Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1/8/1980
Place of Birth
Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK
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 scenes, however, were omitted from the final cut. In September 2007, Riley was cast in Gerald McMorrow'...
Known For
Maleficent
as Diaval
The Vault
as James
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
as Diaval
Woman in Love
as Wagenmeister
Firebrand
as Thomas Seymour
Suite Française
as Benoit Labarie
Rebecca
as Jack Favell
Control
as Ian Curtis
Widow Clicquot
as Louis Bohne
Radioactive
as Pierre Curie
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
as Fitzwilliam Darcy
Islands
as Tom
Franklyn
as Milo
13
as Vince
Free Fire
as Stevo
John Cranko
as John Cranko
On the Road
as Sal Paradise / Jack Kerouac
The Dark Valley
as Greider
Byzantium
as Darvell
She Is Love
as Idris