Tony Pitts
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2023 · Sweet Sue as Ron
- 2021 · The Colour Room as Jack Walker
- 2021 · The North Water as Geoffrey Turner
- 2020 · Roadkill as Mick 'The Mouth' Murray
- 2020 · All Creatures Great & Small as Richard Alderson
- 2019 · Affection as Dave
- 2019 · Giri/Haji as Angling
- 2019 · Wild Bill as Keith Metcalfe
- 2018 · Funny Cow as Bob
- 2018 · Journeyman as Richie
- 2016 · Rogue One: A Star Wars Story as Captain Pterro
- 2016 · Away as Col
- 2016 · Triple 9 as Major Crimes Detective
- 2015 · Hyena as Keith
- 2014 · Remember Me as DCI Grogan
- 2013 · Peaky Blinders as Sergeant Moss
- 2013 · Peaky Blinders as Inspector Moss
- 2013 · My Mad Fat Diary as Chloe's Dad
- 2012 · Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story as Tom Cole
- 2012 · A Touch of Cloth as Bullock
- 2012 · When the Lights Went Out as Hilary Barnes
- 2011 · War Horse as Sgt. Martin
- 2011 · Scott & Bailey as Adrian Scott
- 2010 · Accused as Sergeant George Wade
- 2010 · Sherlock as Chief Superintendant
- 2009 · Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983 as John Nolan
- 2009 · Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 as John Nolan
- 2009 · Unforgiven as Adam Boothroyd
- 2005 · Dead Man Weds as Red
- 2004 · Conviction as
- 2003 · Johnny Vegas: Who's Ready for Ice Cream? as Kai Rydell
- 2003 · The Royal as Alec Glazer
- 1997 · The Lakes as DS Mooney
- 1997 · The Fix as Peter Swan
- 1996 · Hillsborough as PC in Control Box
- 1992 · Heartbeat as Carl Southall
- 1992 · Heartbeat as Brian Gilbert
- 1987 · On the Palm as Evil Mick
- 1984 · The Bill as
- 1984 · Rainy Day Women as Roy Bates
- 1981 · Looks and Smiles as Alan Wright