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