Sam Riley
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Roles are weighted by involvement: director 1.0, screenwriter 0.7, lead 0.8, supporting 0.4, crew 0.1.
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.
Known for
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The Dark Valley (2014)
as Greider
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Maleficent (2014)
as Diaval
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019)
as Diaval
The Vault (2021)
as James
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016)
as Fitzwilliam Darcy
13 (2010)
as Vince
Byzantium (2013)
as Darvell
On the Road (2012)
as Sal Paradise / Jack Kerouac
Suite Française (2015)
as Benoit Labarie
Radioactive (2020)
as Pierre Curie
Control (2007)
as Ian Curtis
Bulk (2026)
as Corey Harlan
Free Fire (2017)
as Stevo
Rebecca (2020)
as Jack Favell
Alfons Jitterbit – Class Trip Chaos! (2022)
as Jack
Widow Clicquot (2024)
as Louis Bohne
Brighton Rock (2010)
as Pinkie
John Cranko (2024)
as John Cranko
Sometimes Always Never (2019)
as Peter
Franklyn (2008)
as Milo
Firebrand (2024)
as Thomas Seymour
Islands (2025)
as Tom
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead (2018)
as David Burstead
Woman in Love (2011)
as Wagenmeister
Tough Love (2000)
as James Milton
She Is Love (2023)
as Idris
Cezanne on Art (2026)
as Joachim Gasquet
Robby and Toby's Fantastic Voyager (2016)
as Brad Blutbad
The Naked King - 18 Fragments on Revolution (2019)
as Narrator English (voice)
Shadow Play: The Making of Anton Corbijn (2009)
as Self
Lenny Blue (2002)
as James Milton