Kit Connor

Kit Sebastian Connor (born 8 March 2004) is an English actor. He gained recognition for his starring role as secondary school student Nick Nelson in the Netflix teen series Heartstopper (2022–present), for which he won the inaugural Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Performance. He 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 a voice role in the series His Dark Materials (2019–2022). Early life and education Kit Sebastian Connor was born in the South London Borough of Croydon on 8 March 2004. A local of Purley, he attended the Hayes Primary School in Kenley and then 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.