Tony Pitts

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1962-10-10 (62 years old)

Place of Birth Sheffield, Yorkshire, England

Tony Pitts

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

Actor

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
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
When the Lights Went Out

as Hilary Barnes

2012
A Touch of Cloth

as Bullock

2011
War Horse

as Sgt. Martin

2011
Scott & Bailey

as Adrian Scott

2010
Accused

as Sergeant George Wade

2010
Sherlock

as Chief Superintendant

2009
Unforgiven

as Adam Boothroyd

2005
2003
The Royal

as Alec Glazer

1997
The Fix

as Peter Swan

1997
The Lakes

as DS Mooney

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
Rainy Day Women

as Roy Bates

1981
Looks and Smiles

as Alan Wright

Writer

2022
Let Her Go

as Writer

2018
Funny Cow

as Writer

Director

2022
Let Her Go

as Director

Producer

2018
Funny Cow

as Executive Producer