Tony Pitts

Tony Pitts

Nascimento : 1962-10-10, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England

História

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.

Perfil

Tony Pitts

Filmes

Let Her Go
Director
Insde the frozen hell of children's parties and American cultural imperialism. A comedy short from Make Me Films.
Let Her Go
Writer
Insde the frozen hell of children's parties and American cultural imperialism. A comedy short from Make Me Films.
The Colour Room
Jack Walker
O filme segue a jornada de uma determinada mulher da classe trabalhadora, Clarice Cliff, enquanto ela revoluciona o local de trabalho no século XX. Clarice Cliff é uma jovem e vivaz operária no centro industrial britânico da década de 1920. Ela consegue ficar um passo à frente e impressiona o excêntrico dono da fábrica, Colley Shorter, com seu talento e inovação.
Affection
Dave
Clumsy romantic Sunny is infatuated with glitzy but deadbeat, Francophile bingo-caller Pauline Dupondt and forgets the important things in life, like his 80 year old Grandmother Dot's birthday.
Funny Cow
Executive Producer
A comedian uses her troubled past as material for her stand-up routine, trying to rise up through the comedy circuit by playing Northern England's working men's clubs.
Funny Cow
Writer
A comedian uses her troubled past as material for her stand-up routine, trying to rise up through the comedy circuit by playing Northern England's working men's clubs.
Funny Cow
Bob
A comedian uses her troubled past as material for her stand-up routine, trying to rise up through the comedy circuit by playing Northern England's working men's clubs.
Fora de Combate
Richie
Após uma luta acirrada e decisiva, o campeão mundial de boxe Matty Burton (Paddy Considine) é encontrado caído na sala. Quando volta do hospital, Matty está completamente debilitado e com dificuldades para lembrar das coisas. Agora, ele deve dar tudo de si para se recuperar e manter sua família unida.
Rogue One: Uma História Star Wars
Captain Pterro
Em busca de uma nova esperança para a galáxia, a Aliança Rebelde enfrenta uma arriscada missão: roubar os planos que revelam uma falha na construção da Estrela da Morte. Para isso, eles contam com a ajuda de Jyn Erso, filha do criador da arma mais poderosa do império.
Away
Col
A story set in the north English seaside town of Blackpool and centered on two kindred spirits who form an unlikely friendship.
Triple 9: Polícia em Poder da Máfia
Major Crimes Detective
Um grupo de criminosos e policiais corruptos é chantageado pela máfia russa, para praticar um assalto bancário quase impossível. A fim de desviar a tenção das autoridades sobre o roubo, eles geram o código 999, usado quando policiais estão em perigo.
Hyena
Keith
Good policing doesn't necessarily mean doing everything by the book. But as the business of crime in London turns to favour the Albanians and Turks, how does a "good" policeman survive?
When the Lights Went Out
Hilary Barnes
Yorkshire, 1974, the Maynard family moves into their dream house. It's a dream that quickly descends into a panic stricken nightmare as the family discovers a horrifying truth, a truth that will make the history books. The house is already occupied by the most violent poltergeist ever documented, a poltergeist that will tear you from your bed as you sleep and drag you helplessly into the darkness.
Cavalo de Guerra
Sgt. Martin
Albert vive com o pai e a mãe no campo e tem uma intensa ligação com seu cavalo. Depois de ser vendido para a cavalaria inglesa durante a Primeira Guerra Mundial, Albert se alista para recuperar o animal e acaba conhecendo o major.
Crimes e Pecados
John Nolan
O departamento de polícia de West Yorkshire parecia intocável, por mais que os desaparecimentos e assassinatos dos últimos 14 anos apontassem para seus homens de uniforme. Mas o segredo está prestes a ser revelado. E não vai sobrar pedra sobre pedra. Terceiro filme da trilogia “Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord”
Investigação de Risco
John Nolan
Para o investigador Peter Hunter, a onda de crimes realizados há anos em uma cidade tinham algo em comum: todas envolviam o departamento de polícia. O que ele não esperava era o fato de ser uma das vítimas desta conspiração. Agora existem duas opções: abandonar o caso ou perder a vida.
Johnny Vegas: Who's Ready for Ice Cream?
Writer
Johnny Vegas has crawled his way to the top of the showbiz ladder. Fame, wealth and awards are his but there's a problem...he's lost his edge. He's no longer funny and the fans have begun to take notice... The solution? Return Vegas to his stand-up roots - The Edinburgh Fringe Festival. How? Kidnap Johnny and surround him with a mad lifestyle manager, a meglomaniac sponsor and his obsessive comic flatmate who should've been sectioned years ago. Then just sit back, watch his world fall apart and hope his new found misery means he can reclaim his place amongst stand-up comedy's finest with hilarious results! Succeed or fail, one question must be answered...Who's Ready For Ice Cream?
Johnny Vegas: Who's Ready for Ice Cream?
Kai Rydell
Johnny Vegas has crawled his way to the top of the showbiz ladder. Fame, wealth and awards are his but there's a problem...he's lost his edge. He's no longer funny and the fans have begun to take notice... The solution? Return Vegas to his stand-up roots - The Edinburgh Fringe Festival. How? Kidnap Johnny and surround him with a mad lifestyle manager, a meglomaniac sponsor and his obsessive comic flatmate who should've been sectioned years ago. Then just sit back, watch his world fall apart and hope his new found misery means he can reclaim his place amongst stand-up comedy's finest with hilarious results! Succeed or fail, one question must be answered...Who's Ready For Ice Cream?
The Fix
Peter Swan
The story of the British betting scandal of 1964, uncovered by journalist Mike Gabbert which saw a number of British professional footballers were jailed and banned from football for life for conspiring to fix the results of matches. Prominent among those jailed and banned were the Sheffield Wednesday F.C. stars Peter Swan, Tony Kay and David Layne.
Hillsborough
PC in Control Box
Drama based on the real life events of April 1989, when ninety-six Liverpool supporters were crushed to death during an F.A. Cup Semi-Final match against Nottingham Forest at Sheffield Wednesday's Hillsborough Stadium. This movie follows three Liverpudlian families before the match, during the tragedy and at the ensuing court battles which tried to decide who was to blame and what went wrong.
On the Palm
Evil Mick
Fledge needs a job. He'll take anything. And when Dawlish gives him strange errands to run, for cash in hand, strictly 'on the palm', it's a welcome change from the dole. Until he finds himself digging dirt on an old friend....
Rainy Day Women
Roy Bates
In 1940, during World War II, an officer is sent to investigate rumours of German spies in a sleepy village where various people are the victims of war hysteria.
Looks and Smiles
Alan Wright
Thatcherism and the Irish troubles provide the backdrop for this study of Mick, a well-meaning youth in Sheffield, who has, unlike Dickens' Pip, no expectations. Mick lives with his parents, works on his motorbike, looks for work, and every two weeks gets his check from the dole. There are no jobs. His best mate Alan joins the army to fix tanks and is sent to Belfast to quell Catholics. At a disco, Mick meets Karen, who works at a shoe shop and lives with her recently-separated mom. Karen misses her dad. She offers Mick emotional stability and a route to adulthood; Alan pitches the army. Does Mick have a future?