Tony Pitts
Age: N/A | From: Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
Person Details
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Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
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Movie Involvements: 20
TV Involvements: 14
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Peaky Blinders
(2013) Inspector Moss
Sherlock
(2010) Chief Superintendant
Heartbeat
(1992) Brian Gilbert
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
(2016) Captain Pterro
War Horse
(2011) Sgt. Martin
Giri/Haji
(2019) Angling
Triple 9
(2016) Major Crimes Detective
The North Water
(2021) Geoffrey TurnerActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Jack Walker | |
| Geoffrey Turner | ||
| 2020 | Mick 'The Mouth' Murray | |
| Richard Alderson | ||
| 2019 | Dave | |
| Angling | ||
| Keith Metcalfe | ||
| 2018 | Bob | |
| Richie | ||
| 2016 | Captain Pterro | |
| Col | ||
| Major Crimes Detective | ||
| 2015 | Keith | |
| 2014 | DCI Grogan | |
| 2013 | Sergeant Moss | |
| Inspector Moss | ||
| N/A | ||
| 2012 | Bullock | |
| Hilary Barnes | ||
| 2011 | Sgt. Martin | |
| Adrian Scott | ||
| 2010 | Chief Superintendant | |
| 2009 | John Nolan | |
| John Nolan | ||
| Adam Boothroyd | ||
| 2005 | Red | |
| 2004 | N/A | |
| 2003 | Kai Rydell | |
| Alec Glazer | ||
| 1997 | DS Mooney | |
| Peter Swan | ||
| 1996 | PC in Control Box | |
| 1992 | Carl Southall | |
| Brian Gilbert | ||
| 1987 | Evil Mick | |
| 1984 | N/A | |
| Roy Bates | ||
| 1981 | Alan Wright | |
| Ron | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Writer | |
| 2018 | Writer | |
| 2003 | Writer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Executive Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |