Ian Curtis
Birthday
1956/07/15
Day of death
1980/05/18 (23 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Stretford, Lancashire, England
Also know as
Ian Kevin Curtis
Biography
Ian Kevin Curtis (15 July 1956 – 18 May 1980) was an English singer, songwriter and musician. He was the lead singer, songwriter, and occasional guitarist of the band Joy Division, with whom he released the albums Unknown Pleasures (1979) and Closer (1980). Curtis had severe epilepsy and depression and died by suicide on the eve of Joy Division's first North American tour, shortly before the release of Closer. Shortly after his death, the three surviving members of the band renamed themselves N...Read more
Acting
(1979) Joy Division (A Film by Malcolm Whitehead)
as Self
(2006) Joy Division - Under Review
as Himself
(2003) New Order: International
as Self
(1982) Joy Division: Here Are the Young Men
as ---
(1988) Joy Division - Substance 1977-1988
as ---
(2009) Joy Division
as Self (archive footage)
(2013) When Albums Ruled the World
as Himself
(1993) New Order Story
as Self (archive footage)
(2012) Punk Britannia at the BBC
as Self
(2018) New Order: Decades
as Self (archive footage)
(2011) Joy Division: Live & Promo Appearances 1979-1980
as ---
(2020) 70 Years of Youth Revolt
as Self (archive footage)
(1996) Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
as Adrian Atherton
(1996) Dalziel & Pascoe
as DC Dean Sheldon
(1994) Pie in the Sky
as PC Cobbett
(1993) Cracker
as John Branaghan