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    Tony Pitts

    1962-10-10 (62 years old) in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England

    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.

    Movies

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    Sweet Sue
    53 %|Dec 22, 2023
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
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    The Colour Room
    67 %|Nov 12, 2021
    Drama
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    Affection
    0 %|Nov 1, 2019
    Comedy
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    Funny Cow
    64 %|Apr 20, 2018
    Comedy, Drama
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    Journeyman
    67 %|Mar 30, 2018
    Drama
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    Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
    74.93 %|Dec 14, 2016
    Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
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    Away
    60 %|Jun 22, 2016
    Drama
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    Triple 9
    60 %|Feb 19, 2016
    Action, Crime, Adventure, Thriller
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    Hyena
    56 %|Mar 6, 2015
    Crime, Drama, Thriller
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    When the Lights Went Out
    57.29 %|Jan 31, 2012
    Thriller, Drama, Horror
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    War Horse
    73.06 %|Dec 25, 2011
    War, History, Adventure
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    Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983
    70 %|Feb 28, 2009
    Thriller, Crime, Drama, Mystery, TV Movie
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    Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980
    69 %|Feb 28, 2009
    Thriller, Crime, Drama, Mystery, TV Movie
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    The Fix
    45 %|Jan 4, 1997
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Hillsborough
    70 %|Sep 11, 1996
    Drama, TV Movie
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    On the Palm
    0 %|Apr 5, 1987
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Rainy Day Women
    0 %|Apr 10, 1984
    Drama, War, TV Movie
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    Looks and Smiles
    67 %|Sep 9, 1981
    Drama

    Series

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    The North Water
    74 %|Jul 14, 2021
    Drama, Mystery
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    Roadkill
    63 %|Oct 18, 2020
    War & Politics, Drama
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    All Creatures Great & Small
    81 %|Sep 1, 2020
    Drama, Comedy
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    Giri/Haji
    74 %|Oct 17, 2019
    Crime, Drama
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    Wild Bill
    66 %|Jun 12, 2019
    Drama, Comedy, Crime
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    Remember Me
    69 %|Nov 23, 2014
    Drama, Mystery, Crime
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    Peaky Blinders
    85 %|Sep 12, 2013
    Drama, Crime
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    Peaky Blinders
    85 %|Sep 12, 2013
    Drama, Crime
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    My Mad Fat Diary
    81 %|Jan 14, 2013
    Comedy, Drama
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    A Touch of Cloth
    74 %|Aug 26, 2012
    Comedy, Crime
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    Scott & Bailey
    74 %|May 29, 2011
    Crime, Drama
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    Accused
    82 %|Nov 15, 2010
    Drama
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    Sherlock
    85.18 %|Jul 25, 2010
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
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    Unforgiven
    73.21 %|Jan 12, 2009
    Drama, Crime
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    Dead Man Weds
    70 %|Jan 5, 2005
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    Conviction
    77 %|Nov 7, 2004
    Crime, Drama
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    The Royal
    76 %|Jan 19, 2003
    Drama
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    The Lakes
    73 %|Sep 14, 1997
    Drama
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    Heartbeat
    70 %|Apr 10, 1992
    Crime, Drama, Comedy
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    Heartbeat
    70 %|Apr 10, 1992
    Crime, Drama, Comedy
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    The Bill
    66 %|Oct 16, 1984
    Crime, Drama