he purchased a £1.75 million 15th-century country home in Ipswich, Suffolk.

Top Facts about Kit Harington

1. Kit Harington is best known for playing Jon Snow in Game of Thrones.
2. He was born on December 26, 1986 in London, England.
3. Harington studied drama at the Central School of Speech and Drama.
4. His first acting role was in the play War Horse.
5. He has won several awards for his portrayal of Jon Snow.
6. Harington is married to fellow Game of Thrones actress Rose Leslie.
7. He has also appeared in films such as Pompeii and Testament of Youth.
8. Harington suffers from dyslexia and has spoken publicly about it.
9. In 2019, he checked into a wellness retreat to work on personal issues.
10. Harington will next star in Marvel’s The Eternals film (2021).

Are Kit Harington and Rose Leslie still married?

Rose Leslie and Kit Harington are a match made on set. The pair, who first met while playing star-crossed lovers on Game of Thrones, has come a long way from Ygritte’s first icy “You know nothing, Jon Snow.” They’ve now been married in real life for nearly four years and welcomed their first child in 2021.

Did Kit Harington have a nervous breakdown?

Harington previously revealed he had a “full-on breakdown” filming the “Thrones” series finale. Kit Harington confirmed this week on SiriusXM’s “The Jess Cagle Show” (via The Hollywood Reporter) that the end of “Game of Thrones” is what led him to check into wellness rehabilitation center in May 2019.

Who is Kit Harington wife?

Rose Leslie

Are Rose Leslie and Kit Harington related?

February 16, 2021: Kit Harington and Rose Leslie confirm they’ve welcomed a baby boy. In February 2021, it was confirmed that Leslie and Harington had welcomed their son after pictures surfaced of the couple running errands in London with a newborn baby in a chest carrier.

Did Kit Harington adopt ghost?

A direwolf is, of course, a giant wolf. And Ghost was adopted as an orphaned pup by Jon Snow (Kit Harington) in the series’ premiere way back in 2011.