Sam Riley is best known for his performance in the 2007 biographical film Control about the life of Ian Curtis, as protagonist Sal Paradise in the 2012 adaptation of the Jack Kerouac novel On the Road, and as Diaval in the 2014 film Maleficent.
12 Facts About Sam Riley
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Sam Riley was born in Menston, Bradford, West Yorkshire, the son of Amanda, a nursery school teacher, and Andrew Sam Riley, a textile agent.
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Sam Riley was educated at Malsis School, Cross Hills, and at Uppingham School.
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In September 2007, Sam Riley was cast in Gerald McMorrow's British science fiction film Franklyn.
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Sam Riley starred as the lead role in 13, an English language remake of the French thriller 13 Tzameti that has yet to have an American and European release.
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Sam Riley played the role of Pinkie Brown in Brighton Rock alongside Helen Mirren, an adaption of Graham Greene's novel, released 4 February 2011.
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Sam Riley starred in Walter Salles' film adaptation of Jack Kerouac's autobiographical On the Road playing the narrator and protagonist Sal Paradise.
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Sam Riley has a small role in the 2011 German comedy Woman in Love, in which his wife Alexandra Maria Lara plays the female lead.
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In 2012, Sam Riley was cast as Diaval in Disney's Maleficent, alongside Angelina Jolie.
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Sam Riley was cast as Fitzwilliam Darcy in the film, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, released in February 2016.
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Sam Riley played the 'not-so welcome' returning prodigal brother David in the 2018 film Happy New Year, Colin Burstead by Ben Wheatley.
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Sam Riley was named one of GQs 50 best dressed British men in 2015.