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.
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Full filmography
- Homeland (2011) as Peter Quinn
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self - Guest
- Jurassic World Rebirth (2025) as Martin Krebs
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988) as Self - Guest
- Pride & Prejudice (2005) as Mr. Wickham
- Virgin Territory (2007) as Alessandro Felice
- Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022) as Grand Inquisitor
- Companion (2025) as Sergey
- The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008) as Lieutenant Kotler
- The Phoenician Scheme (2025) as Excalibur
- Infinite (2021) as Bathurst 1985
- Dreams (2025) as Jake McCarthy
- Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return (2022) as Self - Grand Inquisitor
- Hitman: Agent 47 (2015) as Agent 47
- Asteroid City (2023) as Montana
- Dream Corp LLC (2016) as Patient 62
- The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun (2021) as Drill-Sergeant
- A Simple Favor (2018) as Dennis Nylon
- Anatomy of a Scandal (2022) as James Whitehouse
- Canary Black (2024) as David Brooks
- Strange Angel (2018) as Ernest Donovan
- High Desert (2023) as Guru Bob
- The Death of Stalin (2017) as Vasily Stalin
- The Last Legion (2007) as Demetrius