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