Tony Pitts

Born: 1962-10-10

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.


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as Captain Pterro
Released: 2016-12-14

A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring...

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Triple 9

as Major Crimes Detective
Released: 2016-02-19

A gang of criminals and corrupt cops plan the murder of a police officer in order to pull off...

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War Horse

as Sgt. Martin
Released: 2011-12-25

On the brink of the First World War, Albert's beloved horse Joey is sold to the Cavalry by his...

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Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980

as John Nolan
Released: 2009-02-28

After 6 years of brutal murders, the West Yorkshire Police fear that they may have already...

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When the Lights Went Out

as Hilary Barnes
Released: 2012-01-31

Yorkshire, 1974, the Maynard family moves into their dream house. It's a dream that quickly...

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Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983

as John Nolan
Released: 2009-02-28

Detective Chief Superintendent Maurice Jobson is forced to remember the very similar...

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Hyena

as Keith
Released: 2015-03-06

Good policing doesn't necessarily mean doing everything by the book. But as the business of...

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Sweet Sue

as Ron
Released: 2023-12-22

Sue is back on the dating scene. She meets a mysterious biker called Ron at her brother's...

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The Colour Room

as Jack Walker
Released: 2021-11-12

A pioneering ceramic artist Clarice Cliff roares to prominence in the 1920s while working in...

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Funny Cow

as Bob
Released: 2018-04-20

A comedian uses her troubled past as material for her stand-up routine, trying to rise up...

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Journeyman

as Richie
Released: 2018-03-30

A boxer suffers a serious head injury during a fight, and must deal with the consequences.

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Hillsborough

as PC in Control Box
Released: 1996-09-11

Drama based on the real life events of April 1989, when ninety-six Liverpool supporters were...

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The Fix

as Peter Swan
Released: 1997-01-04

The story of the British betting scandal of 1964, uncovered by journalist Mike Gabbert which saw...

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Away

as Col
Released: 2016-06-22

A story set in the north English seaside town of Blackpool and centered on two kindred spirits...

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Rainy Day Women

as Roy Bates
Released: 1984-04-10

In 1940, during World War II, an officer is sent to investigate rumours of German spies in a...

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Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story

as Tom Cole
Released: 2012-10-02

Schoolboy Maurice Cole, growing up in 1960s Liverpool, is picked on for being effeminate but is...

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Looks and Smiles

as Alan Wright
Released: 1981-09-09

Thatcherism and the Irish troubles provide the backdrop for this study of Mick, a well-meaning...

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On the Palm

as Evil Mick
Released: 1987-04-05

Fledge needs a job. He'll take anything. And when Dawlish gives him strange errands to run, for...

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Johnny Vegas: Who's Ready for Ice Cream?

as Kai Rydell
Released: 2003-11-17

Johnny Vegas has crawled his way to the top of the showbiz ladder. Fame, wealth and awards are...

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Sherlock

as Chief Superintendant
First aired: 2010-07-25

A modern update finds the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crime in 21st century London.

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Peaky Blinders

as Sergeant Moss
First aired: 2013-09-12

A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England and centered on a gang who sew razor...

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Peaky Blinders

as Inspector Moss
First aired: 2013-09-12

A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England and centered on a gang who sew razor...

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Giri/Haji

as Angling
First aired: 2019-10-17

Soulful thriller set in Tokyo and London, exploring the butterfly effect of a single murder...

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All Creatures Great & Small

as Richard Alderson
First aired: 2020-09-01

The heartwarming and humorous adventures of a young country vet in the Yorkshire Dales in the...

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Heartbeat

as Carl Southall
First aired: 1992-04-10

Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly...

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Heartbeat

as Brian Gilbert
First aired: 1992-04-10

Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly...

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A Touch of Cloth

as Bullock
First aired: 2012-08-26

Hannah plays DI Jack Cloth, who is called in to investigate an apparent series of serial...

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The North Water

as Geoffrey Turner
First aired: 2021-07-14

Henry Drax is a harpooner and brutish killer whose amorality has been shaped to fit the...

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My Mad Fat Diary

as Chloe's Dad
First aired: 2013-01-14

Set in 1996 in Lincolnshire, the show tells the tragic and humorous story of a very troubled...

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The Lakes

as DS Mooney
First aired: 1997-09-14

Compelling BBC1 drama series embracing sex, death and Catholic guilt, set in a small community...

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Scott & Bailey

as Adrian Scott
First aired: 2011-05-29

D.C. Rachel Bailey and D.C. Janet Scott have a robust and engaging friendship which enables them...

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Roadkill

as Mick 'The Mouth' Murray
First aired: 2020-10-18

Politician Peter Laurence's private life is falling apart. Shamelessly untroubled by guilt or...

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Wild Bill

as Keith Metcalfe
First aired: 2019-06-12

U.S. police chief Bill Hixon lands in the British town of Boston, Lincolnshire, with his...

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The Bill

as uncredited
First aired: 1984-10-16

The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the...

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Unforgiven

as Adam Boothroyd
First aired: 2009-01-12

Upon release from jail, a woman who was found guilty of murdering two police officers when she...

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Remember Me

as DCI Grogan
First aired: 2014-11-23

Tom Parfitt fakes an injury in order to escape from his monotonous lifestyle and head to a care...

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Conviction

as uncredited
First aired: 2004-11-07

The murder of a 12-year-old girl leaves her local community shell-shocked and intent on revenge....

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The Royal

as Alec Glazer
First aired: 2003-01-19

Follows the staff and patients of a Yorkshire cottage hospital in the 60s, embroiled in tangled...

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