Kit Harington - Famous Actor

Kit Harington Net Worth

$14,000,000

Kit Harington, the British actor, is famous for his exceptional acting skills, and till now his net worth is estimated at $14 million. He rose to fame due to his role as Jon Snow in the popular television series ‘Game of Thrones’, where he earned up to $1.1 million per episode.

Key facts:

  • Kit Harington is an English actor known for his intense screen presence and brooding good looks.
  • His breakthrough role came in 2011 when he was cast as Jon Snow in 'Game of Thrones' which became a cultural phenomenon and one of the most successful TV shows of all time, for which he won several awards including a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series.
  • For the final two seasons of 'Game of Thrones,' Kit earned $1.1 million per episode making his per-episode salary into the sixth highest amount any actor has ever earned on a TV show (tied with several of his GOT co-stars).
  • Kit took an interest in acting after watching a performance of 'Waiting for Godot' and then gained recognition for his work in the original production of 'War Horse.'
  • Most recently Kit portrayed Dane Whitman in 'Eternals' which was released in theaters in November 2021 and also appeared as Jon Kent/Superman in 'DC League of Super-Pets' which released in May 2022.

Basic Information About Kit Harington

Full NameKit Harington
CategoryCelebrities β€Ί Actors
ProfessionsActor
Net worth$14,000,000
Date of birth1986-12-26 (37 years old)
Place of birthWorcester
NationalityUnited Kingdom
EducationRoyal Central School of Speech and Drama
Curiosities and TrademarksCurly black hair
Sullen looks.
FatherSir David Richard Harington
MotherDeborah Jane
SiblingsBrother (John 'Jack' Harington)
SpouseRose Leslie - (23 JuneΒ 2018 - present)Β (1 child)
GenderMale
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
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What Movie Awards did Kit Harington win?


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Kit Harington awards

Award Name State Movie / Series Name Year
CinEuphoria - Best Actor - International CompetitionWinnerThe Death & Life of John F. Donovan2020
Saturn Award - Best Supporting Actor on TelevisionNomineeGame of Thrones2016
CinEuphoria - Merit - Honorary AwardWinnerGame of Thrones2020
Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - DramaNomineeGame of Thrones2020
IGN People's Choice Award - Best TV EnsembleWinnerGame of Thrones2019
People's Choice Award - Favorite Male TV StarNomineeGame of Thrones2019
Young Hollywood Award - Actor of the YearWinnerGame of Thrones2013

Kit Harington roles

Movie / Series Role
Seventh SonMr. Bradley
EternalsDane Whitman
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden WorldEret (voice)
How to Train Your Dragon 2Eret (voice)
BrimstoneSamuel
PompeiiMilo
Silent Hill: RevelationVincent
The Death & Life of John F. DonovanJohn F. Donovan
Spooks: The Greater GoodWill Holloway
Testament of YouthRoland Leighton
Made in HollywoodSelf 4 episodes, 2012-2014
Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host / ... 1 episode, 2019
Criminal: UKAlex 1 episode, 2020
The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf 1 episode, 2019
The Late Late Show with James CordenSelf / ... 2 episodes, 2015-2017
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf / ... 2 episodes, 2016-2019
Access HollywoodSelf 1 episode, 2017
The One ShowSelf 2 episodes, 2017-2018

Kit Harington's Movie/Shows Salary

Movie / Series Salary
Game of ThronesΒ (2011)$500,000 per episode (season 8)

Kit Harington's Quotes

  • 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.

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Interesting Facts about Kit Harington

  1. Landed the role of Albert Narracott in the play War Horse while still at drama school.
  2. Wanted to be a cameraman, a war correspondent and a journalist when he was young.
  3. His mother, Deborah Jane (Catesby), is a playwright and artist, and his father, David Richard Harington, is a retired businessman.
  4. He wore a wig for filming the Game of Thrones (2011) pilot but grew his hair out for the rest of the first season.
  5. Sees himself first and foremost as a theatre trained actor.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. Kit's recent ancestry is English, as well as Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish, and Dutch. His distant roots include German, French, and Spanish, and, going back to the 1400s and 1500s, he also has remote Italian, Polish, Lithuanian, Austrian, and Danish ancestry. Kit's father 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).
  9. 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.
  10. Son of Deborah Jane Catesby and David Richard Harington.
  11. Brother of John Catesby Harington.
  12. Attended the Central School of Speech and Drama.
  13. Descended from a viscount 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.
  14. He was honored with Actor of the Year at the Young Hollywood Awards 2013.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. Kit's maternal great-grandfather, Thomas Charles Cann Evans, who was born in England, was a Major in the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps. Thomas's wife, Kit's maternal great-grandmother Isabella Dorothy Joyce Dennys, was an artist known professionally as Joyce Dennys; she was born in Simla, India, to a European family.
  18. Once got into a fight at a McDonald's restaurant because a guy was hitting on the girl he was with.
  19. Is a huge David Lynch fan.
  20. Did not know his real name was Christopher until he was 11.

Additional information of Kit Harington

ZodiacCapricorn
Lucky Number8
Lucky StoneTopaz
Lucky ColorBrown
Best Match for MarriageScorpio, Virgo, Taurus
Eye ColorDark Brown
Hair ColorDark Brown
EthnicityEnglish, Scottish, Northern Irish, Welsh, and Dutch

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