Christopher Chittell

Known for ActingBorn 1948-05-19 (age 78)Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK

Chris Chittell is an English actor, best known for his role as Eric Pollard in ITV's Emmerdale, a part that he has played since 1986. He is now the longest serving character having played Pollard for 40 years and, in 2016, Chittell married Emmerdale co-star Lesley Dunlop. He had previously been married to Caroline Hunt, with whom he has two children with. From 1968 to 1973 he had a lead role in the TV series The Freewheelers. His films include To Sir, With Love, The Charge of the Light Brigade, Zulu Dawn, Golden Rendezvous, A Game For Vultures, The Last Valley, The Beast in the Cellar, The Raging Moon and The Weekend Murders. He also has uncredited roles in If... and The Wild Geese, and appeared in a number of Swedish sex films in the 1970s under the name Charles Canyon. These include Swedish Sex Games (aka The Intruders and Let Us Play Sex) in 1975 (which also featured a young Stellan Skarsgård), and Sex in Sweden and Practice Makes Perfect (aka Girl on Her Knees) in 1977.Read more

Movies & web series

Emmerdale: Revenge

The Best Pair of Legs in the Business

The Big Quiz

The Avengers

To Sir, with Love

Man About the House

Theatre 625

Tucker's Luck

The Venturers

ITV Playhouse

The Tomorrow People

The Wild Geese

The Raging Moon

Molly

The Last Valley

Doomwatch

Zulu Dawn

The Charge of the Light Brigade

They Call Him Cemetery

The Weekend Murders

Golden Rendezvous

Practice Makes Perfect

Coronation Street

Game for Vultures

The Beast in the Cellar

The Breaking of Bumbo

Emmerdale

Erotic Inferno

The Intruders

Corriedale: Backstage Pass

Emmerdale: 50 Unforgettable Years

A Night Out