
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.

as Eric Pollard

as Eric Pollard
1960

as Bassin
1961

as Eric Pollard
1972

as Horne
1964

as Rodney
1967

as Dick Burns
1970

as Alan
1973

as Chris
1973

as Philips
1978

as Potter
1967

as Lt. Milne
1979

as 'Junior'
1983
as Eric Pollard
1998

as Self
2026

as Self
2022

as Eric Pollard
1998

as McAllister
1979

as Lt. Milne
1979

as Philips
1978

as Rogers
1977

as Richard
1977

as Peter
1977

as Richard, the Intruder
1975

as Martin Barnard
1975

as John McIntire
1971

as Baker
1971

as Svenson
1971

as Terry
1971

as Georgie Kemple
1970

as The Prisoner
1970

as Alan Sheridan
1968

as Trooper
1968

as Potter
1967

as Horne
1967
as Eric Pollard
7244 ep.

as Eric Pollard
1 episodes

as Bassin
1 episodes

as Eric Pollard
7244 episodes

as Horne
1 episodes

as Rodney
1 episodes

as Dick Burns
1 episodes

as Alan
1 episodes

as Chris
13 episodes

as 'Junior'
9 episodes

as Self
1 episodes

as Eddie
1 episodes