Known For
Acting
Born
Oct 10, 1962
Place of Birth
Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
Credits
44 titles
Tony Pitts
Biography
Tony Pitts is an actor, screenwriter and playwright. Born in Sheffield, Pitts originally intended to become a physician but ended up working as a car mechanic in his early career. During his time at Stannington College, Sheffield Barry Hines paid a visit looking for extras for his upcoming drama Looks and Smiles. Pitts was cast and soon upgraded to a bigger role in the production. He decided to follow his ambition to become an actor in 1983, landing the role of Archie Brooks in the long running ITV soap Emmerdale. He remained in the show for a total of ten years, when the character was killed off in the infamous plane crash episode of 30th December 1993. Since then, Pitts has worked in TV, film, radio and theatre including War Horse, Lilyhammer and Peaky Blinders. In 2018, Pitts wrote, produced and starred in the film Funny Cow - the story of a female stand up comedian (played by his friend Maxine Peake) on the northern club circuit in the 1970s. In 2021, Pitts and actress Katherine Kelly set up the production company Make Me Films. They released their first short, Let Her Go, in 2022. It was written by Pitts and marked his directorial debut. He is also the host, alongside John Bishop, of the podcast Three Little Words.
Known For
Filmography
Sweet Sue
Ron
Let Her Go
Writer
The Colour Room
Jack Walker
The North Water
Geoffrey Turner
Roadkill
Mick 'The Mouth' Murray
All Creatures Great & Small
Richard Alderson
Affection
Dave
Giri/Haji
Angling
Wild Bill
Keith Metcalfe
Funny Cow
Bob
Journeyman
Richie
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Captain Pterro
Away
Col
Triple 9
Major Crimes Detective
Hyena
Keith
Remember Me
DCI Grogan
Peaky Blinders
Sergeant Moss
My Mad Fat Diary
Chloe's Dad
Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story
Tom Cole
A Touch of Cloth
Bullock
Line of Duty
DCS Les Hargreaves
Dirk Gently
Robbie Glover
When the Lights Went Out
Hilary Barnes
War Horse
Sgt. Martin
Scott & Bailey
Adrian Scott
Accused
Sergeant George Wade
Sherlock
Chief Superintendant
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980
John Nolan
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983
John Nolan
Unforgiven
Adam Boothroyd
Johnny Vegas: 18 Stone of Idiot - Unseen and Uncut
Writer
Dead Man Weds
Red
Conviction
Johnny Vegas: Who's Ready for Ice Cream?
Kai Rydell
The Royal
Alec Glazer
The Lakes
DS Mooney
The Fix
Peter Swan
Hillsborough
PC in Control Box
Silent Witness
D.S. Kevin Balshaw
Heartbeat
Carl Southall
On the Palm
Evil Mick
The Bill
Rainy Day Women
Roy Bates
Looks and Smiles
Alan Wright