--- name: "Kit Harington" canonical: "https://film.one/person/kit-harington" fi1m_id: "kit-harington" imdb_id: "nm3229685" tmdb_id: 239019 wikidata_id: "Q357607" roles: ["Actor"] born: "26 December 1986" reviewed_on_fi1m: 8 average_fi1m_score: 66 average_as: "actor" average_over: 7 updated: "2026-10-13T21:55:07.148424+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Kit Harington ## Identity Kit Harington - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kit-harington - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** kit-harington - **IMDb ID:** nm3229685 - **TMDB ID:** 239019 - **Wikidata ID:** Q357607 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Harington, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q357607, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3229685/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/239019 Actor. Born 26 December 1986 in Worcester, Worcestershire, England, UK. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 26 December 1986, Worcester, Worcestershire, England, UK - **Active:** 2011–present - **Also known as:** Christopher Catesby Harington, Christopher Catesby "Kit" Harington - **Titles on Fi1m:** 8: 7 acting, 1 other - **Average Fi1m score:** 66, as actor, over 7 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 66 (5), 2020s 64 (3) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 66 to 60 across 7 titles - **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 2 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 1 of 6 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Adventure 4, Action 2, Animation 2, Drama 2, Family 2, Fantasy 2 - **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $1,678m across 4 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Harington, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q357607, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3229685/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/239019 ## Streaming the US now - **HBO Max:** [*Game of Thrones*](https://film.one/tv/game-of-thrones.md) (82), [*Industry*](https://film.one/tv/industry.md) (76) - **The Roku Channel:** [*How to Train Your Dragon 2*](https://film.one/film/how-to-train-your-dragon-2.md) (74) - **Disney+:** [*Eternals*](https://film.one/film/eternals.md) (57) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Kit Harington > Harington plays men who take duty seriously and are tired by it, and in *Game of Thrones* that made him the still point of the biggest thing television has attempted. Out of armour the record is patchier, and *Industry* is the most promising entry in it. Watch Harington for any length of time and you notice how little he does with his face. The brow comes down, the mouth sets, and he waits. He has been cast again and again as the earnest young man with a duty he did not ask for, and his method is to hold still and let the strain show through rather than act it out. It is a narrow way of working. Within its limits he is unusually good at it. He came to it early. His professional debut was on stage, as Albert Narracott in *War Horse* (2009), and two years later he was Jon Snow, the part he would play for eight seasons of *Game of Thrones* (2011). Our review found no weak link in that cast, and he was not one; the last thirteen episodes hurry, and it shows, but that was not his doing. We will own that across those years he moved us more than the writing always earned, mostly by looking, whenever the plot handed him another job, like a man who would rather have refused it and knows he will not. David Benioff and D.B. Weiss built the show around bigger talkers. He was the one who listened. The film work has been uneven. *Pompeii* (2014) made him an action hero, a job he has since said he more or less fell into, and most critics were unconvinced. *Testament of Youth* (2015), as Roland Leighton, was better: an intimate period piece that wanted vulnerability rather than a sword, and he had it. He has voiced a part across the *How to Train Your Dragon* films, appeared in *Eternals* (2021), and with *Gunpowder* (2017) played his own ancestor, Robert Catesby, in a drama he helped create and produce, which tells you where his interests lie. The stage keeps drawing him back, to *Henry V* (2022) and *Slave Play* (2024), and the reviews so far for *A Tale of Two Cities* (2026) have been cool. The most interesting thing he has done since Westeros is Henry Muck in *Industry*, which he joined in 2024. It is a contemporary part, no armour, and the show is sharp enough about ambition to give his stillness somewhere to go. We scored it 76 and found the performances the most reliable thing in it. The change in the kind of man he is playing is the point, and it suits him. He once said, "I am not always going to play swords and horses." He then played Henry V, which is swords and horses with better lines. We do not think that is a contradiction. The frown of a man who would rather not has always been his best face; what *Industry* suggests is that it works as well in a suit as under a fur collar. ## Biography Kit Harington is an English actor. He trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, graduating in 2008. His professional stage debut came in 2009 as Albert Narracott in the West End production of *War Horse*. Harington is known for portraying Jon Snow in the HBO series *Game of Thrones* (2011–2019). He developed, produced and starred as Robert Catesby in the 2017 BBC series *Gunpowder*. He has appeared in films including *Pompeii* (2014), *Testament of Youth* (2015) and *Eternals* (2021). On stage he has played the title role in a 2022 revival of *Henry V* and appeared in the 2024 London transfer of *Slave Play*. Since 2024 he has played Sir Henry Muck in the HBO/BBC series *Industry*. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, backstage.com, variety.com.* ## On Fi1m (8) ### Performed in (7) — the average rests on these - *Eternals* (2021), Fi1m 57, as Dane Whitman — [page](https://film.one/film/eternals.md) - *Industry* (2020), Fi1m 76, as Henry Muck — [page](https://film.one/tv/industry.md) - *How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World* (2019), Fi1m 78, as Eret (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/how-to-train-your-dragon-the-hidden-world.md) - *Modern Love* (2019), Fi1m 61, as Michael — [page](https://film.one/tv/modern-love.md) - *How to Train Your Dragon 2* (2014), Fi1m 74, as Eret (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/how-to-train-your-dragon-2.md) - *Seventh Son* (2014), Fi1m 35, as William "Billy" Bradley — [page](https://film.one/film/seventh-son.md) - *Game of Thrones* (2011), Fi1m 82, as Jon Snow — [page](https://film.one/tv/game-of-thrones.md) ### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited - *Friends: The Reunion* (2021), Fi1m 58, as Self — [page](https://film.one/film/friends-the-reunion.md) ## Complete filmography (37) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Eternal Return* (2026), as Virgil - *A Tale of Two Cities* (2026), series, as Sydney Carton · Executive Producer - *The Dreadful* (2026), as Jago - *The Family Plan 2* (2025), as Finn Clarke - *Psychopomp* (2025), Director, Screenplay - *Too Much* (2025), series, as Jessica's Father - *The Beast Within* (2024), as Noah - *THE FAKE JON SNOW* (2024), as Jon Snow (fake) - *Blood for Dust* (2024), as Ricky - *A Ghost Story for Christmas: Lot No. 249* (2023), as Abercrombie Smith - *Make My Money Matter Couples Therapy* (2023), Actor - *Extrapolations* (2023), series, as Nicholas Bilton - *Baby Ruby* (2023), as Spencer - *National Theatre Live: Henry V* (2022), as Henry - *Eternals* (2021), as Dane Whitman — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/eternals.md) - *Industry* (2020), series, as Henry Muck — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/industry.md) - *Modern Love* (2019), series, as Michael — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/tv/modern-love.md) - *Criminal: UK* (2019), series, as Alex - *The Death & Life of John F. Donovan* (2019), as John F. Donovan - *How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World* (2019), as Eret (voice) — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/how-to-train-your-dragon-the-hidden-world.md) - *Zog* (2018), as Sir Gadabout (voice) - *Gunpowder* (2017), series, as Robert Catesby · Co-Executive Producer - *Brimstone* (2016), as Samuel - *7 Days in Hell* (2015), as Charles Poole - *Spooks: The Greater Good* (2015), as Will Holloway - *Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience* (2015), as Jon Snow - *Testament of Youth* (2015), as Roland Leighton - *Seventh Son* (2014), as William "Billy" Bradley — Fi1m 35, [page](https://film.one/film/seventh-son.md) - *How to Train Your Dragon 2* (2014), as Eret (voice) — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/how-to-train-your-dragon-2.md) - *Pompeii* (2014), as Milo - *Silent Hill: Revelation 3D* (2012), as Vincent Carter - *Game of Thrones* (2011), series, as Jon Snow — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/game-of-thrones.md) - *A Ghost Story for Christmas* (1971), series, as Abercrombie Smith - *Army of Shadows*, series, Actor - *Chariot*, Actor - *Count My Lies*, series, as Jay Lockhart - *The Original Julian Reed*, Actor ## Gallery - ![Kit Harington](https://film.one/media/person/22721/gallery-37d9fbe9a576.jpg) Kit Harington — Sachyn, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/Kit_harrington_by_sachyn_mital_%28cropped_2%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![David Giuntoli, Tyler Posey, Steven Yeun, Kit Harrington and Matt Smith speaking at the 2013 San Diego Comic Con International, for Entertainment Weekly's "Brav](https://film.one/media/person/22721/gallery-0a9c3386fd86.jpg) David Giuntoli, Tyler Posey, Steven Yeun, Kit Harrington and Matt Smith speaking at the 2013 San Diego Comic Con International, for Entertainment Weekly's "Brav — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/David_Giuntoli%2C_Tyler_Posey%2C_Steven_Yeun%2C_Kit_Harington_%26_Matt_Smith.jpg/1280px-David_Giuntoli%2C_Tyler_Posey%2C_Steven_Yeun%2C_Kit_Harington_%26_Matt_Smith.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![The cast of Game of Thrones at the 2013 San Diego Comic Con International at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. 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