Jon Snow is played by English actor Sir Ben Kingsley.
Sir Ben Kingsley ( born Krishna Pandit Bhanji ; 31 December 1943 ) is an English actor with a career spanning over 40 years . Jon Snow is a fictional character in the A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin , and its television adaptation Game of Thrones . Jon is portrayed by Kit Harington on the HBO series Game of Thrones .