Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1981-10-09 (Age: 45)
Place of Birth
Oxfordshire, England, UK
Rupert Friend
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 (43)
Dreams
2025
Jurassic World Rebirth
2025
Jurassic World Rebirth: The Making of a New Era
2025
The Phoenician Scheme
2025
After This Death
2025
Companion
2025
Canary Black
2024
The American Society of Magical Negroes
2024
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
2024
The Rat Catcher
2023
The Swan
2023
Asteroid City
2023
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
2022
Last Looks
2022
