Rupert Friend
Acting • Born 1981-10-09
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.
Filmography
57 credits
Pride & Prejudice
Movie • 2005
Mr. Wickham
Chéri
Movie • 2009
Chéri
The Libertine
Movie • 2004
Downs
The Last Legion
Movie • 2007
Demetrius
Outlaw
Movie • 2007
Sandy Mardell
The Kid
Movie • 2010
Kevin Lewis
Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont
Movie • 2005
Ludovic Meyer
The Moon and the Stars
Movie • 2007
Renzo Daverio / Spoletta
Lullaby for Pi
Movie • 2010
Sam
The Young Victoria
Movie • 2009
Prince Albert
5 Days of War
Movie • 2011
Thomas Anders
To Write Love on Her Arms
Movie • 2015
David McKenna
Starred Up
Movie • 2014
Oliver Baumer
The Swan
Movie • 2023
Narrator / Adult Peter Watson
The Rat Catcher
Movie • 2023
Claud Cubbage
Dreams
Movie • 2025
Jake McCarthy
Hitman: Agent 47
Movie • 2015
Agent 47
The Zero Theorem
Movie • 2013
TV Presenter
The American Society of Magical Negroes
Movie • 2024
Mick
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
Movie • 2022
Self - Grand Inquisitor
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Movie • 2008
Lieutenant Kotler
Meet Me in Montenegro
Movie • 2015
Stephen
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
Movie • 2024
Narrator / Claud (archive footage)
Canary Black
Movie • 2024
David Brooks
Jolene
Movie • 2010
Coco Leger
Perdition
Movie
Jurassic World Rebirth
Movie • 2025
Martin Krebs
The Continuing and Lamentable Saga of the Suicide Brothers
Movie • 2009
Bourbon
The Phoenician Scheme
Movie • 2025
Excalibur
The Death of Stalin
Movie • 2017
Vasily Stalin
Stryka
Movie • 2015
Callen
After This Death
Movie • 2025
Ted
At Eternity's Gate
Movie • 2018
Theo van Gogh
A Simple Favor
Movie • 2018
Dennis Nylon
Infinite
Movie • 2021
Bathurst 1985
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
Movie • 2021
Drill-Sergeant
Separation
Movie • 2021
Jeff
Last Looks
Movie • 2022
Wilson Sikorsky
Asteroid City
Movie • 2023
Montana
Prince Consorts: In the Shadow of the Crown
Movie • 2021
Prince Albert (archive footage)
Companion
Movie • 2025
Sergey
The Edge of Normal
Movie
Photo Booth
Movie
Ben Bouchet
Virgin Territory
Movie • 2007
Alessandro Felice
My Notes on Mars
Movie
Sam
Jurassic World Rebirth: The Making of a New Era
Movie • 2025
Self
The Boy in the Iron Box
Movie
Liev
Barton & Charlie & Checco & Bill
Movie • 2016
Blake & Mortimer: The Yellow M
Movie
Colonel Olrik
Homeland
TV • 2011
Peter Quinn
Dream Corp LLC
TV • 2016
Patient 62
Obi-Wan Kenobi
TV • 2022
Grand Inquisitor
High Desert
TV • 2023
Guru Bob
Anatomy of a Scandal
TV • 2022
James Whitehouse
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self - Guest
Strange Angel
TV • 2018
Ernest Donovan
Youth
TV