Sam Riley
Acting
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Acting Credits
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". 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, ...
Known For
Filmography
Bulk
2026
as Corey Harlan
Cezanne on Art
2026
as Joachim Gasquet
Mint
2026
as Dylan
Islands
2025
as Tom
Firebrand
2024
as Thomas Seymour
John Cranko
2024
as John Cranko
Widow Clicquot
2024
as Louis Bohne
She Is Love
2023
as Idris
Alfons Jitterbit – Class Trip Chaos!
2022
as Jack
The Vault
2021
as James
Radioactive
2020
as Pierre Curie
Rebecca
2020
as Jack Favell
Sometimes Always Never
2019
as Peter
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
2019
as Diaval
The Naked King - 18 Fragments on Revolution
2019
as Narrator English (voice)
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
2018
as David Burstead
Free Fire
2017
as Stevo
SS-GB
2017
as Douglas Archer
Robby and Toby's Fantastic Voyager
2016
as Brad Blutbad
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
2016
as Fitzwilliam Darcy
Suite Française
2015
as Benoit Labarie
Maleficent
2014
as Diaval
The Dark Valley
2014
as Greider
Byzantium
2013
as Darvell
On the Road
2012
as Sal Paradise / Jack Kerouac
Woman in Love
2011
as Wagenmeister
Brighton Rock
2010
as Pinkie
13
2010
as Vince
Shadow Play: The Making of Anton Corbijn
2009
as Self
Franklyn
2008
as Milo
Control
2007
as Ian Curtis
Lenny Blue
2002
as James Milton
Tough Love
2000
as James Milton
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Eric Bruney
Leute heute
1997
as Self