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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: Η Δύναμη του Σκότους
as Diaval 
Περηφάνια & Προκατάληψη & Ζόμπι
as Fitzwilliam Darcy 
Franklyn
as Milo 
Clicquot, η γυναίκα πίσω από τον μύθο
as Louis Bohne 
Οι Διαρρήκτες
as James 
Mint
as Dylan 
Control
as Ian Curtis 
13
as Vince 
Free Fire
as Stevo 
SS-GB
as Douglas Archer 
Στο Δρόμο
as Sal Paradise / Jack Kerouac 
Σκιές στον Ήλιο
as Tom 
Sometimes Always Never
as Peter 
Brighton Rock
as Pinkie 
Γαλλική Σουίτα
as Benoit Labarie 
Ρεβέκκα
as Jack Favell 
Firebrand
as Thomas Seymour 
Μαρία Κιουρί: Η Γυναίκα Που Άλλαξε Τον Κόσμο
as Pierre Curie 
Αιωνιότητα
as Darvell 
The Dark Valley
as Greider 
She Is Love
as Idris