ACTOR

Sam Riley

1980 - Today

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Samuel Peter W. Riley (born 8 January 1980) is an English actor and singer. He 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. Riley received renown for his portrayal of Fitzwilliam Darcy in the 2016 film Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sam Riley has received more than 4,117,338 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Sam Riley is the 4,780th most popular actor (down from 4,298th in 2019), the 3,653rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,416th in 2019) and the 553rd most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Sam Riley ranks 4,780 out of 13,578. Before him are Peter Friedman, Joseph Bologna, Julia Faye, Henry Lehrman, Emmanuelle Devos, and Anatoly Kuznetsov. After him are Gabrielle Anwar, Neville Brand, Reni Santoni, Kris Marshall, David Leitch, and Billie Dove.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, Sam Riley ranks 82. Before him are Irfaan Ali, Dani Güiza, Melissa Rauch, Jolin Tsai, Christoph Metzelder, and Natalia Poklonskaya. After him are María de Villota, Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, Jason Segel, Luke Hemsworth, Cecilia Cheung, and Cicinho.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Sam Riley ranks 3,653 out of 8,785. Before him are Raymond Leppard (1927), Peter Cook (1936), Hector Boece (1465), John Derbyshire (1878), Ralph Cudworth (1617), and Christopher Kelk Ingold (1893). After him are Adolph Deutsch (1897), Arthur Roche (1950), Gabrielle Anwar (1970), Kris Marshall (1973), Swithun (800), and Patricia Medina (1919).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Sam Riley ranks 553. Before him are Bill Paterson (1945), Hugh Dancy (1975), Emily Ratajkowski (1991), Kelly Macdonald (1976), Sydney Greenstreet (1879), and Roger Allam (1953). After him are Gabrielle Anwar (1970), Kris Marshall (1973), Patricia Medina (1919), Bonnie Wright (1991), Toby Stephens (1969), and Gemma Arterton (1986).

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