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 Peopl...
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Control
As Ian Curtis
Franklyn
As Milo
Brighton Rock
As Pinkie
13
As Vince
Robby and Toby's Fantastic Voyager
As Brad Blutbad
Islands
As Tom
On the Road
As Sal Paradise / Jack Kerouac
Maleficent
As Diaval
Byzantium
As Darvell
Alfons Jitterbit – Class Trip Chaos!
As Jack
Firebrand
As Thomas Seymour
John Cranko
As John Cranko
The Dark Valley
As Greider
Suite Française
As Benoit Labarie
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
As Fitzwilliam Darcy
Widow Clicquot
As Louis Bohne
Free Fire
As Stevo
Lenny Blue
As James Milton
Tough Love
As James Milton
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
As David Burstead
Radioactive
As Pierre Curie
Sometimes Always Never
As Peter
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
As Diaval
Rebecca
As Jack Favell
The Naked King - 18 Fragments on Revolution
As Narrator English (voice)
The Vault
As James
She is Love
As Idris
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
As Eric Bruney
SS-GB
As Douglas Archer
Leute heute
As Self