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Revision as of 20:10, 8 June 2022

Kit Connor
Born
Kit Sebastian Connor

(2004-03-08) 8 March 2004 (age 20)
London, England
OccupationActor
Years active2013–present

Kit Sebastian Connor (born 8 March 2004) is an English actor. His films include Get Santa (2014), Rocketman (2019), and Little Joe (2019).[1][2] On television, he had a recurring role in the CBBC series Rocket's Island (2014–2015), a voice role in the BBC One and HBO series His Dark Materials, and, since 2022, has played Nick Nelson in the Netflix series Heartstopper.

Early life

Connor was born in the southern London town of Croydon on 8 March 2004.[3][4][5] He attended the Hayes Primary School in Kenley and then Whitgift School in South Croydon, where he is in the process of finishing his A-Levels in drama, English literature and history.[6][7][8][9]

Career

Connor made his onscreen debut at the age of eight with minor appearances in Chickens on Sky One, the television film An Adventure in Space and Time, and the soap opera Casualty. In 2014, he starred as Tom Anderson in the holiday comedy Get Santa and a recurring role as Archie Beckles in the CBBC series Rocket's Island.[1]

Connor recurred as young Petya Rostov and Bob Sheehan in the miniseries War & Peace and SS-GB respectively. He made his stage debut in Welcome Home, Captain Fox! at Donmar Warehouse.

Connor had roles in the 2018 films The Mercy, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Slaughterhouse Rulez, as well as the BBC One television film Grandpa's Great Escape.[10] He starred as Alexander in the Old Vic Theatre production of Fanny & Alexander.

In 2019, Connor portrayed a teenaged Elton John in the musical film Rocketman and played Joe Woodard in Little Joe.[2] That same year, he began voicing Pantalaimon in the BBC One and HBO fantasy series His Dark Materials.[11][12]

In April 2021, it was announced Connor would star opposite Joe Locke in the Netflix series Heartstopper, an adaptation of the webcomic and graphic novel of the same name by Alice Oseman.[13] He originally auditioned for the role of Charlie, but ended up cast as the other lead, Nick Nelson.[14]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2014 Get Santa Tom Anderson [1][15]
2015 Mr. Holmes Boy [16]
2017 The Mercy Simon Crowhurst [10][17]
2018 Ready Player One Reb kid [18]
2018 The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society Eli Ramsey [19]
2018 Slaughterhouse Rulez Wootton [20]
2019 Rocketman Young Reginald Dwight [2]
2019 Little Joe Joe Woodard [21]

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2013 Chickens Clem Episode: "Episode Six" [22]
2013 An Adventure in Space and Time Charlie Television film
2013 Casualty Barnaby Lee Series 28, episode: "Away in a Manger" [23]
2014–2015 Rocket's Island Archie Beckles Main role [24]
2015 The Frankenstein Chronicles Joey Episode: "A World Without God" [25]
2016 War & Peace Young Petya Rostov 3 episodes [26]
2016 Grantchester Charlie Jones Episode: "Episode 5" [27]
2017 SS-GB Bob Sheenan Miniseries; recurring role [28]
2018 Grandpa's Great Escape Jack Television film [29]
2019–present His Dark Materials Pantalaimon (voice) Recurring role [11][12]
2022-present Heartstopper Nick Nelson Main role [30][31]

Theatre

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2016 Welcome Home, Captain Fox! Small boy Donmar Warehouse, London [32]
2018 Fanny & Alexander Alexander Ekdahl The Old Vic, London [33]

Accolades

Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2022 National Television Awards Rising Star Heartstopper Longlisted [34]

References

  1. ^ a b c Felperin, Leslie (5 December 2014). "'Get Santa': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 3 June 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  2. ^ a b c Rooney, David (16 May 2019). "'Rocketman': Film Review Cannes 2019". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 3 November 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  3. ^ Strong, Louis (3 May 2022). Kit Connor (Podcast). Headstrong. Event occurs at 30:57. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  4. ^ Cleal, Sam (producer) (29 April 2022). Kit Connor and Joe Locke take the BFF Test. BuzzFeed UK (Online video). Event occurs at 00:24. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  5. ^ Schofield, Blanca (5 May 2022). "The young stars of Netflix's Heartstopper who have to stay in to revise". The Times. Archived from the original on 5 May 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Week Beginning 1st December 2014". The Hayes Primary School. 27 November 2014. Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Whitgift student appears in BBC drama". John Whitgift Foundation. 8 February 2016. Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  8. ^ Stars Of Hit Netflix Drama 'Heartstopper' Kit Connor & Joe Locke On Making Olivia Colman Cry (Television production). ITV. 28 April 2022. Event occurs at 1:45. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  9. ^ Strong, Louis (3 May 2022). Kit Connor (Podcast). Headstrong. Event occurs at 24:50. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  10. ^ a b Davis, Joanna (9 February 2018). "REVIEW: Committed performance from Colin Firth in yachtsman biopic part-filmed in Dorset". Dorset Echo. Archived from the original on 6 March 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  11. ^ a b "His Dark Materials". BBC Media Centre. 25 October 2019. Archived from the original on 24 October 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  12. ^ a b Pullman, Philip. "His Dark Materials". HBO. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  13. ^ Stroude, Will (22 April 2021). "Heartstopper: Kit Connor and Joe Locke to star in Netflix adaptation of gay graphic novel". Attitude. Archived from the original on 25 April 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  14. ^ Craig, David (14 April 2022). "Heartstopper's Kit Connor originally auditioned for Charlie – not Nick". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 14 April 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  15. ^ "Get Santa (2014)". British Film Institute. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  16. ^ "Mr. Holmes (2015)". British Film Institute. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  17. ^ "The Mercy (2018)". British Film Institute. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  18. ^ "Ready Player One (2018)". British Film Institute. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  19. ^ "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018)". British Film Institute. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  20. ^ "Slaughterhouse Rulez (2018)". British Film Institute. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  21. ^ "Little Joe (2019)". British Film Institute. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  22. ^ Palmer, Ben (director) (26 September 2013). Episode Six (Television Production). Big Talk Productions. Event occurs at 21:35. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  23. ^ Writer: Sasha Hails; Director: Robert Del Maestro (14 December 2013). "Away in a Manger". Casualty. BBC. BBC One. Archived from the original on 15 December 2013.
  24. ^ CBBC Rocket's Island - Archie talks to Grasshoppers (Television Production). CBBC. 16 June 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  25. ^ "A World Without God (2016)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 16 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  26. ^ "War & Peace: Episode 3". BBC. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  27. ^ "Grantchester 30/03/2016 (2016)". British Film Institute. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  28. ^ "Meet the cast of SS-GB". Radio Times. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  29. ^ Walliams, David. "Grandpa's Great Escape". BBC. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  30. ^ "Heartstopper". Netflix. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  31. ^ Thao, Phillipe (20 May 2022). "Heartstopper Season 2 Will Say "Hi" to More Queer Joy". Netflix. Archived from the original on 20 May 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  32. ^ "Welcome Home, Captain Fox!". Donmar Warehouse. Archived from the original on 15 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  33. ^ "Fanny & Alexander at The Old Vic" (PDF). The Old Vic. 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  34. ^ Morris, Lauren (24 May 2022). "NTA 2022 longlist revealed as David Tennant and Sex Education nominated". Radio Times. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
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