Tony Pitts
Acting
Born 1962-10-10
Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
44 credits
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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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Filmography
Acting
40 credits
Peaky Blinders
Sherlock
Silent Witness
All Creatures Great & Small
Line of Duty
Heartbeat
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
War Horse
Giri/Haji
The North Water
Accused
Scott & Bailey
The Lakes
Triple 9
My Mad Fat Diary
Wild Bill
A Touch of Cloth
Roadkill
Unforgiven
Dirk Gently
Remember Me
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980
Funny Cow
The Colour Room
Dead Man Weds
Hyena
When the Lights Went Out
Journeyman
Away
The Fix
Affection
Sweet Sue
Hillsborough
Rainy Day Women
Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story
On the Palm
Looks and Smiles
The Royal
Johnny Vegas: Who's Ready for Ice Cream?
Writing
4 credits
Funny Cow
Let Her Go
Johnny Vegas: 18 Stone of Idiot - Unseen and Uncut
Johnny Vegas: Who's Ready for Ice Cream?
Other credits
2 credits
Directing
1 credit
Producing
1 credit
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