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