Ian Curtis
Acting
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Acting Credits
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...
Known For
Filmography
Joy Division: Plan K, Brussels 16th October, 1979
2026
Joy Division: Apollo Theater, Manchester 27 and 28th October 1979
2026
70 Years of Youth Revolt
2020
as Self (archive footage)
New Order: Decades
2018
as Self (archive footage)
When Albums Ruled the World
2013
as Self
Punk Britannia at the BBC
2012
as Self
Joy Division: Live & Promo Appearances 1979-1980
2011
Joy Division
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Joy Division - Under Review
2006
as Himself
New Order: International
2003
as Self
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
1996
as Adrian Atherton
Pie in the Sky
1994
as PC Cobbett
New Order Story
1993
as Self (archive footage)
Cracker
1993
as John Branaghan
A Touch of Frost
1992
as Gareth King
Joy Division: Substance 1977-1988
1988
as Self
Joy Division: Here Are the Young Men
1982
as Self (archive footage)
Joy Division (A Film by Malcolm Whitehead)
1979
as Self