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 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.
Bio:
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.
Tivia:
Used to work in a book store where he often had to lift heavy copies of the ''A Song Of Ice and Fire'' series and grew to dislike George RR Martin as a result.Did not know his real name was Christopher until he was 11.His paternal eight times great-grandfather was King Charles II of England. Charles II was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1660 to 1685, as well as King of Scotland from 1649 to 1651. Actors Dacre Montgomery and Rose Leslie are also descended from Charles II, and are therefore KIt's distant cousins.He broke his ankle in 2012 when he was locked out of his apartment building in London and fell while trying to climb to his flat. During Season 3 of Game of Thrones (2011) the film crew had to figure out how to shoot around the injury, including the use of stand-ins in "Jon Snow wigs". Harington felt so guilty that he bought the production manager a bottle of whiskey.Is said to be related to, though is not a direct descendant of, Sir John Harington, the inventor of the flush toilet.Has natural dark brown hair. He had to dye it black for the role of Jon Snow.Said he's never had long hair before Game of Thrones (2011) and he actually had to wear a wig in the first season. Harington intends to cut his hair short again after the series is complete.Has a fear of spiders, needles, and flying. He gets around by car or train.On Pompeii (2014), Kit Harington undertook a heavy 'bulking' regime and a diet of 3000 calories a day to put on 2 stone of weight in 5 weeks. He then went on a very severe diet and 'cutting' regime for 4 weeks to cut back from 12 stone to 10 stone acquiring intense muscle definition in the process.Is a horror movie buff with some of his favorites being The Shining (1980), The Ring (2002), The Wicker Man (1973), and the Scream franchise.He wore a wig for filming the Game of Thrones (2011) pilot but grew his hair out for the rest of the first season.Good friends with Game of Thrones (2011) co-stars Richard Madden, Alfie Allen, John Bradley Rose Leslie and Emilia Clarke.In September 2017 he got engaged to Rose Leslie (who played Ygritte in Game of Thrones). The couple met on the set of Game of Thrones show when they played onscreen lovers, and now are getting married in real life.He was honored with Actor of the Year at the Young Hollywood Awards 2013.Wanted to be a cameraman, a war correspondent and a journalist when he was young.Is the fifth great-grandson of Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, who served as Britain's Secretary of War at the turn of the 19th century, and is a nephew of a baronet; the family is listed in Burke's Peerage.Became friends with singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran after both had inadvertently met while using adjacent urinals in the men's room.Became a father for the first time at age 34 when his wife Rose Leslie gave birth to a boy in February 2021.Is a descendant on his mother's side of Robert Catesby, the character he played in the drama he created and produced, Gunpowder (2017).Once got into a fight at a McDonald's restaurant because a guy was hitting on the girl he was with.Kit's recent ancestry is English, as well as Welsh, Scottish, Irish, and Dutch. His distant roots also include German, French, and Spanish, and, going back to the 1400s and 1500s, he also has remote Italian, Polish, Lithuanian, Austrian, and Danish ancestry. He is from a prominent family, and descends from many Earls, Baronets, Peers, Dukes, and Viscounts. Many of Kit's mother's ancestors lived in India and South Africa as part of British colonialism and Dutch settlements. Through his mother's Dutch ancestry, Kit descends from Count Jacob van Reenen.Sees himself first and foremost as a theatre trained actor.Is a huge David Lynch fan.Favorite movies are 25th Hour (2002), Romeo + Juliet (1996), Jurassic Park (1993), Heat (1995), Some Like It Hot (1959), and If.... (1968).Expecting his first child with wife Rose Leslie; confirmed in the September issue of Make Magazine (September 2020).His mother, Deborah Jane (Catesby), is a playwright and artist, and his father, David Richard Harington, is a retired businessman.Landed the role of Albert Narracott in the play War Horse while still at drama school.Kit's maternal great-grandfather, Thomas Charles Cann Evans, who was born in Budleigh Salterton, Devonshire, England, was a Major in the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps. Thomas's wife, Kit's maternal great-grandmother Isabel Dorothy Joyce Dennys, was an artist known professionally as Joyce Dennys. She was born in Murree, India, now Pakistan, to a European family.Brother of John Catesby Harington.Attended the Central School of Speech and Drama.His paternal grandfather, John Charles Dundas Harington, was born in Simla, India, and his paternal grandmother, Lavender Cecilia Denny, was born in Toronto, Canada, both of English parentage. |
| Name: |
Kit Harington |
Type: |
Actor,Writer,Producer (IMDB) |
| Area: |
All World |
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Business scope: |
Actor,Writer,Producer |
| Products for sale: |
Actor,Writer,Producer |
| Model rank: |
801 |
| Last update: |
2024-07-01 03:15:00 |
| Height: |
5' 8' (1.73 m) |
| Biography: |
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 |
| Trivia: |
Used to work in a book store where he often had to lift heavy copies of the ''A Song Of Ice and Fire'' series and grew to dislike George RR Martin as a result.Did not know his real name was Christopher until he was 11.His paternal eight times great-grandfather was King Charles II of England. Charles II was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1660 to 1685, as well as King of Scotland from 1649 to 1651. Actors Dacre Montgomery and Rose Leslie are also descended from Charles II, and are therefore KIt's distant cousins.He broke his ankle in 2012 when he was locked out of his apartment building in London and fell while trying to climb to his flat. During Season 3 of Game of Thrones (2011) the film crew had to figure out how to shoot around the injury, including the use of stand-ins in "Jon Snow wigs". Harington felt so guilty that he bought the production manager a bottle of whiskey.Is said to be related to, though is not a direct descendant of, Sir John Harington, the inventor of the flush toilet.Has natural dark brown hair. He had to dye it black for the role of Jon Snow.Said he's never had long hair before Game of Thrones (2011) and he actually had to wear a wig in the first season. Harington intends to cut his hair short again after the series is complete.Has a fear of spiders, needles, and flying. He gets around by car or train.On Pompeii (2014), Kit Harington undertook a heavy 'bulking' regime and a diet of 3000 calories a day to put on 2 stone of weight in 5 weeks. He then went on a very severe diet and 'cutting' regime for 4 weeks to cut back from 12 stone to 10 stone acquiring intense muscle definition in the process.Is a horror movie buff with some of his favorites being The Shining (1980), The Ring (2002), The Wicker Man (1973), and the Scream franchise.He wore a wig for filming the Game of Thrones (2011) pilot but grew his hair out for the rest of the first season.Good friends with Game of Thrones (2011) co-stars Richard Madden, Alfie Allen, John Bradley Rose Leslie and Emilia Clarke.In September 2017 he got engaged to Rose Leslie (who played Ygritte in Game of Thrones). The couple met on the set of Game of Thrones show when they played onscreen lovers, and now are getting married in real life.He was honored with Actor of the Year at the Young Hollywood Awards 2013.Wanted to be a cameraman, a war correspondent and a journalist when he was young.Is the fifth great-grandson of Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, who served as Britain's Secretary of War at the turn of the 19th century, and is a nephew of a baronet; the family is listed in Burke's Peerage.Became friends with singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran after both had inadvertently met while using adjacent urinals in the men's room.Became a father for the first time at age 34 when his wife Rose Leslie gave birth to a boy in February 2021.Is a descendant on his mother's side of Robert Catesby, the character he played in the drama he created and produced, Gunpowder (2017).Once got into a fight at a McDonald's restaurant because a guy was hitting on the girl he was with.Kit's recent ancestry is English, as well as Welsh, Scottish, Irish, and Dutch. His distant roots also include German, French, and Spanish, and, going back to the 1400s and 1500s, he also has remote Italian, Polish, Lithuanian, Austrian, and Danish ancestry. He is from a prominent family, and descends from many Earls, Baronets, Peers, Dukes, and Viscounts. Many of Kit's mother's ancestors lived in India and South Africa as part of British colonialism and Dutch settlements. Through his mother's Dutch ancestry, Kit descends from Count Jacob van Reenen.Sees himself first and foremost as a theatre trained actor.Is a huge David Lynch fan.Favorite movies are 25th Hour (2002), Romeo + Juliet (1996), Jurassic Park (1993), Heat (1995), Some Like It Hot (1959), and If.... (1968).Expecting his first child with wife Rose Leslie; confirmed in the September issue of Make Magazine (September 2020).His mother, Deborah Jane (Catesby), is a playwright and artist, and his father, David Richard Harington, is a retired businessman.Landed the role of Albert Narracott in the play War Horse while still at drama school.Kit's maternal great-grandfather, Thomas Charles Cann Evans, who was born in Budleigh Salterton, Devonshire, England, was a Major in the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps. Thomas's wife, Kit's maternal great-grandmother Isabel Dorothy Joyce Dennys, was an artist known professionally as Joyce Dennys. She was born in Murree, India, now Pakistan, to a European family.Brother of John Catesby Harington.Attended the Central School of Speech and Drama.His paternal grandfather, John Charles Dundas Harington, was born in Simla, India, and his paternal grandmother, Lavender Cecilia Denny, was born in Toronto, Canada, both of English parentage. |
| Trademarks: |
Curly black hair
Sullen looks. |
| Quotes: |
I wear quite fitted clothing. I don't like wearing baggy stuff.
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I try not to read the social networks too much. I find that way madness lies.
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I love going out. I love partying.
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I just don't know anything about fashion.
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The best people to have power are the ones who don't want it. |
| Salaries: |
Game of Thrones (2011) - ��340,000 per episode
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Game of Thrones (2011) - $500,000 per episode (season 7)
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Game of Thrones (2011) - $500,000 per episode (season 8) |
| Job title: |
Actor,Writer,Producer |
| Others works: |
(April 2016) Theatre. Appeared in the title role in Christopher Marlowe's play 'Dr Faustus' at the Duke of York's theatre in London's West End.
(2017) TV commercial for "Dolce & Gabbana" fragrance "The One" - |
| Spouse: |
Rose Leslie (June 23, 2018 - present) (1 child) |
| Parents: |
Deborah Jane Harington
David Richard Harington |
| Relatives: |
John Catesby Harington (Sibling)
Portia Leslie (Sibling)
Portia Leslie (Cousin)
Olivia Wilde (Cousin)
Rose Leslie (Cousin) |
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