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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2010 • Movie
as Diaval
as Diaval
as James
as Vince
as Tom
as Louis Bohne
as Fitzwilliam Darcy
as Peter
as Idris
as Jack Favell
as Sal Paradise / Jack Kerouac
as Wagenmeister
as Thomas Seymour
as Jack
as Benoit Labarie
as Stevo
as Pierre Curie
as Darvell
as Greider
as Ian Curtis
as Eric Bruney
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as Self
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as Douglas Archer
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