Rupert Friend

Born: 1981-10-09 in Oxfordshire, England, UK

Known For: Acting

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rupert Friend, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

2025

Jurassic World Rebirth as Martin Krebs
Companion as Sergey
The Phoenician Scheme as Excalibur
Dreams as Jake McCarthy
Let's Write
After This Death as Ted
Jurassic World Rebirth: The Making of a New Era as Self

2024

Canary Black as David Brooks
The American Society of Magical Negroes as Mick
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More as Narrator / Claud (archive footage)

2023

The Rat Catcher as Claud Cubbage
Asteroid City as Montana
High Desert as Guru Bob
The Swan as Narrator / Adult Peter Watson

2022

Obi-Wan Kenobi as Grand Inquisitor
Last Looks as Wilson Sikorsky
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return as Self - Grand Inquisitor
Anatomy of a Scandal as James Whitehouse

2021

The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun as Drill-Sergeant
Separation as Jeff
Infinite as Bathurst 1985
Prince Consorts: In the Shadow of the Crown as Prince Albert (archive footage)

2018

A Simple Favor as Dennis Nylon
At Eternity's Gate as Theo van Gogh
Strange Angel as Ernest Donovan

2017

The Death of Stalin as Vasily Stalin

2016

Dream Corp LLC as Patient 62

2015

Hitman: Agent 47 as Agent 47
Meet Me in Montenegro as Stephen
Stryka as Callen
To Write Love on Her Arms as David McKenna

2014

Starred Up as Oliver Baumer

2013

The Zero Theorem as TV Presenter

2012

Stars In Shorts ... (Director)

2011

Homeland as Peter Quinn
5 Days of War as Thomas Anders

2010

The Kid as Kevin Lewis
Jolene as Coco Leger
Lullaby for Pi as Sam
Steve ... (Director)

2009

Chéri as Chéri
The Young Victoria as Prince Albert
The Continuing and Lamentable Saga of the Suicide Brothers as Bourbon

2008

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas as Lieutenant Kotler

2007

Virgin Territory as Alessandro Felice
The Last Legion as Demetrius
Outlaw as Sandy Mardell
The Moon and the Stars as Renzo Daverio / Spoletta