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".[1]. 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.
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".[1]. 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.
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Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q520001
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Filmography (Movies)
Bulk
Character:Corey Harlan
Release Date:14/08/2025
Islands
Character:Tom
Release Date:08/05/2025
John Cranko
Character:John Cranko
Release Date:03/10/2024
Widow Clicquot
Character:Louis Bohne
Release Date:18/07/2024
Firebrand
Character:Thomas Seymour
Release Date:27/03/2024
She Is Love
Character:Idris
Release Date:03/02/2023
Alfons Jitterbit – Class Trip Chaos!
Character:Jack
Release Date:07/07/2022
The Vault
Character:James
Release Date:04/03/2021
Rebecca
Character:Jack Favell
Release Date:16/10/2020
Radioactive
Character:Pierre Curie
Release Date:11/03/2020
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
Character:Diaval
Release Date:16/10/2019
The Naked King - 18 Fragments on Revolution
Character:Narrator English (voice)
Release Date:12/09/2019
Sometimes Always Never
Character:Peter
Release Date:14/03/2019
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
Character:David Burstead
Release Date:11/10/2018
Free Fire
Character:Stevo
Release Date:31/03/2017
Robby and Toby's Fantastic Voyager
Character:Brad Blutbad
Release Date:01/12/2016
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Character:Fitzwilliam Darcy
Release Date:04/02/2016
Suite Française
Character:Benoit Labarie
Release Date:12/03/2015
Maleficent
Character:Diaval
Release Date:28/05/2014
The Dark Valley
Character:Greider
Release Date:13/02/2014
Byzantium
Character:Darvell
Release Date:11/04/2013
On the Road
Character:Sal Paradise / Jack Kerouac
Release Date:22/05/2012
Woman in Love
Character:Wagenmeister
Release Date:15/12/2011
Brighton Rock
Character:Pinkie
Release Date:13/09/2010
13
Character:Vince
Release Date:12/03/2010
Shadow Play: The Making of Anton Corbijn
Character:Self
Release Date:07/01/2009
Franklyn
Character:Milo
Release Date:16/10/2008
Control
Character:Ian Curtis
Release Date:12/09/2007
Lenny Blue
Character:James Milton
Release Date:01/07/2002
Tough Love
Character:James Milton
Release Date:01/10/2000
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