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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Dreams
Jake McCarthy
2025
Jurassic World Rebirth
Martin Krebs
2025
The Phoenician Scheme
Excalibur
2025
After This Death
Ted
2025
Companion
Sergey
2025
Canary Black
David Brooks
2024
100 Years of Meisterstück
2024
The American Society of Magical Negroes
Mick
2024
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
Narrator / Claud (archive footage)
2024
The Rat Catcher
Claud Cubbage
2023
The Swan
Narrator / Adult Peter Watson
2023
Asteroid City
Montana
2023
High Desert
Guru Bob · (8 episodes)
2023
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
Self - Grand Inquisitor
2022
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Grand Inquisitor · (4 episodes)
2022
Anatomy of a Scandal
James Whitehouse · (6 episodes)
2022
Last Looks
Wilson Sikorsky
2022
The French Dispatch
Drill-Sergeant
2021
Infinite
Bathurst 1985
2021
Separation
Jeff
2021
Prince Consorts: In the Shadow of the Crown
Prince Albert (archive footage)
2021
At Eternity's Gate
Theo van Gogh
2018
A Simple Favor
Dennis Nylon
2018
Strange Angel
Ernest Donovan · (17 episodes)
2018
The Death of Stalin
Vasily Stalin
2017
Dream Corp LLC
Patient 62 · (2 episodes)
2016
Hitman: Agent 47
Agent 47
2015
Meet Me in Montenegro
Stephen
2015
Stryka
Callen
2015
To Write Love on Her Arms
David McKenna
2015
Starred Up
Oliver Baumer
2014
The Zero Theorem
TV Presenter
2013
Homeland
Peter Quinn · (48 episodes)
2011
5 Days of War
Thomas Anders
2011
Jolene
Coco Leger
2010
Lullaby for Pi
Sam
2010
The Kid
Kevin Lewis
2010
The Continuing and Lamentable Saga of the Suicide Brothers
Bourbon
2009
Chéri
Chéri
2009
The Young Victoria
Prince Albert
2009
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Lieutenant Kotler
2008
The Last Legion
Demetrius
2007
Outlaw
Sandy Mardell
2007
The Moon and the Stars
Renzo Daverio / Spoletta
2007
Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont
Ludovic Meyer
2005
Pride & Prejudice
George Wickham
2005
The Libertine
Downs
2004
Perdition
The Edge of Normal
Photo Booth
Ben Bouchet
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
1988