Rupert Friend
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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.
Known for
Credits
Jurassic World Rebirth (2025)
as Martin Krebs
Pride & Prejudice (2005)
as Mr. Wickham
Companion (2025)
as Sergey
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008)
as Lieutenant Kotler
Infinite (2021)
as Bathurst 1985
A Simple Favor (2018)
as Dennis Nylon
The Phoenician Scheme (2025)
as Excalibur
Asteroid City (2023)
as Montana
Canary Black (2024)
as David Brooks
The Death of Stalin (2017)
as Vasily Stalin
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun (2021)
as Drill-Sergeant
Hitman: Agent 47 (2015)
as Agent 47
Virgin Territory (2007)
as Alessandro Felice
Dreams (2025)
as Jake McCarthy
The Last Legion (2007)
as Demetrius
At Eternity's Gate (2018)
as Theo van Gogh
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return (2022)
as Self - Grand Inquisitor
The Zero Theorem (2013)
as TV Presenter
The Young Victoria (2009)
as Prince Albert
The American Society of Magical Negroes (2024)
as Mick
Starred Up (2014)
as Oliver Baumer
Last Looks (2022)
as Wilson Sikorsky
Found Alive (2026)
Actor
The Libertine (2004)
as Downs
5 Days of War (2011)
as Thomas Anders
The Rat Catcher (2023)
as Claud Cubbage
The Swan (2023)
as Narrator / Adult Peter Watson
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More (2024)
as Narrator / Claud (archive footage)
Outlaw (2007)
as Sandy Mardell
Chéri (2009)
as Chéri
Separation (2021)
as Jeff
To Write Love on Her Arms (2015)
as David McKenna
Jurassic World Rebirth: The Making of a New Era (2025)
as Self
Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont (2005)
as Ludovic Meyer
The Moon and the Stars (2007)
as Renzo Daverio / Spoletta
Jolene (2010)
as Coco Leger
Lullaby for Pi (2010)
as Sam
The Boy in the Iron Box (—)
as Liev
My Notes on Mars (2026)
as Sam
After This Death (2025)
as Ted
The Kid (2010)
as Kevin Lewis
Meet Me in Montenegro (2015)
as Stephen
Stryka (2015)
as Callen
The Continuing and Lamentable Saga of the Suicide Brothers (2009)
as Bourbon
Prince Consorts: In the Shadow of the Crown (2021)
as Prince Albert (archive footage)
Perdition (—)
Actor
Barton & Charlie & Checco & Bill (2016)
Actor
Blake & Mortimer: The Yellow M (—)
as Colonel Olrik
Photo Booth (—)
as Ben Bouchet