Kit Harington

Kit Harington

actor, writer, producer

Kit Harington was born on Dec 26, 1986 in UK. Kit Harington's big-screen debut came with Game of Thrones - Season 1 directed by David Nutter in 2011, strarring Jon Snow. Kit Harington is known for Modern Love directed by John Carney, Sofia Boutella stars as Yasmine and Olivia Cooke as Karla. Kit Harington has got 5 awards and 28 nominations so far. The most recent award Kit Harington achieved is CinEuphoria Awards. The upcoming new tvshow Kit Harington plays is Extrapolations - Season 1 which will be released on Mar 17, 2023.

Kit Harington was born Christopher Catesby Harington in Acton, London, to Deborah Jane (Catesby), a former playwright, and David Richard Harington, a businessman. His mother named him after 16th-century British playwright and poet Christopher Marlowe, whose first name was shortened to Kit, a name Harington prefers. Harington's uncle is Sir Nicholas John Harington, the 14th Baronet Harington, and his paternal great-grandfather was Sir Richard Harington, the 12th Baronet Harington. Through his paternal grandmother, Lavender Cecilia Denny, Kit's eight times great-grandfather was King Charles II of England. Also through his father, Harington descends from politician Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, the bacon merchant T. A. Denny, clergyman Baptist Wriothesley Noel, merchant and politician Peter Baillie, peer William Legge, 4th Earl of Dartmouth, and MP Sir William Molesworth, 6th Baronet.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 Studies, between 2003 and 2005. When he was 17, he was inspired to study acting in a drama school after watching a performance by Ben Whishaw playing Hamlet in 2004. He moved back to London when he was eighteen and a year later attended the Central School of Speech and Drama, from which he graduated in 2008.

  • Birthday

    Dec 26, 1986
  • Place of Birth

    London, England, UK
  • Also known

    Кит Харингтон, 키트 해링턴, Christopher Catesby Harington

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Awards

5 wins & 28 nominations

CinEuphoria Awards
2020
Merit - Honorary Award
Winner - CinEuphoria
2020
Best Actor - International Competition
Winner - CinEuphoria
2020
Best Ensemble - International Competition
Winner - CinEuphoria
IGN Summer Movie Awards
2019
Best TV Ensemble
Winner - IGN People's Choice Award
2019
Best TV Ensemble
Winner - IGN People's Choice Award
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