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". 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.
Acting
Movie
Maleficent
as Diaval
2014
Movie
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
as Diaval
2019
TV
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Eric Bruney
1999
Movie
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
as Fitzwilliam Darcy
2016
Movie
Free Fire
as Stevo
2017
Movie
Rebecca
as Jack Favell
2020
Movie
Suite Française
as Benoit Labarie
2015
Movie
The Vault
as James
2021
Movie
Byzantium
as Darvell
2013
Movie
Control
as Ian Curtis
2007
Movie
Radioactive
as Pierre Curie
2020
Movie
On the Road
as Sal Paradise / Jack Kerouac
2012
Movie
13
as Vince
2010
Movie
The Dark Valley
as Greider
2014
Movie
Franklyn
as Milo
2008
Movie
Firebrand
as Thomas Seymour
2024
Movie
Brighton Rock
as Pinkie
2010
Movie
Woman in Love
as Wagenmeister
2011
Movie
Widow Clicquot
as Louis Bohne
2024
Movie
Sometimes Always Never
as Peter
2019
TV
SS-GB
as Douglas Archer
2017
Movie
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
as David Burstead
2018
Movie
Islands
as Tom
2025
Movie
Robby and Toby's Fantastic Voyager
as Brad Blutbad
2016