Christopher Chittell

Biography

Chris Chittell is an English actor, best known for his role as Eric Pollard in ITV's Emmerdale, a part that he has played since 1986. He is now the longest serving character having played Pollard for 31 years and, in 2016, Chittell married Emmerdale co-star Lesley Dunlop. He had previously been married to Caroline Hunt, with whom he has two children with. From 1968 to 1973 he had a lead role in the TV series The Freewheelers. His films include To Sir, With Love, The Charge of the Light Brigade, Zulu Dawn, Golden Rendezvous, A Game For Vultures, The Last Valley, The Beast in the Cellar, The Raging Moon and The Weekend Murders. He also has uncredited roles in If... and The Wild Geese, and appeared in a number of Swedish sex films in the 1970s as Charles Canyon. These include Swedish Sex Games (aka The Intruders and Let Us Play Sex) in 1975 (which also featured a young Stellan Skarsgård), and Sex in Sweden and Practice Makes Perfect (aka Girl on Her Knees) in 1977.

Most Known For

The Avengers

as Bassin

Theatre 625

as Horne

Emmerdale

as Eric Pollard

Doomwatch

as Dick Burns

Man About the House

as Alan

Emmerdale: Revenge

as Eric Pollard

The Tomorrow People

as Chris

To Sir, with Love

as Potter

Erotic Inferno

as Martin Barnard

The Wild Geese

as Philips

Tucker's Luck

as 'Junior'

The Charge of the Light Brigade

as Trooper

Zulu Dawn

as Lt. Milne

The Big Quiz

as Self

Golden Rendezvous

as Rogers

The Venturers

as Eddie

They Call Him Cemetery

as John McIntire

The Beast in the Cellar

as Baker

The Last Valley

as Svenson

The Raging Moon

as Terry