Person Details

Birthday: 1962-10-10 20:59:18

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.

Most Famous Work

Peaky Blinders
Average
9

Peaky Blinders

(2013) Inspector Moss
Sherlock
Average
9

Sherlock

(2010) Chief Superintendant
Heartbeat
Average
7

Heartbeat

(1992) Brian Gilbert
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Average
7

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

(2016) Captain Pterro
War Horse
Average
7

War Horse

(2011) Sgt. Martin
Giri/Haji
Average
7

Giri/Haji

(2019) Angling
Triple 9
Average
6

Triple 9

(2016) Major Crimes Detective
The North Water
Average
7

The North Water

(2021) Geoffrey Turner

Acting

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

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2018 Executive Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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