English actor Kit Harington entered the theater scene in 2008 and eventually became part of productions of the Royal National Theatre's London's War Horse, in which he starred as Albert Narracott.
A graduate of the Central School of Speech and Drama, he then made his TV debut in 2011 as part of the cast of the HBO award-winning series Game of Thrones as the character Jon Snow. Subsequently, he landed a part in the horror film Silent Hill: Revelation 3D with his Game of Thrones co-star Sean Bean.