Kit Connor
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 (2022–2024) and will reprise the role in its continuation film. He won the inaugural Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Performance for the role, and received another nomination for the third season.
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| Connor at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival |
| Kit Sebastian Connor (2004-03-08) 8 March 2004Croydon, London, England |
| Actor |
| 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 (2022–2024) and will reprise the role in its continuation film. He won the inaugural Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Performance for the role, and received another nomination for the third season.
Connor 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), a performance for which he garnered an Annie Award nomination. He subsequently starred as Romeo in a Broadway adaptation of Romeo & Juliet in 2024, a performance for which he won a Theatre World Award and nominations for a Drama League Award and an Outer Critics Circle Award, and in the film Warfare (2025), a performance for which he won a British Independent Film Award.
Kit Sebastian Connor was born in the London Borough of Croydon on 8 March 2004. His parents, Richard and Caroline, are in advertising. He has an older sister and an older brother. 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.
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.
In 2025, Connor appeared in Warfare, an A24 war film written and directed by Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza. In April 2025 it was announced that Connor will star in a Heartstopper feature-length film that will serve as the series conclusion. He will also serve as an executive producer of the film. In May 2025 it was announced that Connor will star alongside Will Poulter and Manu Rios in the medieval zombie horror film Rapture. In October 2025 it was announced that Connor will star alongside Fred Hechinger and D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai in Andrew Haigh's A Long Winter. Connor will also next star in an upcoming film adaptation of the novel A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow by Laura Taylor Namey.
In March 2026, Connor lead the cast of the mystery-horror film One of Us which had its world premiere at the Manchester Film Festival. In April 2026 is was announced that Connor would voice the lead character in the new Netflix animated movie Charlie vs. the Chocolate Factory alongside Taika Waititi as Wonka.
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 and on The Hollywood Reporter's 2024 Next Gen Talent list.
Connor at Capital Pride Parade in 2023
In October 2022, Connor came out as bisexual in a Twitter post. Connor has objected to speculation about his sexuality in the past and had quit Twitter the previous month due to harassment and claims of queerbaiting after he was photographed holding hands with actress Maia Reficco. 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.
Connor has been named in the top 20 of the UK Pride Power Lists for 2023, 2024 and 2025.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Get Santa | Tom Anderson | |||
| Mr. Holmes | Boy | |||
| The Mercy | Simon Crowhurst | |||
| The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society | Eli Ramsey | |||
| Ready Player One | Reb kid | |||
| Slaughterhouse Rulez | Wootton | |||
| Little Joe | Joe Woodard | |||
| Rocketman | Young Elton John | |||
| The Wild Robot | Brightbill | Voice role | ||
| Warfare | Tommy | |||
| One Of Us | Youngest | |||
| Heartstopper Forever † | Nick Nelson | |||
| Charlie vs. the Chocolate Factory † | Charlie Paley | Voice role | ||
| Elden Ring † | ||||
| A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow † | Orion Maxwell | |||
| Rapture † | ||||
| A Long Winter † |
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
|---|---|
| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Adventure in Space and Time | Charlie | Television film; uncredited | ||
| Casualty | Barnaby Lee | Episode: "Away in a Manger" | ||
| Chickens | Clem | Episode: "Episode Six" | ||
| Rocket's Island | Archie Beckles | Recurring role (season 2), Main role (season 3); 18 episodes | ||
| The Frankenstein Chronicles | Joey | Episode: "A World Without God" | ||
| Grantchester | Charlie Jones | Episode: "Episode 5" | ||
| War & Peace | Young Petya Rostov | Recurring role; 3 episodes | ||
| SS-GB | Bob Sheenan | Miniseries; 3 episodes | ||
| Grandpa's Great Escape | Jack | Television film | ||
| His Dark Materials | Pantalaimon | Voice role; 22 episodes | ||
| Heartstopper | Nick Nelson | Lead role; 24 episodes |
| Year | Title | Role | Venue | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Welcome Home, Captain Fox! | Small Boy | Donmar Warehouse, London | ||
| Fanny & Alexander | Alexander Ekdahl | The Old Vic, London | ||
| Romeo + Juliet | Romeo Montague | Circle in the Square Theatre, Broadway |
| Year | Title | Role | Developer | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackwood Crossing | Finn (English voice) | PaperSeven | ||
| Dreams | Foxy (English voice) | Media Molecule | ||
| A Plague Tale: Requiem | Lucas (English voice) | Asobo Studio | ||
| Xenoblade Chronicles 3 | Additional voices | Monolith Soft |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Oliver Twist | Noah Claypole | Audiobook |
| Award | Year | Category | Nominee / work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in a Feature Production | The Wild Robot | Nominated | ||
| 2025 | Best Ensemble Performance | Warfare | Won | ||
| 2025 | Favorite Leading Actor in a Play | Romeo + Juliet | Won | ||
| Favorite Onstage Pair | Nominated | ||||
| Favorite Breakthrough Performance (Male) | Won | ||||
| Performance of the Year (Play) | Won | ||||
| 2022 | Outstanding Lead Performance | Heartstopper | Won | ||
| 2025 | Nominated | ||||
| 2022 | Best TV Performance | Heartstopper | Nominated | ||
| 2025 | Outstanding Lead Performance in a Broadway Play | Romeo + Juliet | Nominated | ||
| 2025 | Distinguished Performance | Romeo + Juliet | Nominated | ||
| 2025 | Favorite Broadway Debut | Romeo + Juliet | Nominated | ||
| 2024 | Best Youth Performance – Male (under 21) | The Wild Robot | Nominated | ||
| 2025 | Celebrity of the Year Award | Kit Connor and Joe Locke | Nominated | ||
| 2022 | Rising Star | Heartstopper | Nominated | ||
| 2025 | Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway Play | Romeo + Juliet | Nominated | ||
| 2023 | Closet Door Bustdown | Himself | Nominated | ||
| 2024 | TV Performance | Heartstopper | Won | ||
| 2023 | Leading Actor: Male | Heartstopper | Won | ||
| 2025 | Outstanding Debut Performance in a Broadway or Off-Broadway Production | Romeo + Juliet | Won | ||
| 2024 | Best Actor | Heartstopper | Nominated | ||
| 2025 | Best Ensemble Cast | Warfare | Nominated |
- List of British actors
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- Kit Connor at IMDb