Early life

Harington was born in London, England, and lived there until he was eleven. At age eleven, he moved to Worcester, Worcestershire, England until age eighteen, when he moved back to London. He is the son of David Richard Harington and Deborah Jane (née Catesby), an artist, who named their son after Christopher Marlowe. His uncle is Sir Nicholas John Harington, the 14th Baronet Harington, and his paternal great-grandfather was Sir Richard Harington, the 12th Baronet Harington. Christopher is a descendant of Charles II of England, by his paternal grandmother Lavender Cecilia Denny. Also through his father, Harington descends from politician Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, 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 has English, smaller amounts of Welsh, Scottish, and Northern Irish, as well as 1/128th Spanish, ancestry.

Harington attended Southfield Primary School from 1992 to 1998. He then went on to attend Chantry High School from 1998 to 2003. He attended Worcester Sixth Form College, where he studied Drama and Theatre Studies, between 2003 and 2005. He graduated from the Central School of Speech and Drama in 2008.

Career

Before acting, Harington originally wanted to become a journalist, a cameraman or a war correspondent. But later, while still in school, Harington landed the role of Albert in the Olivier Theatre's adaptation of War Horse. The play won two Oliver Awards, which saw Harington receive a great deal of recognition. He was later cast in his second play Posh, a dark ensemble comedy about upper-class men attending Oxford University. In the meantime, Harington landed his first television role as Jon Snow in the hit series Game of Thrones. The show debuted in 2011 to great critical acclaim. Harington's role is largely filmed in Iceland and Northern Ireland and requires Harington to constantly improve his sword fighting skills to contend with the environmental adversities. Harington's made his cinematic debut in 2012 as Vincent in Silent Hill: Revelation 3D. He will appear alongside Jeff Bridges in the upcoming film Seventh Son, currently set for a February 2015 release. He will also voice the villain Eret for the sequel of How to Train Your Dragon. Kit was honoured with Actor of the Year at the Young Hollywood Awards 2013, which celebrates the best emerging young talent in film, music and television.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011-present	Game of Thrones	Jon Snow	TV series
2012	Silent Hill: Revelation 3D	Vincent
2014	Pompeii	Milo
2014	How to Train Your Dragon 2	Eret (voice)	Post-production
2014	Spooks: The Greater Good	Will Crombie	Filming
2015	Seventh Son	Billy Bradley	awaiting release
TBA	Testament of Youth	Roland Leighton	Filming

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008-2009	War Horse	Albert Narracott	Olivier Theatre and New London Theatre
2010	Posh	Ed Montgomery	Royal Court Theatre

Awards and nominations

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result
2011	Game of Thrones	Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor on Television	Nominated
2011	Game of Thrones	Scream Award for Best Ensemble	Nominated
2011	Game of Thrones	Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	Nominated

[ Source: Wikipedia ]