Kit Harington may be most known for his role as Jon Snow on Game of Thrones," but he's had many other roles from the stage to the big screen. We take a look at his rise to fame.

Kit Harington. Actor: Game of Thrones. Kit Harington was born Christopher Catesby Harington in Acton, London, to Deborah Jane (Catesby), a former playwright, and David Richard Harington, a businessman.

Kit Harington. Actor: Game of Thrones. Kit Harington was born Christopher Catesby Harington in Acton, London, to Deborah Jane (Catesby), a former playwright, and David Richard Harington, a businessman.

Kit Harington is dipping back into the world of Game of Thrones for the newly launched Legends game. The Emmy-nominated actor plays off his Jon Snow past in a new ad (below) that’s full of references to his iconic character.

HBO’s fantasy series Game of Thrones was a global phenomenon until it was let down by an anti-climactic ending. The show was known for its surprises and shocks when it came to fan-favorite characters and none was more under threat constantly than Kit Harington ’s Jon Snow.

Now Sophie Turner and Kit Harington are reuniting for a film project which shares this special connection with Got. The actual figures and war that inspired the events of Westeros Lena Headey in Game of Thrones | Credits: HBO George R. R. Martin‘s A Song of Ice and Fire became a worldwide sensation when it was adapted into...

Tyrion Lannister : Let me give you some advice, bastard. Never forget what you are, the rest of the world will not. Wear it like armor and it can never be used to hurt you. Jon Snow : What the hell do you know about being a bastard? Tyrion Lannister : All …

“ Game of Thrones ” veterans Sophie Turner and Kit Harington have been set to lead the cast of a gothic horror movie titled The Dreadful, Deadline reports this afternoon. Natasha Kermani (Imitation Girl, Lucky, V/H/S/85) will be directing the film.

Game of Thrones: Created by David Benioff, D.B. Weiss. With Peter Dinklage, Lena Headey, Kit Harington, Emilia Clarke. Nine noble families fight for control over the lands of Westeros, while an ancient enemy returns after being dormant for millennia.

Kit Harington spent nearly a decade playing one of the most serious characters on television, the brooding Jon Snow from Game of Thrones. Having embodied such a character for a significant part of his career, Harington’s image too has come to be associated with that of his character.