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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
+2
as Diaval 
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
+2
as Diaval 
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
+1
as Fitzwilliam Darcy 
Franklyn
as Milo 
Mint
as Dylan 
The Vault
+2
as James 
On the Road
+5
as Sal Paradise / Jack Kerouac 
Islands
+3
as Tom 
Free Fire
+4
as Stevo 
13
as Vince 
SS-GB
as Douglas Archer 
Sometimes Always Never
as Peter 
Control
+2
as Ian Curtis 
Suite Française
+7
as Benoit Labarie 
Rebecca
as Jack Favell 
Byzantium
+8
as Darvell 
Widow Clicquot
+3
as Louis Bohne 
Firebrand
+3
as Thomas Seymour 
Radioactive
+3
as Pierre Curie 
The Dark Valley
as Greider 
Brighton Rock
as Pinkie 
She Is Love
+6
as Idris