Sam Riley
Known For
Acting
Born
1980-01-08 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK
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 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.
Most Known For
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Eric Bruney
Leute heute
as Self
Maleficent
as Diaval
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
as Diaval
The Vault
as James
Free Fire
as Stevo
Firebrand
as Thomas Seymour
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
as Fitzwilliam Darcy
SS-GB
as Douglas Archer
Bulk
as Corey Harlan
Rebecca
as Jack Favell
Suite Française
as Benoit Labarie
John Cranko
as John Cranko
On the Road
as Sal Paradise / Jack Kerouac
Radioactive
as Pierre Curie
13
as Vince
Control
as Ian Curtis
Byzantium
as Darvell
Brighton Rock
as Pinkie
Islands
as Tom