Sam Riley

Sam Riley

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...

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Bulk

as Corey Harlan

Cezanne on Art

as Joachim Gasquet

Islands

as Tom

John Cranko

as John Cranko

Widow Clicquot

as Louis Bohne

Firebrand

as Thomas Seymour

She Is Love

as Idris

The Vault

as James

Rebecca

as Jack Favell

Radioactive

as Pierre Curie

Free Fire

as Stevo

Suite Française

as Benoit Labarie

Maleficent

as Diaval

The Dark Valley

as Greider

Byzantium

as Darvell

On the Road

as Sal Paradise / Jack Kerouac

Woman in Love

as Wagenmeister

Brighton Rock

as Pinkie

13

as Vince

Franklyn

as Milo

Control

as Ian Curtis

Lenny Blue

as James Milton

Tough Love

as James Milton