Tony Pitts

Known for ActingBorn 1962-10-10 (age 63)Sheffield, Yorkshire, England

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Peaky Blinders

Sherlock

All Creatures Great & Small

Line of Duty

Accused

My Mad Fat Diary

The Royal

Conviction

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

The North Water

Giri/Haji

Unforgiven

Silent Witness

War Horse

Scott & Bailey

A Touch of Cloth

Hillsborough

Dirk Gently

Heartbeat

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983

Dead Man Weds

Remember Me

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980

The Lakes

Rainy Day Women

Journeyman

Wild Bill

Roadkill

The Bill

Looks and Smiles

Funny Cow

Away

The Colour Room

Triple 9

Hyena

When the Lights Went Out

Sweet Sue

Johnny Vegas: Who's Ready for Ice Cream?

Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story

The Fix

Let Her Go

Affection

Johnny Vegas: 18 Stone of Idiot - Unseen and Uncut

On the Palm