Sam Riley
ActingHe is best known for playing the lead role of Ian Curtis in the movie Control, a biopic about the lead singer of the 1970s post-punk band Joy Division. His performance in the role won him the British Independent Film Award for "Most Promising Newcomer". He also won a Kermode for Best Actor 2007 for the film. Prior to his portrayal of Ian Curtis, Riley played The Fall frontman Mark E. Smith in the Michael Winterbottom film 24 Hour Party People, which details the Factory Records era. His scenes, however, were omitted from the final cut. In September 2007, Riley was cast in Gerald McMorrow's British science fiction film Franklyn. He will play a lead role in 13, an English-language remake of the French thriller 13 Tzameti. He is currently playing the role of Pinkie Brown in a remake of Brighton Rock alongside Helen Mirren.
Known For
Filmography — Acting
Maleficent
Diaval
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
Diaval
13
Vince
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Fitzwilliam Darcy
Rebecca
Jack Favell
Bulk
Corey Harlan
The Vault
James
Byzantium
Darvell
Suite Française
Benoit Labarie
Free Fire
Stevo
On the Road
Sal Paradise / Jack Kerouac
Firebrand
Thomas Seymour
Radioactive
Pierre Curie
Control
Ian Curtis
Franklyn
Milo
Widow Clicquot
Louis Bohne
Islands
Tom
Brighton Rock
Pinkie
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
David Burstead
The Dark Valley
Greider
Sometimes Always Never
Peter
Tough Love
James Milton
Woman in Love
Wagenmeister
Robby and Toby's Fantastic Voyager
Brad Blutbad
John Cranko
John Cranko
Lenny Blue
James Milton
Alfons Jitterbit – Class Trip Chaos!
Jack
The Naked King - 18 Fragments on Revolution
Narrator English (voice)
She Is Love
Idris
Shadow Play: The Making of Anton Corbijn
Self
Cezanne on Art
Joachim Gasquet