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 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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Movies (52)
Found Alive
2026
My Notes on Mars
2026 · Sam
Dreams
2025 · Jake McCarthy
Jurassic World Rebirth: The Making of a New Era
2025 · Self
Jurassic World Rebirth
2025 · Martin Krebs
El esquema Fenicio
2025 · Excalibur
After This Death
2025 · Ted
Companion
2025 · Sergey
Canario Negro
2024 · David Brooks
La Sociedad Americana de Negros Mágicos
2024 · Mick
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
2024 · Narrator / Claud (archive footage)
El desratizador
2023 · Claud Cubbage
El Cisne
2023 · Narrator / Adult Peter Watson
Asteroid City
2023 · Montana
Obi-Wan Kenobi: El regreso del Jedi
2022 · Self - Grand Inquisitor
La última mirada
2022 · Wilson Sikorsky
La Crónica Francesa
2021 · Drill-Sergeant
Infinito
2021 · Bathurst 1985
Oscura separación
2021 · Jeff
Prince Consorts: In the Shadow of the Crown
2021 · Prince Albert (archive footage)
Van Gogh en la puerta de la eternidad
2018 · Theo van Gogh
Un pequeño favor
2018 · Dennis Nylon
La muerte de Stalin
2017 · Vasily Stalin
Barton & Charlie & Checco & Bill
2016 · Director
Hitman: Agente 47
2015 · Agent 47
Meet Me in Montenegro
2015 · Stephen
Stryka
2015 · Callen
Escribir amor en sus brazos
2015 · David McKenna
Convicto
2014 · Oliver Baumer
The Zero Theorem
2013 · TV Presenter
Stars in Shorts
2012 · Director, Producer, Writer
5 Days of War
2011 · Thomas Anders
Jolene
2010 · Coco Leger
Lullaby for Pi
2010 · Sam
The Kid
2010 · Kevin Lewis
Steve
2010 · Director, Writer
The Continuing and Lamentable Saga of the Suicide Brothers
2009 · Bourbon
Chéri
2009 · Chéri
La Reina Victoria
2009 · Prince Albert
El niño con el pijama de rayas
2008 · Lieutenant Kotler
Aprendiz De Caballero
2007 · Alessandro Felice
La Leyenda de Excalibur
2007 · Demetrius
Outlaw
2007 · Sandy Mardell
The Moon and the Stars
2007 · Renzo Daverio / Spoletta
Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont
2005 · Ludovic Meyer
Orgullo y Prejuicio
2005 · Mr. Wickham
The Libertine
2004 · Downs
Perdition
Photo Booth
· Ben Bouchet
The Boy in the Iron Box
· Liev
Blake & Mortimer: The Yellow M
· Colonel Olrik
Cornerman
· Director
TV shows (9)
Youth
2026 · Patrick
High Desert
2023 · Guru Bob
Obi-Wan Kenobi
2022 · Grand Inquisitor
Anatomía de un escándalo
2022 · James Whitehouse
Strange Angel
2018 · Ernest Donovan
Dream Corp LLC
2016 · Patient 62
Homeland
2011 · Peter Quinn
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self - Guest
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Self - Guest