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Tony Pitts

1962-10-10

The 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.

Tony Pitts in

Movies

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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

7.492 average rating
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War Horse

7.309 average rating
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Triple 9

5.978 average rating
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Hyena

5.6 average rating
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When the Lights Went Out

5.7 average rating
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Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980

6.9 average rating
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Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983

7 average rating
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Journeyman

6.7 average rating
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Looks and Smiles

6.7 average rating
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The Colour Room

6.7 average rating
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Hillsborough

7 average rating
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Funny Cow

6.4 average rating
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Sweet Sue

5.3 average rating
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The Fix

4.5 average rating
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Away

6 average rating
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On the Palm

0 average rating
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Rainy Day Women

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Johnny Vegas: Who's Ready for Ice Cream?

3.5 average rating
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Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story

5 average rating
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Affection

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