Kit Harington (b. 1986) is an English actor most well known for playing Jon Snow on the HBO TV series Game of Thrones. His other credits include How to Train Your Dragon 2 (with Craig Ferguson), Pompeii, and Silent Hill: Revelation (with his Game of Thrones co-star Sean Bean). On August 21, 2017, Harington accepted Elmo's #ShareTheLaughter challenge in a video on Sesame Street’s YouTube channel. “What do birds give out for Halloween? Tweets.”