Jon Snow was the main character of Game of Thrones for a long time, but do you know how much money actor Kit Harrington made from Game of Thrones? The series obviously was the most successful show on HBO, and it equally awarded its lead actors as well. During the filming of the series, constant reports stated that Kit, along with other mates such as Lena and Emilia, were among the highest-paid television actors ever.
The thing is, Game of Thrones really did skyrocket the career of all these actors. Despite the fact that they already made so much money while being on Game of Thrones, they are earning more even now. Kit is among the highest-paid actors of the bunch and is now also a part of a film project which will be released soon.
His character Jon Snow has always been appreciated by critics. The fact he had nothing, absolutely nothing but one goal, to join the Night’s Watch just like his uncle Benjamin Stark did and live the rest of his days among men who will not judge him for being a bastard of the great and noble Lord Stark, the Warden of the North and greatest ally to The Crown and King Robert Baratheon.
Well, he was loved by Arya Stark the most and had his own direwolf named Ghost. Just like the Targaryens have Dragons, the Starks have Direwolfs.
Now that we know enough about his character on the show let us understand how much he was paid for the same. There is no information about the time when the initial four seasons were airing. Yes, there is no intel on the media platforms regarding how much the actors were making from Game of Thrones let alone Kit Harrington.
Kit Harrington’s salary For Each Episode of GOT
Although, we can estimate that the actor was not making as much as he was doing during the later seasons. The reason for this was obvious. Kit was not known among the fans and was relatively new to the industry at that point in time. Thus, HBO did not spend a lot of budget on the same. Although, everything regarding his financial statement from the show changed back in 2014.
By Seasons 5 and 6, Kit knew that he was an important key to hold the entire series together, and Hbo Would obviously not replace him at all. Thus, he negotiates a salary of 300,000 dollars per episode.
Other actors who were also paid the same were Emilia Clarke as well as Peter Dinklage, Lena Headey, and Nikolaj Coaster Waldau. In terms of determining his earnings from both this season, we can calculate it to be 5.1 million dollars. He was present in a total of 17 episodes for both seasons, giving him 300,000 dollars for each.
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Keeping this in mind, let us go over to seasons 7 and 8. Kit, along with the same highly paid main actors on the show, bargained his salary once again, and this time, it was 500,000 dollars for each episode he appeared in. Thus, in the last two seasons, we saw him in every single episode of both installments. This means he took a whopping amount of 6.5 million dollars from just these seasons alone.
How Much Did Kit Harrington Make from Game of Thrones?
Our estimate is around 11.6 million dollars from season 5 to season 8. He might have at least made 2 million from the initial 4 seasons although it is not confirmed at all. He is one of the richest actors in the industry right now and it is not solely because of the GOT money but it surely skyrocketed his career through the roof. He has since been a part of projects such as How to Train Your Dragon 2 as well as Eternals.
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