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Sam Riley
Known for: ActingHe 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 22
Maleficent
as Diaval 
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
as Diaval 
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
as Fitzwilliam Darcy 
Franklyn
as Milo 
Mint
as Dylan 
The Vault
as James 
On the Road
as Sal Paradise / Jack Kerouac 
Islands
as Tom 
Free Fire
as Stevo 
13
as Vince 
SS-GB
as Douglas Archer 
Sometimes Always Never
as Peter 
Control
as Ian Curtis 
Suite Française
as Benoit Labarie 
Rebecca
as Jack Favell 
Byzantium
as Darvell 
Widow Clicquot
as Louis Bohne 
Firebrand
as Thomas Seymour 
Radioactive
as Pierre Curie 
The Dark Valley
as Greider 
Brighton Rock
as Pinkie 
She Is Love
as Idris