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Birthday: Jan 08, 1980
Place of Birth: Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK

Sam Riley

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.

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