Kit Connor (born 8 March 2004) is an English actor who rose to prominence for his starring role as Nick Nelson in the Netflix teen series Heartstopper (2022–2024), a performance that earned him the inaugural Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Performance. Before his breakout, he appeared in films such as Rocketman (2019) and The Wild Robot (2024), and he has since expanded his repertoire to include a Broadway debut as Romeo opposite Rachel Zegler in a 2024 musical adaptation of Romeo & Juliet, for which he won a Theatre World Award. In 2025, he starred in the A24 war film Warfare, winning a British Independent Film Award, and he is set to reprise his role in the Heartstopper finale film Heartstopper Forever (2026), where he will also serve as an executive producer.