Acting · Oxfordshire, England, UK · Born October 9, 1981
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.
MovieDreams
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as Jake McCarthy
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as Self
MovieJurassic World Rebirth
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as Martin Krebs
MovieThe Phoenician Scheme
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as Excalibur
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as Ted
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as Sergey
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as David Brooks
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as Mick
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as Narrator / Claud (archive footage)
MovieThe Rat Catcher
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as Claud Cubbage
MovieThe Swan
2023
as Narrator / Adult Peter Watson
MovieAsteroid City
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as Montana
TVHigh Desert
2023
as Guru Bob
MovieObi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
2022
as Self - Grand Inquisitor
TVObi-Wan Kenobi
2022
as Grand Inquisitor
TVAnatomy of a Scandal
2022
as James Whitehouse
MovieLast Looks
2022
as Wilson Sikorsky
MovieThe French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
2021
as Drill-Sergeant
MovieInfinite
2021
as Bathurst 1985
MovieSeparation
2021
as Jeff
MoviePrince Consorts: In the Shadow of the Crown
2021
as Prince Albert (archive footage)
MovieAt Eternity's Gate
2018
as Theo van Gogh
MovieA Simple Favor
2018
as Dennis Nylon
TVStrange Angel
2018
as Ernest Donovan
MovieThe Death of Stalin
2017
as Vasily Stalin
TVDream Corp LLC
2016
as Patient 62
Barton & Charlie & Checco & Bill
2016
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2015
as Agent 47
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2015
as Stephen
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2015
as Callen
MovieTo Write Love on Her Arms
2015
as David McKenna
MovieStarred Up
2014
as Oliver Baumer
MovieThe Zero Theorem
2013
as TV Presenter
TVHomeland
2011
as Peter Quinn
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2011
as Thomas Anders
MovieJolene
2010
as Coco Leger
MovieLullaby for Pi
2010
as Sam
MovieThe Kid
2010
as Kevin Lewis
MovieThe Continuing and Lamentable Saga of the Suicide Brothers
2009
as Bourbon
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2009
as Chéri
MovieThe Young Victoria
2009
as Prince Albert
MovieThe Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
2008
as Lieutenant Kotler
MovieVirgin Territory
2007
as Alessandro Felice
MovieThe Last Legion
2007
as Demetrius
MovieOutlaw
2007
as Sandy Mardell
MovieThe Moon and the Stars
2007
as Renzo Daverio / Spoletta
MovieMrs Palfrey at The Claremont
2005
as Ludovic Meyer
MoviePride & Prejudice
2005
as Mr. Wickham
MovieThe Libertine
2004
as Downs
TVJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
TVLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
Perdition
The Edge of Normal
MoviePhoto 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
Youth
