Tony Pitts
Acting
Born: October 10, 1962 (age 63) · Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
Highest Rated
Biography
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
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016
Peaky Blinders
2013
Sherlock
2010
War Horse
2011
Triple 9
2016
Line of Duty
2012
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980
2009
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983
2009
The North Water
2021
Giri/Haji
2019
All Creatures Great & Small
2020
My Mad Fat Diary
2013
Photos (1)
Movies (19)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Captain Pterro
War Horse
Sgt. Martin
Triple 9
Major Crimes Detective
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983
John Nolan
Funny Cow
Bob
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980
John Nolan
The Colour Room
Jack Walker
Journeyman
Richie
When the Lights Went Out
Hilary Barnes
Hyena
Keith
Away
Col
On the Palm
Evil Mick
Hillsborough
PC in Control Box
The Fix
Peter Swan
Rainy Day Women
Roy Bates
Sweet Sue
Ron
Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story
Tom Cole
Looks and Smiles
Alan Wright
Johnny Vegas: Who's Ready for Ice Cream?
Kai Rydell
TV Shows (24)
Peaky Blinders
Sergeant Moss · 10 eps
Peaky Blinders
Inspector Moss · 3 eps
Silent Witness
D.S. Kevin Balshaw · 2 eps
Sherlock
Chief Superintendant · 1 eps
Line of Duty
DCS Les Hargreaves · 8 eps
All Creatures Great & Small
Richard Alderson · 24 eps
Heartbeat
Carl Southall · 1 eps
Heartbeat
Brian Gilbert · 1 eps
The Bill
1 eps
The North Water
Geoffrey Turner · 1 eps
Giri/Haji
Angling · 8 eps
Accused
Sergeant George Wade · 1 eps
The Lakes
DS Mooney · 1 eps
Scott & Bailey
Adrian Scott · 22 eps
Wild Bill
Keith Metcalfe · 6 eps
Roadkill
Mick 'The Mouth' Murray · 4 eps
Dirk Gently
Robbie Glover · 1 eps
A Touch of Cloth
Bullock · 2 eps
My Mad Fat Diary
Chloe's Dad · 5 eps
Remember Me
DCI Grogan · 3 eps
Unforgiven
Adam Boothroyd · 3 eps
Conviction
1 eps
Dead Man Weds
Red · 6 eps
The Royal
Alec Glazer · 1 eps
