Rupert Friend
Acting
1981-10-09 · Oxfordshire, England, UK
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
Youth
2026 · Series
TheatersMy Notes on Mars
2026 · Movie
Dreams
2025 · Movie
Jurassic World Rebirth: The Making of a New Era
2025 · Movie
Jurassic World Rebirth
2025 · Movie
The Phoenician Scheme
2025 · Movie
After This Death
2025 · Movie
Companion
2025 · Movie
Canary Black
2024 · Movie
The American Society of Magical Negroes
2024 · Movie
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
2024 · Movie
The Rat Catcher
2023 · Movie
The Swan
2023 · Movie
Asteroid City
2023 · Movie
High Desert
2023 · Series
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
2022 · Movie
Obi-Wan Kenobi
2022 · Series
Anatomy of a Scandal
2022 · Series
Last Looks
2022 · Movie
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
2021 · Movie
Infinite
2021 · Movie
Separation
2021 · Movie
Prince Consorts: In the Shadow of the Crown
2021 · Movie
At Eternity's Gate
2018 · Movie
A Simple Favor
2018 · Movie
Strange Angel
2018 · Series
The Death of Stalin
2017 · Movie
Dream Corp LLC
2016 · Series
Barton & Charlie & Checco & Bill
2016 · Movie
Hitman: Agent 47
2015 · Movie
Meet Me in Montenegro
2015 · Movie
Stryka
2015 · Movie
To Write Love on Her Arms
2015 · Movie
Starred Up
2014 · Movie
The Zero Theorem
2013 · Movie
Stars in Shorts
2012 · Movie
Homeland
2011 · Series
5 Days of War
2011 · Movie
Jolene
2010 · Movie
Lullaby for Pi
2010 · Movie
The Kid
2010 · Movie
Steve
2010 · Movie
The Continuing and Lamentable Saga of the Suicide Brothers
2009 · Movie
Chéri
2009 · Movie
The Young Victoria
2009 · Movie
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
2008 · Movie
Virgin Territory
2007 · Movie
The Last Legion
2007 · Movie
Outlaw
2007 · Movie
The Moon and the Stars
2007 · Movie
Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont
2005 · Movie
Pride & Prejudice
2005 · Movie
The Libertine
2004 · Movie
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Series
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Series
Photo Booth
Movie
Cornerman
Movie
Perdition
Movie
The Boy in the Iron Box
Movie
The Edge of Normal
Movie
Blake & Mortimer: The Yellow M
Movie