Rupert Friend
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Oct 9, 1981 (age 44)
- Place of birth
- Oxfordshire, England, UK
- Credits
- 58
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.
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Known for
Pride & Prejudice
2005Movie
Mr. Wickham
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
2008Movie
Lieutenant Kotler
A Simple Favor
2018Movie
Dennis Nylon
Jurassic World Rebirth
2025Movie
Martin Krebs
Hitman: Agent 47
2015Movie
Agent 47
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
2021Movie
Drill-Sergeant
Filmography
Found Alive
2026Movie
Youth
2026TV
Patrick
My Notes on Mars
2026Movie
Sam
Dreams
2025Movie
Jake McCarthy
Jurassic World Rebirth: The Making of a New Era
2025Movie
Self
Jurassic World Rebirth
2025Movie
Martin Krebs
The Phoenician Scheme
2025Movie
Excalibur
After This Death
2025Movie
Ted
Companion
2025Movie
Sergey
Canary Black
2024Movie
David Brooks
The American Society of Magical Negroes
2024Movie
Mick
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
2024Movie
Narrator / Claud (archive footage)
The Rat Catcher
2023Movie
Claud Cubbage
The Swan
2023Movie
Narrator / Adult Peter Watson
Asteroid City
2023Movie
Montana
High Desert
2023TV
Guru Bob
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
2022Movie
Self - Grand Inquisitor
Obi-Wan Kenobi
2022TV
Grand Inquisitor
Anatomy of a Scandal
2022TV
James Whitehouse
Last Looks
2022Movie
Wilson Sikorsky
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
2021Movie
Drill-Sergeant
Infinite
2021Movie
Bathurst 1985
Separation
2021Movie
Jeff
Prince Consorts: In the Shadow of the Crown
2021Movie
Prince Albert (archive footage)
At Eternity's Gate
2018Movie
Theo van Gogh
A Simple Favor
2018Movie
Dennis Nylon
Strange Angel
2018TV
Ernest Donovan
The Death of Stalin
2017Movie
Vasily Stalin
Dream Corp LLC
2016TV
Patient 62
Barton & Charlie & Checco & Bill
2016Movie
Hitman: Agent 47
2015Movie
Agent 47
Meet Me in Montenegro
2015Movie
Stephen
Stryka
2015Movie
Callen
To Write Love on Her Arms
2015Movie
David McKenna
Starred Up
2014Movie
Oliver Baumer
The Zero Theorem
2013Movie
TV Presenter
Homeland
2011TV
Peter Quinn
5 Days of War
2011Movie
Thomas Anders
Jolene
2010Movie
Coco Leger
Lullaby for Pi
2010Movie
Sam
The Kid
2010Movie
Kevin Lewis
The Continuing and Lamentable Saga of the Suicide Brothers
2009Movie
Bourbon
Chéri
2009Movie
Chéri
The Young Victoria
2009Movie
Prince Albert
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
2008Movie
Lieutenant Kotler
Virgin Territory
2007Movie
Alessandro Felice
The Last Legion
2007Movie
Demetrius
Outlaw
2007Movie
Sandy Mardell
The Moon and the Stars
2007Movie
Renzo Daverio / Spoletta
Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont
2005Movie
Ludovic Meyer
Pride & Prejudice
2005Movie
Mr. Wickham
The Libertine
2004Movie
Downs
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003TV
Self - Guest
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988TV
Self - Guest
The Boy in the Iron Box
Movie
Liev
Perdition
Movie
Blake & Mortimer: The Yellow M
Movie
Colonel Olrik
Photo Booth
Movie
Ben Bouchet