Kit Connor

Biography

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 CBBC 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 adaptation of Romeo & Juliet in 2024 and the film Warfare (2025). Description above from the Wikipedia article Kit Connor, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Ready Player One

as Reb Kid

The Wild Robot

as Brightbill (voice)

Rocketman

as Older Reggie

Mr. Holmes

as Boy

His Dark Materials

as Pantalaimon (voice)

Heartstopper

as Nick Nelson

The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society

as Eli Ramsey

Warfare

as Tommy

Slaughterhouse Rulez

as Wootton

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

as Self