Sam Riley

Highest Rated: 88% Control (2007)

Lowest Rated: 8% 13 (2011)

Birthday: Jan 8, 1980

Birthplace: Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK

British actor Sam Riley premiered onscreen with a much-coveted lead, and a professionally demanding one at that: the biographical portrayal of controversial, ill-fated post-punk singer Ian Curtis, in photographer-turned-director Anton Corbijn's haunting biopic Control (2007). Riley's courageous and disciplined performance earned a myriad of advance praises when the film swept through the festival circuit, foreshadowing an eminently successful career for the young thespian.

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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

MOVIES

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	BOX OFFICE	YEAR
60%	The Vault	Actor	—	2021
39%	Rebecca	Jack Favell	—	2020
63%	Radioactive	Pierre Curie	—	2020
39%	Maleficent: Mistress of Evil	Diaval	—	2019
86%	Happy New Year, Colin Burstead	David	—	2018
70%	Free Fire	Stevo	$1.8M	2017
46%	Pride and Prejudice and Zombies	Mr. Darcy	$8.7M	2016
76%	Suite Française	Actor	$1.4M	2015
33%	Das finstere Tal (The Dark Valley)	Actor	—	2014
54%	Maleficent	Diaval	$190.9M	2014
65%	Byzantium	Darvell	$84.8k	2013
45%	On the Road	Sal Paradise/Jack Kerouac	$0.7M	2012
8%	13	Vince Ferro	—	2011
51%	Brighton Rock	Pinkie Brown	$0.3M	2011
No Score Yet	Shadow Play: The Making of Anton Corbijn	Actor	—	2009
57%	Franklyn	Milo	—	2008
88%	Control	Ian Curtis	$0.9M	2007
38%	Virgin	Michael	—	2004

TV

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	YEAR
89%	SS-GB 2017	Douglas Archer	2018
78%	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 1999	UNI Bruny	2007

Quotes from Sam Riley's Characters

Diaval:

I can't do it without you, Diaval. Please help me, Diaval.

Diaval:	That boy is the answer! True love's kiss.
Maleficent:	Have you not worked it out yet? I cursed her that way because there is no such thing.

Diaval:

What have you done to my beautiful self?

Diaval:

What have you done to my beautiful self?

Sal Paradise/Jack Kerouac:

We were performing our one and noble action of the time- move.

Ian Curtis:

So this is permanence. Love shattered pride what once was innocence turned on its side. A cloud hangs over me marks every move deep in the memory of what once was love.

Sal Paradise/Jack Kerouac:	...the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones that never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles...
Sal Paradise/Jack Kerouac:	The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time. The ones that never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles.

Pinkie Brown:

You're good, and I'm bad. Were made for each other.