Sam Riley
Biography
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 scen…
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Filmography
Acting (36)
Movies (32)
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2026as Corey Harlan
Cezanne on Art
2026as Joachim Gasquet
Islands
2025as Tom
Firebrand
2024as Thomas Seymour
Widow Clicquot
2024as Louis Bohne
John Cranko
2024as John Cranko
She Is Love
2023as Idris
Alfons Jitterbit – Class Trip Chaos!
2022as Jack
The Vault
2021as James
Radioactive
2020as Pierre Curie
Rebecca
2020as Jack Favell
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
2019as Diaval
Sometimes Always Never
2019as Peter
The Naked King - 18 Fragments on Revolution
2019as Narrator English (voice)
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
2018as David Burstead
Free Fire
2017as Stevo
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
2016as Fitzwilliam Darcy
Robby and Toby's Fantastic Voyager
2016as Brad Blutbad
Suite Française
2015as Benoit Labarie
Maleficent
2014as Diaval
The Dark Valley
2014as Greider
Byzantium
2013as Darvell
On the Road
2012as Sal Paradise / Jack Kerouac
Woman in Love
2011as Wagenmeister
13
2010as Vince
Brighton Rock
2010as Pinkie
Shadow Play: The Making of Anton Corbijn
2009as Self
Franklyn
2008as Milo
Control
2007as Ian Curtis
Lenny Blue
2002as James Milton
Tough Love
2000as James Milton
Mint
as Dylan
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