Rupert Friend
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 9, 1981 (age 45)
- Birthplace
- Oxfordshire, England, UK
Biography
Rupert William Anthony Friend (born October 1981) is an English actor. He first gained recognition for his roles in The Libertine (2004) and Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont (2005), winning him awards for best newcomer. He portrayed George Wickham in Pride & Prejudice (2005), Lieutenant Kurt Kotler in The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008), Albert, Prince Consort in The Young Victoria (2009), psychologist Oliver Baumer in Starred Up (2013), CIA operative Peter Quinn in the political thriller series Homeland (2012–2017), Vasily Stalin in The Death of Stalin (2017), Theo van Gogh in At Eternity's Gate (2018), and Ernest Donovan in the series Strange Angel (2018–2019). In the early 2020s, Friend began collaborating with director Wes Anderson, starting with a cameo in The French Dispatch (2021), followed by roles in Asteroid City (2023) and the Netflix short films The Swan and The Rat Catcher. In 2022, he starred as disgraced British politician James Whitehouse in Anatomy of a Scandal and featured in the Disney+ series Obi-Wan Kenobi as the Grand Inquisitor. Friend is the director, screenwriter or producer of two award-winning short films: The Continuing and Lamentable Saga of the Suicide Brothers (2008) and Steve (2010). He wrote lyrics for the Kairos 4Tet 2013 album Everything We Hold. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rupert Friend, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Photos
Filmography
Perdition
Movie
Photo Booth
Movie · as Ben Bouchet
The Boy in the Iron Box
Movie · as Liev
Blake & Mortimer: The Yellow M
Movie · as Colonel Olrik
Found Alive
Movie
My Notes on Mars
Movie · as Sam
Youth
TV · as Patrick · 8 eps
Dreams
Movie · as Jake McCarthy
Jurassic World Rebirth
Movie · as Martin Krebs
The Phoenician Scheme
Movie · as Excalibur
After This Death
Movie · as Ted
Companion
Movie · as Sergey
Jurassic World Rebirth: The Making of a New Era
Movie · as Self
The American Society of Magical Negroes
Movie · as Mick
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
Movie · as Narrator / Claud (archive footage)
Canary Black
Movie · as David Brooks
The Swan
Movie · as Narrator / Adult Peter Watson
The Rat Catcher
Movie · as Claud Cubbage
Asteroid City
Movie · as Montana
High Desert
TV · as Guru Bob · 8 eps
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
Movie · as Self - Grand Inquisitor
Last Looks
Movie · as Wilson Sikorsky
Obi-Wan Kenobi
TV · as Grand Inquisitor · 4 eps
Anatomy of a Scandal
TV · as James Whitehouse · 6 eps
Infinite
Movie · as Bathurst 1985
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
Movie · as Drill-Sergeant
Separation
Movie · as Jeff
Prince Consorts: In the Shadow of the Crown
Movie · as Prince Albert (archive footage)
At Eternity's Gate
Movie · as Theo van Gogh
A Simple Favor
Movie · as Dennis Nylon
Strange Angel
TV · as Ernest Donovan · 17 eps
The Death of Stalin
Movie · as Vasily Stalin
Barton & Charlie & Checco & Bill
Movie
Dream Corp LLC
TV · as Patient 62 · 2 eps
To Write Love on Her Arms
Movie · as David McKenna
Hitman: Agent 47
Movie · as Agent 47
Meet Me in Montenegro
Movie · as Stephen
Stryka
Movie · as Callen
Starred Up
Movie · as Oliver Baumer
The Zero Theorem
Movie · as TV Presenter
5 Days of War
Movie · as Thomas Anders
Homeland
TV · as Peter Quinn · 57 eps
The Kid
Movie · as Kevin Lewis
Lullaby for Pi
Movie · as Sam
Jolene
Movie · as Coco Leger
Chéri
Movie · as Chéri
The Young Victoria
Movie · as Prince Albert
The Continuing and Lamentable Saga of the Suicide Brothers
Movie · as Bourbon
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Movie · as Lieutenant Kotler
The Last Legion
Movie · as Demetrius
Outlaw
Movie · as Sandy Mardell
The Moon and the Stars
Movie · as Renzo Daverio / Spoletta
Virgin Territory
Movie · as Alessandro Felice
Pride & Prejudice
Movie · as Mr. Wickham
Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont
Movie · as Ludovic Meyer
The Libertine
Movie · as Downs
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep