Sam Riley

Known for ActingBorn 1980-01-08 (age 46)Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Tough Love

John Cranko

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Control

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

Suite Française

Maleficent

The Dark Valley

Shadow Play: The Making of Anton Corbijn

The Vault

Widow Clicquot

Radioactive

Sometimes Always Never

Happy New Year, Colin Burstead

Firebrand

Rebecca

Islands

Byzantium

Free Fire

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

SS-GB

Alfons Jitterbit – Class Trip Chaos!

Franklyn

Woman in Love

13

Brighton Rock

On the Road

She Is Love

Bulk

Leute heute

Robby and Toby's Fantastic Voyager

Mint

Cezanne on Art

The Naked King - 18 Fragments on Revolution

Lenny Blue