Rupert Friend
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Homeland
Peter Quinn
2011
Film
Jurassic World Rebirth
Martin Krebs
2025
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
Series
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Film
Pride & Prejudice
Mr. Wickham
2005
Film
Companion
Sergey
2025
Series
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Grand Inquisitor
2022
Film
Virgin Territory
Alessandro Felice
2007
Film
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Lieutenant Kotler
2008
Film
Asteroid City
Montana
2023
Film
The Phoenician Scheme
Excalibur
2025
Film
Infinite
Bathurst 1985
2021
Film
A Simple Favor
Dennis Nylon
2018
Film
Canary Black
David Brooks
2024
Film
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
Drill-Sergeant
2021
Film
Hitman: Agent 47
Agent 47
2015
Series
Anatomy of a Scandal
James Whitehouse
2022
Series
High Desert
Guru Bob
2023
Film
The Death of Stalin
Vasily Stalin
2017
Film
Dreams
Jake McCarthy
2025
Series
Dream Corp LLC
Patient 62
2016
Film
The Last Legion
Demetrius
2007
Film
The Rat Catcher
Claud Cubbage
2023
Film
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
Self - Grand Inquisitor
2022
Film
Starred Up
Oliver Baumer
2014
Film
Last Looks
Wilson Sikorsky
2022
Film
The Libertine
Downs
2004
Film
At Eternity's Gate
Theo van Gogh
2018
Series
Strange Angel
Ernest Donovan
2018
Film
The Zero Theorem
TV Presenter
2013
Film
5 Days of War
Thomas Anders
2011
Film
The Swan
Narrator / Adult Peter Watson
2023
Film
Chéri
Chéri
2009
Film
The Young Victoria
Prince Albert
2009
Film
The American Society of Magical Negroes
Mick
2024
Film
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
Narrator / Claud (archive footage)
2024
Film
Outlaw
Sandy Mardell
2007
Film
Separation
Jeff
2021
Perdition
Film
To Write Love on Her Arms
David McKenna
2015
Youth
Film
Jolene
Coco Leger
2010
Film
Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont
Ludovic Meyer
2005
Film
Prince Consorts: In the Shadow of the Crown
Prince Albert (archive footage)
2021
Film
Lullaby for Pi
Sam
2010
Film
The Kid
Kevin Lewis
2010
Film
The Moon and the Stars
Renzo Daverio / Spoletta
2007
Film
Jurassic World Rebirth: The Making of a New Era
Self
2025
Stryka
Callen
2015
The Boy in the Iron Box
Liev
Film
After This Death
Ted
2025
Film
Meet Me in Montenegro
Stephen
2015
The Edge of Normal
Film
Photo Booth
Ben Bouchet
Film
My Notes on Mars
Sam
2026
Blake & Mortimer: The Yellow M
Colonel Olrik
Barton & Charlie & Checco & Bill
2016
Film
The Continuing and Lamentable Saga of the Suicide Brothers
Bourbon
2009