Sam Riley

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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 Br…

  • Acting
  • Born 8 January 1980 (age 46)
  • Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK
  • 35 credits

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Most-watched Sam Riley films currently: Maleficent (2014), Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019), The Vault (2021), Radioactive (2020), Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016).

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Selected TV credits: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999), Leute heute (1997), Mint (2026), SS-GB (2017).

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