Rupert Friend
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.
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Movies (44)
Dreams
as Jake McCarthy
2025
Jurassic World Rebirth
as Martin Krebs
2025
Jurassic World Rebirth: The Making of a New Era
as Self
2025
Let's Write
2025
The Phoenician Scheme
as Excalibur
2025
After This Death
as Ted
2025
Companion
as Sergey
2025
Canary Black
as David Brooks
2024
The American Society of Magical Negroes
as Mick
2024
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
as Narrator / Claud (archive footage)
2024
The Rat Catcher
as Claud Cubbage
2023
The Swan
as Narrator / Adult Peter Watson
2023
Asteroid City
as Montana
2023
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
as Self - Grand Inquisitor
2022
Last Looks
as Wilson Sikorsky
2022
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
as Drill-Sergeant
2021
Infinite
as Bathurst 1985
2021
Separation
as Jeff
2021
Prince Consorts: In the Shadow of the Crown
as Prince Albert (archive footage)
2021
At Eternity's Gate
as Theo van Gogh
2018
A Simple Favor
as Dennis Nylon
2018
The Death of Stalin
as Vasily Stalin
2017
Hitman: Agent 47
as Agent 47
2015
Meet Me in Montenegro
as Stephen
2015
Stryka
as Callen
2015
To Write Love on Her Arms
as David McKenna
2015
Starred Up
as Oliver Baumer
2014
The Zero Theorem
as TV Presenter
2013
Stars In Shorts
Director (Directing)
2012
5 Days of War
as Thomas Anders
2011
Jolene
as Coco Leger
2010
Lullaby for Pi
as Sam
2010
The Kid
as Kevin Lewis
2010
Steve
Director (Directing)
2010
The Continuing and Lamentable Saga of the Suicide Brothers
as Bourbon
2009
Chéri
as Chéri
2009
The Young Victoria
as Prince Albert
2009
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
as Lieutenant Kotler
2008
Virgin Territory
as Alessandro Felice
2007
The Last Legion
as Demetrius
2007
Outlaw
as Sandy Mardell
2007
The Moon and the Stars
as Renzo Daverio / Spoletta
2007
Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont
as Ludovic Meyer
2005
Pride & Prejudice
as Mr. Wickham
2005
