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
We are fascinated with our own history, and we are fascinated with the Romans because they were millennia ago, and yet they still capture our imagination because they were actually so similar to us. They were very civilized. They had a very similar political system.
There's an unhealthy obsession in America with royalty and the class system.
I've always been a bit of a self-doubter. I think a lot of actors are.
I've always hated my voice. You sound different in your head when you hear it out loud.
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 love New York; I love the city. It's impossible. It's a theme park of a city, isn't it.
I have a wild streak, but I like to keep that very much for my friends.
I was called Kit from day one; really, I only found out my name was Christopher when I was 11.
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.
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.
As an actor, you don't have much choice about your appearance. It's a good excuse for looking ridiculous.
I don't want people thinking they know me instead of the character. Steve McQueen has loads of stories about him - who knows what's true? But it's great for people to fictionalize rather than know the truth.
I'm kind of a horse whisperer; I don't know what it is. I'm not great on a horse. I'm getting better, but I'm not brilliant. So yeah, I've spent a lot of time with horses. They're great creatures; I love them. I do love riding them when I get the chance to.
I do want to have children, but my parents had me when they were in their forties. I'd like to copy that.