Rupert Friend

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.

Known For

Homeland

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Jurassic World Rebirth

Pride & Prejudice

Virgin Territory

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Companion

All Movies (49)

• Dreams2025 · as Jake McCarthy
• Jurassic World Rebirth: The Making of a New Era2025 · as Self
• Jurassic World Rebirth2025 · as Martin Krebs
• The Phoenician Scheme2025 · as Excalibur
• After This Death2025 · as Ted
• Companion2025 · as Sergey
• Canary Black2024 · as David Brooks
• The American Society of Magical Negroes2024 · as Mick
• The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More2024 · as Narrator / Claud (archive footage)
• The Rat Catcher2023 · as Claud Cubbage
• The Swan2023 · as Narrator / Adult Peter Watson
• Asteroid City2023 · as Montana
• Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return2022 · as Self - Grand Inquisitor
• Last Looks2022 · as Wilson Sikorsky
• The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun2021 · as Drill-Sergeant
• Infinite2021 · as Bathurst 1985
• Separation2021 · as Jeff
• Prince Consorts: In the Shadow of the Crown2021 · as Prince Albert (archive footage)
• At Eternity's Gate2018 · as Theo van Gogh
• A Simple Favor2018 · as Dennis Nylon
• The Death of Stalin2017 · as Vasily Stalin
• Barton & Charlie & Checco & Bill2016
• Hitman: Agent 472015 · as Agent 47
• Meet Me in Montenegro2015 · as Stephen
• Stryka2015 · as Callen
• To Write Love on Her Arms2015 · as David McKenna
• Starred Up2014 · as Oliver Baumer
• The Zero Theorem2013 · as TV Presenter
• 5 Days of War2011 · as Thomas Anders
• Jolene2010 · as Coco Leger
• Lullaby for Pi2010 · as Sam
• The Kid2010 · as Kevin Lewis
• The Continuing and Lamentable Saga of the Suicide Brothers2009 · as Bourbon
• Chéri2009 · as Chéri
• The Young Victoria2009 · as Prince Albert
• The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas2008 · as Lieutenant Kotler
• Virgin Territory2007 · as Alessandro Felice
• The Last Legion2007 · as Demetrius
• Outlaw2007 · as Sandy Mardell
• The Moon and the Stars2007 · as Renzo Daverio / Spoletta
• Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont2005 · as Ludovic Meyer
• Pride & Prejudice2005 · as Mr. Wickham
• The Libertine2004 · as Downs
• Perdition—
• The Edge of Normal—
• Photo Booth— · as Ben Bouchet
• My Notes on Mars— · as Sam
• The Boy in the Iron Box— · as Liev
• Blake & Mortimer: The Yellow M— · as Colonel Olrik

All TV Shows (9)

• High Desert2023 · as Guru Bob
• Obi-Wan Kenobi2022 · as Grand Inquisitor
• Anatomy of a Scandal2022 · as James Whitehouse
• Strange Angel2018 · as Ernest Donovan
• Dream Corp LLC2016 · as Patient 62
• Homeland2011 · as Peter Quinn
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988 · as Self - Guest
• Youth—