Rupert Friend
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 short films The Swan and The Rat Catcher. In 2022, he starred as disgraced British politician James Whitehouse in Anatomy of a Scandal. He 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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Acted in
Jurassic World Rebirth
2025
as Martin Krebs
The Phoenician Scheme
2025
as Excaliber
After This Death
2025
as Ted
Dreams
2025
as Jake McCarthy
Companion
2025
as Sergey
Canary Black
2024
as David Brooks
The American Society of Magical Negroes
2024
as Mick
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
2024
as Narrator / Claud (archive footage)
Obi-Wan Kenobi: The Patterson Cut
2023
as The Grand Inquisitor
The Rat Catcher
2023
as Claud Cubbage
The Swan
2023
as Narrator / Adult Peter Watson
Asteroid City
2023
as Montana
High Desert
2023
as Guru Bob
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
2022
as Self - Grand Inquisitor
Obi-Wan Kenobi
2022
as Grand Inquisitor
Anatomy of a Scandal
2022
as James Whitehouse
Last Looks
2022
as Wilson Sikorsky
The French Dispatch
2021
as Drill-Sergeant
Infinite
2021
as Bathurst 1985
Separation
2021
as Jeff
Prince Consorts: In the Shadow of the Crown
2021
as Prince Albert (archive footage)
At Eternity's Gate
2018
as Theo van Gogh
A Simple Favor
2018
as Dennis Nylon
Strange Angel
2018
as Ernest Donovan
The Death of Stalin
2017
as Vasily Stalin
Dream Corp LLC
2016
as Patient 62
Hitman: Agent 47
2015
as Agent 47
Meet Me in Montenegro
2015
as Stephen
Stryka
2015
as Callen
To Write Love on Her Arms
2015
as David McKenna
Starred Up
2014
as Oliver Baumer
The Zero Theorem
2013
as TV Presenter
Homeland
2011
as Peter Quinn
5 Days of War
2011
as Thomas Anders
Jolene
2010
as Coco Leger
Lullaby for Pi
2010
as Sam
The Kid
2010
as Kevin Lewis
The Continuing and Lamentable Saga of the Suicide Brothers
2009
as Bourbon
Chéri
2009
as Chéri
The Young Victoria
2009
as Prince Albert
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
2008
as Lieutenant Kotler
The Last Legion
2007
as Demetrius
Outlaw
2007
as Sandy Mardell
The Moon and the Stars
2007
as Renzo Daverio / Spoletta
Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont
2005
as Ludovic Meyer
Pride & Prejudice
2005
as George Wickham
The Libertine
2004
as Downs
