Kit Connor facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Kit Connor
Connor at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival
Born	Kit Sebastian Connor (2004-03-08) 8 March 2004 (age 21) Croydon, London, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2013–present

Kit Sebastian Connor (born on March 8, 2004) is an English actor. He became well-known for playing Nick Nelson in the Netflix TV show Heartstopper. This show is about teenagers and started in 2022. For his role in Heartstopper, he won the first-ever Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Performance.

Before Heartstopper, Kit Connor acted in movies like Get Santa (2014), Rocketman (2019), and Little Joe (2019). He also had a regular role in the CBBC series Rocket's Island from 2014 to 2015. He lent his voice to characters in the series His Dark Materials (2019–2022) and the movie The Wild Robot (2024). In 2024, he also starred in a Broadway musical version of Romeo & Juliet.

Early Life of Kit Connor

Kit Sebastian Connor was born in Croydon, South London, England, on March 8, 2004. His parents, Richard and Caroline, work in advertising. He has two older brothers or sisters. Kit grew up in Purley. He went to Hayes Primary School in Kenley and later to Whitgift School in South Croydon. There, he studied drama, English literature, and history for his A Levels.

Kit Connor's Acting Career

Kit Connor started acting on screen when he was eight years old. He had small parts in the TV show Chickens, the TV movie An Adventure in Space and Time, and the soap opera Casualty.

In 2014, he played Tom Anderson in the holiday movie Get Santa. He also had a recurring role as Archie Beckles in the CBBC series Rocket's Island. Kit played young Petya Rostov in the miniseries War & Peace. He also appeared as Bob Sheehan in the miniseries SS-GB.

Kit made his first stage appearance in a play called Welcome Home, Captain Fox! in London. He also acted in several movies in 2018, including The Mercy, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, and Slaughterhouse Rulez. He was also in the BBC One TV movie Grandpa's Great Escape. He played Alexander in the play Fanny & Alexander at the Old Vic Theatre.

In 2019, Kit Connor played a teenage Elton John in the musical movie Rocketman. He also played Joe Woodard in the drama Little Joe. That same year, he began voicing Pantalaimon in the fantasy series His Dark Materials, which was on BBC One and HBO.

In April 2021, it was announced that Kit would star alongside Joe Locke in the Netflix series Heartstopper. This show is based on the popular webcomic and graphic novel by Alice Oseman. Kit first tried out for the role of Charlie, but he ended up being cast as the other main character, Nick Nelson.

In 2024, Kit Connor was a voice actor in DreamWorks Animation's The Wild Robot. This movie is based on Peter Brown's novel. He also made his Broadway debut playing Romeo in a musical version of William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet. In this play, he starred opposite Rachel Zegler as Juliet.

Kit Connor was recognized as a 2023 Screen International Star of Tomorrow. In 2024, he was named to Forbes' 30 under 30 Europe list for Entertainment. He was also featured in Variety's Young Hollywood Impact Report and on The Hollywood Reporter's 2024 Next Gen Talent list.

Kit Connor will next appear in a movie based on the book A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow. He will also be the main actor in the upcoming mystery-horror movie One of Us. He was also cast in Warfare, a war movie from A24.

Filmography

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)
2025	Warfare	TBA
TBA	A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow	Orion Maxwell
	One Of Us	Youngest

Television

Theatre

Video games

Awards and Nominations

Images for kids

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  Kit Connor at Capital Pride Parade in 2023

See also

In Spanish: Kit Connor para niños