Christopher Chittell
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 19 May 1948 · Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK
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 40 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 under the name 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.
Known for
Acting 21
- 2026Corriedale as Eric Pollard
- 2026Corriedale: Backstage Pass as Self
- 2022Emmerdale: 50 Unforgettable Years as Self
- 1998Emmerdale: Revenge as Eric Pollard
- 1979Game for Vultures as McAllister
- 1979Zulu Dawn as Lt. Milne
- 1978The Wild Geese as Philips
- 1977Golden Rendezvous as Rogers
- 1975The Intruders as Richard, the Intruder
- 1975Erotic Inferno as Martin Barnard
- 1971They Call Him Cemetery as John McIntire
- 1971The Beast in the Cellar as Baker
- 1971The Last Valley as Svenson
- 1971The Raging Moon as Terry
- 1970The Weekend Murders as Georgie Kemple
- 1970The Breaking of Bumbo as The Prisoner
- 1968The Best Pair of Legs in the Business as Alan Sheridan
- 1968The Charge of the Light Brigade as Trooper
- 1967To Sir, with Love as Potter
- 1967A Night Out as Horne
- 1960Coronation Street as Eric Pollard · 1 episode