Tony Pitts

Tony Pitts

Birthday: 1962-10-10

Place of birth: Sheffield, Yorkshire, England

Also known as:

imdb_id: nm0686029

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.

Played in movies:

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Score: 7.5

War Horse

Score: 7.3

Hillsborough

Score: 7.0

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983

Score: 7.0

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980

Score: 6.9

Journeyman

Score: 6.7

Looks and Smiles

Score: 6.7

The Colour Room

Score: 6.5

Funny Cow

Score: 6.3

Away

Score: 6.2

Triple 9

Score: 6.0

When the Lights Went Out

Score: 5.7

Hyena

Score: 5.6

Sweet Sue

Score: 5.1

Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story

Score: 5.0

The Fix

Score: 4.5

Johnny Vegas: Who's Ready for Ice Cream?

Score: 3.5

On the Palm

Score: 0.0

Affection

Score: 0.0

Rainy Day Women

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Sherlock

Score: 8.5

Peaky Blinders

Score: 8.5

Peaky Blinders

Score: 8.5

All Creatures Great & Small

Score: 8.1

Accused

Score: 8.1

My Mad Fat Diary

Score: 8.1

Conviction

Score: 7.7

The Royal

Score: 7.6

Giri/Haji

Score: 7.4

Scott & Bailey

Score: 7.4

The North Water

Score: 7.4

Unforgiven

Score: 7.3

A Touch of Cloth

Score: 7.3

The Lakes

Score: 7.2

Heartbeat

Score: 7.0

Dead Man Weds

Score: 7.0

Heartbeat

Score: 7.0

Dirk Gently

Score: 7.0

Remember Me

Score: 6.8

The Bill

Score: 6.7

Wild Bill

Score: 6.5

Roadkill

Score: 6.3