Rupert Friend
Acting
Born: Oct 09, 1981
From: Oxfordshire, England, UK
Credits: 30 titles
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 …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dreams | Jake McCarthy | 2025 | 6.336 |
| Jurassic World Rebirth | Martin Krebs | 2025 | 6.3 |
| The Phoenician Scheme | Excalibur | 2025 | 6.501 |
| The American Society of Magical Negroes | Mick | 2024 | 4.8 |
| The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More | Narrator / Claud (archive footage) | 2024 | 7.5 |
| Canary Black | David Brooks | 2024 | 6.235 |
| The Swan | Narrator / Adult Peter Watson | 2023 | 6.78 |
| The Rat Catcher | Claud Cubbage | 2023 | 6.613 |
| Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return | Self - Grand Inquisitor | 2022 | 6.79 |
| The Death of Stalin | Vasily Stalin | 2017 | 7.021 |
| To Write Love on Her Arms | David McKenna | 2015 | 6.75 |
| Hitman: Agent 47 | Agent 47 | 2015 | 5.898 |
| Meet Me in Montenegro | Stephen | 2015 | 4.2 |
| Starred Up | Oliver Baumer | 2014 | 7.1 |
| The Zero Theorem | TV Presenter | 2013 | 6.081 |
| 5 Days of War | Thomas Anders | 2011 | 5.661 |
| The Kid | Kevin Lewis | 2010 | 6.4 |
| Lullaby for Pi | Sam | 2010 | 6.8 |
| Jolene | Coco Leger | 2010 | 6.267 |
| Chéri | Chéri | 2009 | 6.1 |
| The Young Victoria | Prince Albert | 2009 | 7.165 |
| The Continuing and Lamentable Saga of the Suicide Brothers | Bourbon | 2009 | 5.2 |
| The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas | Lieutenant Kotler | 2008 | 7.8 |
| The Last Legion | Demetrius | 2007 | 5.619 |
| Outlaw | Sandy Mardell | 2007 | 5.38 |
| The Moon and the Stars | Renzo Daverio / Spoletta | 2007 | 5.111 |
| Pride & Prejudice | Mr. Wickham | 2005 | 8.049 |
| Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont | Ludovic Meyer | 2005 | 6.616 |
| The Libertine | Downs | 2004 | 5.925 |
| Perdition | — | ||
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1981 |
| From | Oxfordshire, England, UK |