The story of Joy Division’s lead singer Ian Curtis, from his schoolboy days in 1973 to his suicide on the eve of the band's first American tour in 1980.

Sam Riley
as Ian Curtis

Samantha Morton
as Debbie Curtis

Alexandra Maria Lara
as Annik Honoré

Joe Anderson
as Hooky

Toby Kebbell
as Rob Greton

Craig Parkinson
as Tony Wilson

James Anthony Pearson
as Bernard Sumner

Harry Treadaway
as Steve Morris

Robert Shelly
as Twinny

Andrew Sheridan
as Terry