Acting credits
29
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Christopher Chittell
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 20Series: 9
TMDB ID: 1231666
IMDb ID: nm0158348
Known for: Acting
Born: May 19, 1948
Age: 77
Place of birth: Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1961 - 2026
Years active: 66
Average TMDB rating: 6.17
Wikidata: Q5106151
Also known as
Charles Canyon • Chris Chittel • Christopher John Chittell • Christopher Chitell
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Christopher Chittell.
8.0
Corriedale
as Eric Pollard
2026 Movie
Emmerdale: Revenge
as Eric Pollard
1998 Movie
4.4
Game for Vultures
as McAllister
1979 Movie
6.1
Zulu Dawn
as Lt. Milne
1979 Movie
6.8
The Wild Geese
as Philips
1978 Movie
4.9
Golden Rendezvous
as Rogers
1977 Movie
4.0
Practice Makes Perfect
as Richard
1977 Movie
6.6
Molly
as Peter
1977 Movie
1.3
The Intruders
as Richard, the Intruder
1975 Movie
1.0
Erotic Inferno
as Martin Barnard
1975 Movie
6.0
They Call Him Cemetery
as John McIntire
1971 Movie
4.9
The Beast in the Cellar
as Baker
1971 Movie
6.4
The Last Valley
as Svenson
1971 Movie
6.6
The Raging Moon
as Terry
1971 Movie
5.9
The Weekend Murders
as Georgie Kemple
1970 Movie
2.0
The Breaking of Bumbo
as The Prisoner
1970 Movie
The Best Pair of Legs in the Business
as Alan Sheridan
1968 Movie
6.1
The Charge of the Light Brigade
as Trooper
1968 Movie
7.5
To Sir, with Love
as Potter
1967 Movie
A Night Out
as Horne
1967 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Christopher Chittell.
7.5
The Big Quiz
as Self • 1 eps
2011 Series
5.5
Tucker's Luck
as 'Junior' • 9 eps
1983 Series
The Venturers
as Eddie • 1 eps
1975 Series
7.1
Man About the House
as Alan • 1 eps
1973 Series
6.6
The Tomorrow People
as Chris • 13 eps
1973 Series
4.2
Emmerdale
as Eric Pollard • 6959 eps
1972 Series
6.0
Doomwatch
as Dick Burns • 1 eps
1970 Series
7.2
Theatre 625
as Horne • 1 eps
1964 Series
7.7
The Avengers
as Bassin • 1 eps
1961 Series