Cast & creator
Tony Pitts
Best known for Peaky Blinders, Peaky Blinders, Silent Witness
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.
26
film credits
24
television credits
44
1981–2023 · acting roles
6.8
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (50)
Showing 50 of 50 credits
Peaky Blinders
Sergeant Moss
2013Peaky Blinders
Inspector Moss
2013
Silent Witness
D.S. Kevin Balshaw
1996
The Bill
1984
Heartbeat
Carl Southall
1992Heartbeat
Brian Gilbert
1992
Sherlock
Chief Superintendant
2010
All Creatures Great & Small
Richard Alderson
2020
Line of Duty
DCS Les Hargreaves
2012
Scott & Bailey
Adrian Scott
2011
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Captain Pterro
2016
Giri/Haji
Angling
2019
Accused
Sergeant George Wade
2010
The North Water
Geoffrey Turner
2021
The Lakes
DS Mooney
1997
War Horse
Sgt. Martin
2011
Triple 9
Major Crimes Detective
2016
My Mad Fat Diary
Chloe's Dad
2013
Wild Bill
Keith Metcalfe
2019
Roadkill
Mick 'The Mouth' Murray
2020
A Touch of Cloth
Bullock
2012
Dirk Gently
Robbie Glover
2012
Unforgiven
Adam Boothroyd
2009
Remember Me
DCI Grogan
2014
Conviction
2004
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983
John Nolan
2009
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980
John Nolan
2009
Dead Man Weds
Red
2005
When the Lights Went Out
Hilary Barnes
2012
The Colour Room
Jack Walker
2021
Sweet Sue
Ron
2023
Funny Cow
Bob
2018Funny Cow
Writer
2018Funny Cow
Executive Producer
2018
The Royal
Alec Glazer
2003
Journeyman
Richie
2018
The Fix
Peter Swan
1997
Johnny Vegas: 18 Stone of Idiot - Unseen and Uncut
Writer
2005
Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story
Tom Cole
2012
Hillsborough
PC in Control Box
1996
Rainy Day Women
Roy Bates
1984
Away
Col
2016
Hyena
Keith
2015Affection
Dave
2019
Johnny Vegas: Who's Ready for Ice Cream?
Kai Rydell
2003Johnny Vegas: Who's Ready for Ice Cream?
Writer
2003
On the Palm
Evil Mick
1987
Looks and Smiles
Alan Wright
1981
Let Her Go
Writer
2022Let Her Go
Director
2022