Kit Harington was born as Christopher Catesby Harington on December 26 1986 in Acton, London. He is the son of Deborah Jane and Sir David Robert Harington.
His mother decided to call him Kit Harington soon after he was born and Kit Harington did not know his name until he was eleven years old. Kit Harington has a cool family history. His grandmothers family was related to Charles II of England who was Kit Haringtons eighth great grandfather.
Kit Harington went to Southfield Primary School from 1992 to 1998. Kit Haringtons family moved to Worcestershire when Kit Harington was eleven years old. Kit Harington went to the Chantry High School in Martley until the year 2003. Then Kit Harington went to the Central School of Speech and Drama. Kit Harington graduated from the Central School of Speech and Drama in the year 2008.
Kit Harington got interested, in acting after he watched a performance of Waiting for Godot. After that Kit Harington performed in a lot of school productions of Kit Haringtons school.
Anna Cyzon (2011), Olga Vlasova; rumoured with Grazi Massafera (2016), Rachel McAdams (2013) (verified public relationships include his marriage below) Will update soon
Kit Harington and his Game Of Thrones co-star Rose Leslie started going out in 2011.They told everyone about their plan to get married in The Times on September 27 2017.Kit Harington and Rose Leslie got married in June 2018 in a place called Aberdeenshire, Scotland.Then Kit Harington and Rose Leslie had a baby boy together in February 2021.
In May 2019 when the last episodes of Game of Thrones were on television Harington went to a place in Connecticut. This place was very nice. It helped people with their mental health and wellness. He stayed there for a month to deal with Game of Thrones and his problems, with feeling stressed and drinking much alcohol.
Harington and Leslie split their time between Canonbury, London, and a 15th-century country home outside Ipswich, Suffolk. Kit is heavily involved in charities such as The Royal Mencap Society, UNHCR, Amnesty International, and Chance to Shine.
What Is Kit Harington’s Net Worth and Salary?
Kit Harington is an actor. He has a lot of money fourteen million dollars to be exact. Kit Harington started acting on stage. Then he moved to acting in movies and on television.
Kit Harington got his break in 2011. That is when he got the part of Jon Snow in the show “Game of Thrones”. This show became really popular. Lots of people watched it. It is one of the television shows ever made. Kit Harington was on the show from 2011, to 2019. He played Jon Snow for a time. Kit Harington is still known for playing Jon Snow in “Game of Thrones”. Kit has been in some movies too like “Pompeii” (2014) and “The Death and Life of John F. Donovan” (2018). Kit is really looking and people like watching him on screen. He has won some awards for his work on “Game of Thrones”. Kit won a Primetime Emmy Award, for Outstanding Drama Series for “Game of Thrones”.
“Game of Thrones” Salary
For the two seasons of Game of Thrones there were 14 episodes that came on television between July 2017 and May 2019. Harington got paid one million one hundred thousand dollars for each episode of Game of Thrones. So that is a total of fourteen million three hundred thousand dollars, for those two seasons of Game of Thrones. The amount of money Harington got paid for each episode of Game of Thrones is one of the amounts any actor has ever gotten paid on a television show. He got paid the amount as some of his Game of Thrones co-stars. Harington worked on twenty episodes for seasons five and six of Game of Thrones. He got paid $500,000 for each episode. That is $10 million in total. Haringtons total earnings from Game of Thrones are probably over $30 million, before taxes.
Acting Career
He wanted to be a journalist when he started out.. Then he got a part in the original production of “War Horse”. People really liked what he did in “War Horse”. After that he got to do theater work. He was in the play “Posh”. That was a big deal for him. The play “War Horse” really helped him get work, in theater.
Harington became really famous after he was in the movie “War Horse.” Then he got a role as Jon Snow in the super popular HBO show “Game of Thrones.” This show started in 2011. People loved it right away. The network liked it much that they decided to make a second season.
Harington started acting in movies in 2012. That is when he played the part of Vincent in the movie “Silent Hill: Revelation 3D”. This movie is based on the video game “Silent Hill 3”. Harington was named Actor of the Year at the Young Hollywood Awards that year.
Harington got his big lead role in a movie when he played Milo in “Pompeii”. They filmed “Pompeii” in Canada. The movie “Pompeii” did okay at the box office. The critics did not like it. They gave “Pompeii” reviews. Harington was in “Pompeii”. It was a big deal, for him. Harington did the voice of Eret in the movie “How to Train Your Dragon 2” back in 2014. This movie was really good. People liked it. It made a lot of money. Won a big award called the Golden Globe, for Best Animated Feature Film. The movie “How to Train Your Dragon 2” was also nominated for an Oscar.
In February 2017 Harington did a lot of work on “Gunpowder” for the BBC. He wrote it. Starred in it and was an executive producer. “Gunpowder” is a drama that tells the story of the Gunpowder Plot. This story is based on events. The Gunpowder Plot is something that Harington has a family connection to, on both his mother and fathers side.
