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Rupert Friend
Born · October 9, 1981 (43 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Oxfordshire, England, UK
Bio
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.
Jurassic World Rebirth
Martin Krebs
0.0
2025
The Phoenician Scheme
Excaliber
0.0
2025
After This Death
Ted
6.0
2025
Dreams
Jake McCarthy
7.0
2025
Companion
Sergey
7.1
2025
Canary Black
David Brooks
6.3
2024
100 Years of MEISTERSTÜCK
0.0
2024
The American Society of Magical Negroes
Mick
4.8
2024
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
Narrator / Claud (archive footage)
7.6
2024
The Rat Catcher
Claud Cubbage
6.6
2023
The Swan
Narrator / Adult Peter Watson
6.8
2023
Asteroid City
Montana
6.5
2023
High Desert
Guru Bob · (8 episodes)
6.6
2023
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
Self - Grand Inquisitor
6.8
2022
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Grand Inquisitor · (4 episodes)
7.1
2022
Anatomy of a Scandal
James Whitehouse · (6 episodes)
7.0
2022
Last Looks
Wilson Sikorsky
5.8
2022
The French Dispatch
Drill-Sergeant
7.0
2021
Infinite
Bathurst 1985
6.6
2021
Separation
Jeff
5.7
2021
Prince Consorts: In the Shadow of the Crown
Prince Albert (archive footage)
8.0
2021
At Eternity's Gate
Theo van Gogh
7.0
2018
A Simple Favor
Dennis Nylon
6.6
2018
Strange Angel
Ernest Donovan · (17 episodes)
6.7
2018
The Death of Stalin
Vasily Stalin
7.0
2017
Dream Corp LLC
Patient 62 · (2 episodes)
6.7
2016
Hitman: Agent 47
Agent 47
5.9
2015
Meet Me in Montenegro
Stephen
4.4
2015
Stryka
Callen
6.5
2015
To Write Love on Her Arms
David McKenna
6.8
2015
Starred Up
Oliver Baumer
7.1
2014
The Zero Theorem
TV Presenter
6.1
2013
Homeland
Peter Quinn · (48 episodes)
7.6
2011
5 Days of War
Thomas Anders
5.6
2011
Jolene
Coco Leger
6.2
2010
Lullaby for Pi
Sam
6.9
2010
The Kid
Kevin Lewis
7.0
2010
The Continuing and Lamentable Saga of the Suicide Brothers
Bourbon
5.2
2009
Chéri
Chéri
6.1
2009
The Young Victoria
Prince Albert
7.2
2009
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Lieutenant Kotler
7.8
2008
The Last Legion
Demetrius
5.6
2007
Outlaw
Sandy Mardell
5.4
2007
The Moon and the Stars
Renzo Daverio / Spoletta
4.7
2007
Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont
Ludovic Meyer
6.7
2005
Pride & Prejudice
George Wickham
8.1
2005
The Libertine
Downs
5.9
2004
Perdition
0.0
The Edge of Normal
0.0
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
5.4
1988