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Connor at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival
Born
Kit Sebastian Connor

(2004-03-08) 8 March 2004 (age 20)
Croydon, London, England
Occupation Actor
Years active 2013–present

Kit Sebastian Connor (born 8 March 2004) is an English actor. He gained recognition for starring as secondary school student Nick Nelson in the Netflix teen series Heartstopper (2022–present). He won the inaugural Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Performance for the role.

Connor previously appeared in the films Get Santa (2014), Rocketman (2019), and Little Joe (2019), had a recurring role in the series Rocket's Island (2014–2015), and voice roles in the series His Dark Materials (2019–2022) and the film The Wild Robot (2024). He has since starred in a Broadway musical adaptation of Romeo & Juliet in 2024.

Early life

Kit Sebastian Connor was born in the South London Borough of Croydon on 8 March 2004. His parents, Richard and Caroline, are in advertising. He has two older siblings. He is from Purley and attended the Hayes Primary School in Kenley, as well as Whitgift School in South Croydon, where he completed his A Levels in drama, English literature, and history.

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 as a recurring character Archie Beckles in the CBBC series Rocket's Island.

Connor had a recurring role playing young Petya Rostov in the miniseries War & Peace and as Bob Sheehan in the miniseries SS-GB. He made his stage debut in Welcome Home, Captain Fox! at Donmar Warehouse. He had roles in the 2018 films The Mercy, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Slaughterhouse Rulez, and the BBC One television film Grandpa's Great Escape. 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 the drama Little Joe. In the same year, he began voicing the part of Pantalaimon in the BBC One and HBO fantasy series His Dark Materials. In April 2021, it was announced that 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. He originally auditioned for the role of Charlie but ended up cast as the other lead, Nick Nelson.

In 2024 Connor was part of the voice cast of DreamWorks Animation's The Wild Robot, an adaptation of Peter Brown's novel of the same name. He made his Broadway debut playing Romeo opposite Rachel Zegler's Juliet in a musical adaptation of William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet directed by Sam Gold with music by Jack Antonoff.

Connor was named a 2023 Screen International Star of Tomorrow. In 2024 Connor was named to Forbes' 30 under 30 Europe list in the Entertainment category. He was also highlighted in Variety's Young Hollywood Impact Report.

Connor will next star in an upcoming film adaptation of the novel A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow by Laura Taylor Namey. He will lead the cast of the upcoming mystery-horror film One of Us, and was cast in Warfare, an A24 war movie written and directed by Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza.

Personal life

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Connor at Capital Pride Parade in 2023

In October 2022 Connor came out as bisexual in a Twitter post. ..... In his coming-out tweet, Connor said fans were "forcing an 18 year old to out himself" and "missed the point" of the Heartstopper television series. Many fans expressed support for Connor and criticised how people were treating him, as did Heartstopper creator Alice Oseman, co-stars Joe Locke, Sebastian Croft, Kizzy Edgell, and Olivia Colman, journalist Mark Harris, and Labour Party MP Nadia Whittome.

Filmography

Key
Denotes works that have not yet been released Denotes works that have not yet been released

Film

Year Title Role
2014 Get Santa Tom Anderson
2015 Mr. Holmes Boy
2017 The Mercy Simon Crowhurst
2018 The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society Eli Ramsey
Ready Player One Reb kid
Slaughterhouse Rulez Wootton
2019 Little Joe Joe Woodard
Rocketman Young Reginald Dwight
2024 The Wild Robot Brightbill (voice)
TBA Warfare Has not yet been released
A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow Has not yet been released Orion Maxwell
One Of Us Has not yet been released Youngest

Television

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

Theatre

Year Title Role Venue Notes
2016 Welcome Home, Captain Fox! Small Boy Donmar Warehouse
2018 Fanny & Alexander Alexander Ekdahl The Old Vic
2024–2025 Romeo + Juliet Romeo Circle in the Square Theatre Broadway

Video games

Year Title Role Developer
2022 A Plague Tale: Requiem Lucas (English voice) Asobo Studio

Accolades

Award Year Category Nominee / work Result
Children's and Family Emmy Awards 2022 Outstanding Lead Performance Heartstopper Won
Dorian Awards 2022 Best TV Performance Heartstopper Nominated
National Television Awards 2022 Rising Star Heartstopper Nominated
Queerty Awards 2023 Closet Door Bustdown Himself Nominated
2024 TV Performance Heartstopper Won
Royal Television Society Programme Awards 2023 Leading Actor: Male Heartstopper Won
TV Choice Awards 2024 Best Actor Heartstopper Nominated

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Kit Connor para niños

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