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Sam Riley

Sam Riley

Known For Acting
Birthday Jan 08, 1980 (45)
Birthplace Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK
Popularity 0.7 (history)
Updated Aug 09, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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's British science fiction film Franklyn. He will play a lead role in 13, an English-language remake of the French thriller 13 Tzameti. He is currently playing the role of Pinkie Brown in a remake of Brighton Rock alongside Helen Mirren.

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Widow Clicquot

Widow Clicquot

2024

as Louis Bohne

Firebrand

Firebrand

2024

as Thomas Seymour

She is Love

She is Love

2023

as Idris

The Vault

The Vault

2021

as James

Radioactive

Radioactive

2020

as Pierre Curie

Rebecca

Rebecca

2020

as Jack Favell

Sometimes Always Never

Sometimes Always Never

2019

as Peter

Happy New Year, Colin Burstead

Happy New Year, Colin Burstead

2018

as David Burstead

Free Fire

Free Fire

2017

as Stevo

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

2016

as Fitzwilliam Darcy

Suite Française

Suite Française

2015

as Benoit Labarie

Maleficent

Maleficent

2014

as Diaval

Byzantium

Byzantium

2013

as Darvell

On the Road

On the Road

2012

as Sal Paradise / Jack Kerouac

13

13

2010

as Vince

Brighton Rock

Brighton Rock

2010

as Pinkie

Franklyn

Franklyn

2008

as Milo

Control

Control

2007

as Ian Curtis

Lenny Blue

Lenny Blue

2002

as James Milton

Tough Love

Tough Love

2000

as James Milton

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Television Credits

SS-GB

as Douglas Archer

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Feb 19, 2017

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Eric Bruney

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 20, 1999

Leute heute

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 23, 1997

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