Sam Riley
Birthday
1980/01/08 (45 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK
Also know as
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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...Read more
Acting
(2007) Control
as Ian Curtis
(2008) Franklyn
as Milo
(2010) Brighton Rock
as Pinkie
(2010) 13
as Vince
(2016) Robby and Toby's Fantastic Voyager
as Brad Blutbad
(2025) Islands
as Tom
(2012) On the Road
as Sal Paradise / Jack Kerouac
(2014) Maleficent
as Diaval
(2013) Byzantium
as Darvell
(2022) Alfons Jitterbit – Class Trip Chaos!
as Jack
(2024) Firebrand
as Thomas Seymour
(2024) John Cranko
as John Cranko
(2014) The Dark Valley
as Greider
(2015) Suite Française
as Benoit Labarie
(2016) Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
as Fitzwilliam Darcy
(2024) Widow Clicquot
as Louis Bohne
(2017) Free Fire
as Stevo
(2002) Lenny Blue
as James Milton
(2000) Tough Love
as James Milton
(2018) Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
as David Burstead
(2020) Radioactive
as Pierre Curie
(2019) Sometimes Always Never
as Peter
(2019) Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
as Diaval
(2020) Rebecca
as Jack Favell
(2019) The Naked King - 18 Fragments on Revolution
as Narrator English (voice)
(2021) The Vault
as James
(2023) She Is Love
as Idris
(2011) Woman in Love
as Wagenmeister
(2025) Bulk
as Corey Harlan
(2009) Shadow Play: The Making of Anton Corbijn
as Self
(1999) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Eric Bruney
(2017) SS-GB
as Douglas Archer
(1997) Leute heute
as Self
Mint
as Dylan