Rupert Friend
Actor
Born October 9, 1981 in Oxfordshire, England, UK
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.
Filmography
Photo Booth
Ben Bouchet
Dreams
Jake McCarthy
Jurassic World Rebirth: The Making of a New Era
Self
Jurassic World Rebirth
Martin Krebs
The Phoenician Scheme
Excalibur
After This Death
Ted
Companion
Sergey
Canary Black
David Brooks
The American Society of Magical Negroes
Mick
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
Narrator / Claud (archive footage)
The Rat Catcher
Claud Cubbage
The Swan
Narrator / Adult Peter Watson
Asteroid City
Montana
High Desert
Guru Bob
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
Self - Grand Inquisitor
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Grand Inquisitor
Anatomy of a Scandal
James Whitehouse
Last Looks
Wilson Sikorsky
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
Drill-Sergeant
Infinite
Bathurst 1985
Separation
Jeff
Prince Consorts: In the Shadow of the Crown
Prince Albert (archive footage)
At Eternity's Gate
Theo van Gogh
A Simple Favor
Dennis Nylon
Strange Angel
Ernest Donovan
The Death of Stalin
Vasily Stalin
Dream Corp LLC
Patient 62
Hitman: Agent 47
Agent 47
Meet Me in Montenegro
Stephen
To Write Love on Her Arms
David McKenna
Starred Up
Oliver Baumer
The Zero Theorem
TV Presenter
Stars in Shorts
Homeland
Peter Quinn
5 Days of War
Thomas Anders
Jolene
Coco Leger
Lullaby for Pi
Sam
The Kid
Kevin Lewis
Steve
The Continuing and Lamentable Saga of the Suicide Brothers
Bourbon
Chéri
Chéri
The Young Victoria
Prince Albert
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Lieutenant Kotler
Virgin Territory
Alessandro Felice
The Last Legion
Demetrius
Outlaw
Sandy Mardell
The Moon and the Stars
Renzo Daverio / Spoletta
Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont
Ludovic Meyer
Pride & Prejudice
Mr. Wickham
The Libertine
Downs
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest