- Born
- Birth nameChristopher Catesby Harington
- Height1.73 m
- 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.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous
- SpouseRose Leslie(June 23, 2018 - present) (2 children)
- ParentsDeborah Jane HaringtonDavid Richard Harington
- RelativesJohn Catesby Harington(Sibling)Portia Leslie(Sibling)Olivia Wilde(Cousin)Rose Leslie(Cousin)
- Curly black hair
- Sullen looks.
- 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.
- I wear quite fitted clothing. I don't like wearing baggy stuff.
- I try not to read the social networks too much. I find that way madness lies.
- I love going out. I love partying.
- I just don't know anything about fashion.
- The best people to have power are the ones who don't want it.
- Game of Thrones (2011) - £340,000 per episode
- Game of Thrones (2011) - $500,000 per episode (season 7)
- Game of Thrones (2011) - $500,000 per episode (season 8)
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