Harington was nominated for two Emmys, in supporting actor and lead actor in a drama series, during his time on Game of Thrones. Following the series' eight season long run, Harington starred in Marvel Studios' superhero movie Eternals. House of the Dragon is scheduled to premiere on August 21. The series concluded with his exile from Westeros as he rides into the Haunted Forest with Ghost and the Wildlings to begin a new life.Īpart from the Jon Snow sequel series, HBO is working on 'Thrones' spin-off House of the Dragon, which is set 200 years before the original series, Tales of Dunk and Egg, 10,000 Ships, 9 Voyages, Flea Bottom and an animated series. Kit Harington announces he and his wife are expecting another child, dances around rumors that he'll reprise his role as Jon Snow in a Game. In the final season of Game of Thrones, Snow becomes aware of his true identity and that he could be an heir to the Iron Throne. 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.HBO is developing a Game of Thrones spin-off series based around popular character Jon Snow with actor Kit Harington set to reprise his fan-favourite role.Īccording to The Hollywood Reporter, the live-action show would take place after the events of Game of Thrones. 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. LONDON, June 23 (Reuters) - Kit Harington is involved in a 'Game of Thrones' spin-off about his character Jon Snow, the actors co-star on the hit fantasy television series has said. He attended Worcester Sixth Form College, where he studied Drama and Theatre Studies, between 20. He became interested in acting after watching a production of Waiting for Godot when he was 14, and he performed in several school productions. New parents: Game Of Thrones co-stars Kit Harington. The two began as rivals, became lovers, and. When he was 11, his family moved to Worcestershire, and he studied at the Chantry High School in Martley until 2003. The Jon Snow actor and his actress wife, both 34, held hands and enjoyed a laugh together as they stepped out without their two-month-old son. Jon Snow had a long history with the Wildlings throughout the HBO series, most notably with Ygritte, played by his real-life wife Rose Leslie. Harington was a pupil at the Southfield Primary School from 1992 to 1998. Denny, clergyman Baptist Wriothesley Noel, merchant and politician Peter Baillie, peer William Legge, 4th Earl of Dartmouth, and MP Sir William Molesworth, 6th Baronet. Also through his father, Harington descends from politician Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, the bacon merchant T. Through his paternal grandmother, Lavender Cecilia Denny, Kit's eight times great-grandfather was King Charles II of England. In a recent interview, Jon Snow actor Kit Harrington denied any knowledge of the sequel series when he told MTV’s Josh Horowitz, The only thing I’ll say is that I know nothing about it. In the novels, he is a prominent point of view character. Martin, and its television adaptation Game of Thrones, in which he was portrayed by English actor Kit Harington. 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. Jon Snow is a fictional character in the A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels by American author George R. A graduate of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, Harington made his professional acting debut with the lead role of Albert Narracott in the West End play War Horse in 2009. His mother named him after 16th-century British playwright and poet Christopher Marlowe, whose first name was shortened to Kit, a name Harington prefers. He is known for his role as Jon Snow in the HBO epic fantasy television series Game of Thrones (20112019). Kit Harington was born Christopher Catesby Harington in Acton, London, to Deborah Jane (Catesby), a former playwright, and David Richard Harington, a businessman.
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