The first role of the British actor Keith Harrington in the television series "Game of Thrones" brought him worldwide fame, fame and millions of fans. He is one of the highest paid actors of our time.
Origin
Whale's full name is Christopher Catesby Harington, but the actor prefers Christopher to his abbreviated version of Whale. He was born in 1986 in the capital of Great Britain, London. For fifteen generations, the Harington family on the father's side has been inheriting the British noble title - the Baronet, they have their own elite pedigree and family coat of arms. In addition, Harington is a direct descendant of King Charles II, also from his father. His father was a successful businessman, and his mother was a playwright.
Career
Since school, Keith Harington has loved theater and cinema. He liked to participate in school performances, but he did not have a desire to become a professional actor for a very long time. He really wanted to become a war correspondent or journalist, so he hesitated quite a long time, choosing between professions. As a result, after much deliberation, he chose the stage, and entered the elite art school in London, where he received an acting education.
Immediately after leaving school, Harington began to try himself on the big stage. Already in 2008, he played at the Royal National Theater. His play immediately began to be highly appreciated by both the audience and the critics. Despite the success of his film career, Keith sometimes continues to participate in theatrical productions.
Two years after graduation, Keith Harington is involved in his first casting for the television series. His choice fell on the sample in the film adaptation of the cycle of novels "Song of Ice and Fire" by American science fiction writer George R. R. Martin. On television, this work was called "Game of Thrones." The novice actor got the desired role without any problems, and here in 2011 the screens out the breaking record of Keith Harington, where he plays the role of the dark-haired and serious John Snow.
One of the phrases addressed to this character has become a popular meme. “You don’t know anything, John Snow” - this is the statement that everyone liked and is now used to comicly ridicule people in a stupid situation.
In addition to the Game of Thrones, Keith Harington played in such films as Silent Hill 2, Pompeii, The Seventh Son, Seven Days in Hell, Underworld and others. Not all of them were successful, which is why the British are often called the actor of a single role.
