Sam Riley
He 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".[1]. 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
Credits
- 2024 · Cranko as John Cranko
- 2024 · Widow Clicquot as Louis Bohne
- 2024 · Firebrand as Thomas Seymour
- 2023 · She is Love as Idris
- 2022 · Alfons Jitterbit – Class Trip Chaos! as Jack
- 2021 · The Vault as James
- 2020 · Rebecca as Jack Favell
- 2020 · Radioactive as Pierre Curie
- 2019 · Maleficent: Mistress of Evil as Diaval
- 2019 · The Naked King - 18 Fragments on Revolution as Narrator English (voice)
- 2019 · Sometimes Always Never as Peter
- 2018 · Happy New Year, Colin Burstead as David Burstead
- 2017 · Free Fire as Stevo
- 2017 · SS-GB as Douglas Archer
- 2016 · Robby and Toby's Fantastic Voyager as Brad Blutbad
- 2016 · Pride and Prejudice and Zombies as Fitzwilliam Darcy
- 2015 · Suite Française as Benoit Labarie
- 2014 · Maleficent as Diaval
- 2014 · The Dark Valley as Greider
- 2013 · Byzantium as Darvell
- 2012 · On the Road as Sal Paradise / Jack Kerouac
- 2010 · Brighton Rock as Pinkie
- 2010 · 13 as Vince
- 2008 · Franklyn as Milo
- 2007 · Control as Ian Curtis
- 2002 · Lenny Blue as James Milton
- 2000 · Tough Love as James Milton
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Eric Bruney
- 1997 · Leute heute as Self
- Future · Islands as Tom