Kit Harington
Kit Harington
Christopher Catesby "Kit" Harington is an English actor. He rose to prominence playing the role of Jon Snow in the award-winning HBO television series Game of Thrones, which garnered him a nomination for the 2016 Primetime Emmy Award. Harington also played lead roles in the films Pompeii, Testament of Youth, and Spooks: The Greater Good, as well as supporting roles in the films Silent Hill: Revelation and Seventh Son. In 2014, Harington had a voice role in How to Train...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth26 December 1986
CityLondon, England
I love action. I love doing fight scenes, I always have.
When I'm applying for a new passport, or something, someone will call me Christopher. Other than that, no one ever calls me Christopher.
I'm very lucky, I've got two very loving parents, still very much together, and always been very supportive.
It's a nightmare if you're working with someone you don't get on with, especially if you have to be in love with them.
I like playing dark, broody types.
Each project changes you a bit.
The more you fly, the more unsettling it is, because you realize how much more likely it will be for you to crash. I am getting better at it, though.
When I was 14, I saw 'Waiting for Godot.' It's one of those plays that if it's done badly is absolutely dire and can put you off acting for life. But I was laughing all the way through it.
I'm a terrible packer. I don't pack lots and lots because I think I'll wear everything, I pack a lot because I never know what I'm going to need. I always go over the weight limit.
My parents didn't have a lot of money when I was growing up. We were comfortable, but I didn't go to Oxbridge, and yet every American interviewer I get says to me, 'You're related to Charles II! Your grandfather was a baronet!' And it's infuriating, because that is a part of my history, but you're trying to turn me into a posh boy, and I'm not.
Wearing baggy clothes makes me look shorter. I just don't know anything about fashion. I know what I like wearing. I'm always accused that I wear too much black. I love wearing black.
I remember I had to play a blind person once, and I did this stupid thing with my eyes, and I knew the minute I started it I'd made a mistake.
I've always hated my voice. You sound different in your head when you hear it out loud.
There's an unhealthy obsession in America with royalty and the class system.