Sam Riley
Biography
Sam Riley is an English actor and singer who spent a few years singing with the Leeds band 10,000 Things, which released an album on Polydor before disbanding in 2005. He was born in Menston, West Yorkshire, and attended independent schools in North Yorkshire and Rutland. His breakthrough came as Ian Curtis in Control (2007), a Joy Division biopic that earned him the Most Promising Newcomer award at the British Independent Film Awards and a BAFTA Rising Star nomination. He went on to play Sal Paradise in the adaptation of Jack Kerouac's On the Road (2012), Diaval in Disney's Maleficent (2014), and Fitzwilliam Darcy in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016). His other films include Franklyn (2008), 13 (2010), Brighton Rock (2010), Byzantium (2013) and Suite Française (2015).
46years old
Turns 47 on January 8in 59 days
- Born Menston
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
- Samuel Peter W. Riley (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 18
- Career span
- 17 years2007 to 2024
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A role that slipped away
Riley played Mark E. Smith, frontman of The Fall, in Michael Winterbottom's film 24 Hour Party People, which covers the Factory Records era. His scenes were left out of the final cut.
A change of course
Riley spent a few years as lead singer of 10,000 Things, a Leeds band. After a 2002 release on Voltage Records, they signed to Polydor for one self-titled album and disbanded in 2005.
Sam Riley movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Ben Wheatley directed two of these films. Fifteen actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Also two films together9 more actors
- Haley BennettWidow Clicquot (2023) and She is Love (2022)
- Lily JamesRebecca (2020) and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016)
- Armie HammerRebecca (2020) and Free Fire (2017)
- Sharlto CopleyFree Fire (2017) and Maleficent (2014)
- Simon Russell BealeFirebrand (2024) and Radioactive (2020)
- Alexandra Maria LaraSuite Française (2015) and Control (2007)
- Tom SturridgeWidow Clicquot (2023) and On the Road (2012)
- Dolly WellsPride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016) and Franklyn (2008)
- Craig ParkinsonBrighton Rock (2010) and Control (2007)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Sam Riley's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$1.3 billion
13 of the 17 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 17 films: 13 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 1 streaming, short cinema run; 2 figure not found.
- 13Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 1Streaming, short cinema run
- 2Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 99% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$759M57.8% of the total
- 2$492M37.5% of the total
- 3$16M1.3% of the total
- 4$9.1M0.7% of the total
- 5$8.8M0.7% of the total
- 6$8.2M0.6% of the total
- 7$3.7M0.3% of the total
- 8$3.7M0.3% of the total
$11.3 millionfrom the other 5 films with a worldwide figure, 1% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.