Welcome back our lovely Curiosips family!
Since we are having so much fun watching the
8th season of Game of Thrones and it seems
like you guys like watching our Peter Dinklage
video, let us tell you more about Kit Harington
who plays Jon Snow!
Shall we?
Christopher Catesby Harington was born on
25th of December 1986.
In 2008 he graduated Royal Central School
of Speech & Drama then he started pursuing
the acting career.
Not much long after, he landed the main role
of Albert at the National Theatre in the adaptation
of the play War Horse.
And this was just the beginning …
2011 was the moment of breakthrough in his
career because he started playing Jon Snow
in the HBO Game of Thrones series which gave
him international recognition and also two
award nominations: Primetime Emmy Award for
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
and a Critics Choice Television Awards for
Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.
He was also honored with Actor of the Year
at the Young Hollywood Awards 2013.
But we don’t believe this is the only important
thing the series gave him.
In 2012 on the set of GoT he met his future
wife, Rose Leslie.
They dated a total of 6 years, broke up many
times but always were going back to each other.
Despite their many ups and downs in their
relationship Kit proposed to Rose in 2017
and 2018 they finally got married.
That’s a nice set of events don’t you
think?
Did you know that Kit has a kind of royal
blood?!
Yup!
That is because of his family’s heritage.
The Harringtons are an ancient family.
The first person identified with their name
was Robert De Harington, the son of Osulphus
or Oswulf whose manor was Flemingby.
Through his , Lavender Cecilia Denny, Harington's
eighth-great-grandfather was Charles II of
England.
Also, through his father, Harington descends
from Scottish politician Henry Dundas, 1st
Viscount of Melville.
So he’s royal not only on TV but also in
his real life!
Kit is known also for his charity activities
… Since 2012 he attended several charity
events but mainly he supports all of the forces
that help disabled children acquire education
and get proper life after they finish their
education.
He is also supporting young aspiring actors
to make the most of what they want to do.
He often says: “You find with the really
great actors, the ones you really admire and
look up to, very often they're very giving,
generous, warm people.”
Not many of us in CurioSips knew that Kit
is a big fan of Harry Potter!
He says that he wants to get his hands on
Sorting Hat to hear about what class he will
attend to.
He says: “No one wants to be in Hufflepuff,
Ravenclaw is boring, Slytherin is full of
psychos as people know.”
In 2017, he became one of the highest paid
actors on television because for the first
season of Game of Thrones he was paid 340
000 £ per episode.
As his fame and recognition grew, his paychecks
grew as well.
Now for one episode of the 7th and 8th season,
he is receiving 500000 £.
But there’s always two sides of the coin.
Kit had sought therapy throughout the series.
He explained: “It’s like when you’re
at a party, and the party’s getting better
and better.
Then you reach this point of the party where
you’re like, it’s peaked.
I don’t know what I could find more from
this.
You realize, well, there isn’t more.
This is it.
And the ‘more’ that you can find is actually
in the work rather than the enjoyment surrounding
it.”
Now he’s getting better but will we see
him in other TV series or movies than Game
of Thrones?
What do you think will be Kit’s next role?
Let us know what you think in the comments.
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See you next time!
