Kit Harington
A graduate of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, Harington made his professional acting debut in 2009 with the lead role of Albert Narracott in the West End play War Horse.[11][15] Harington moved back to London in 2005 at the age of 18 after completing Sixth Form and, later that year, enrolled at the Central School of Speech and Drama, where he graduated in 2008.[21] Jon Snow is introduced as the illegitimate son of Ned Stark, the honourable lord of Winterfell, an ancient fortress in the North of the fictional continent of Westeros.[49] In June 2015, it was confirmed that Harington would star in Martin Koolhoven's upcoming western thriller film Brimstone, replacing Robert Pattinson.[50] In 2016, Harington starred as Salen Kotch, the main villain in the first-person shooter video game Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare.[62] The role was later revealed to be Dane Whitman in Chloé Zhao's Eternals acting opposite Richard Madden, Gemma Chan, Kumail Nanjiani, Brian Tyree Henry, and Angelina Jolie.[65][66][67] That same year he was cast in the second season of the Amazon Prime Video anthology series Modern Love acting opposite Lucy Boynton in the satirical romantic comedy episode "Strangers on a (Dublin) Train".[71] In June 2022, A Song of Ice and Fire author George R. R. Martin revealed that a Jon Snow spin-off series was in early development, and that it was Harington who first brought the idea for the project.[72] Harington later revealed that the show was no longer in development, stating that the team "couldn't find the right story to tell" and that the project was "off the table for the foreseeable future.[75] Harington is producing a TV thriller, Empire of Dirt described as "a very British Western" about a maven who discovers his family is running a drugs racket.[77] That same year he was cast in a recurring role in the third season of the HBO/BBC One series Industry where he played Henry Muck, a CEO of a green tech energy company.[91] In 2015, Harington joined a cast including Benedict Cumberbatch, Nicole Kidman, James McAvoy and Christopher Eccleston in a charity production of The Children's Monologues, conceived by Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle.Proceeds went to Boyle's creative arts charity Dramatic Need, which helps vulnerable children in South Africa and Rwanda to build hope and self-belief in the face of conflict, trauma and hardship.[92][93][94] Since April 2016, Harington has been an ambassador for The Royal Mencap Society; a leading organisation in the United Kingdom helping people with learning difficulties that also provides support for their families and caregivers.[99] The video, titled "What They Took With Them", has the actors reading a poem, written by Jenifer Toksvig and inspired by primary accounts of refugees, and is part of UNHCR's #WithRefugees campaign, which also includes a petition to governments to expand asylum to provide further shelter, integrating job opportunities, and education."[101] In 2018, he joined Tom Hiddleston, Kristin Scott Thomas, Jeremy Irons and Indira Varma among others for a one-off charity gala celebrating the life and work of Harold Pinter, directed by Jamie Lloyd.
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