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