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).
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Dreams
Character:Jake McCarthy
Release Date:10/07/2025
Jurassic World Rebirth
Character:Martin Krebs
Release Date:01/07/2025
Jurassic World Rebirth: The Making of a New Era
Character:Self
Release Date:28/06/2025
The Phoenician Scheme
Character:Excalibur
Release Date:23/05/2025
After This Death
Character:Ted
Release Date:19/02/2025
Companion
Character:Sergey
Release Date:22/01/2025
Canary Black
Character:David Brooks
Release Date:10/10/2024
The American Society of Magical Negroes
Character:Mick
Release Date:15/03/2024
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
Character:Narrator / Claud (archive footage)
Release Date:14/03/2024
The Rat Catcher
Character:Claud Cubbage
Release Date:28/09/2023
The Swan
Character:Narrator / Adult Peter Watson
Release Date:27/09/2023
Asteroid City
Character:Montana
Release Date:08/06/2023
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
Character:Self - Grand Inquisitor
Release Date:07/09/2022
Last Looks
Character:Wilson Sikorsky
Release Date:27/01/2022
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
Character:Drill-Sergeant
Release Date:21/10/2021
Infinite
Character:Bathurst 1985
Release Date:09/09/2021
Separation
Character:Jeff
Release Date:30/04/2021
Prince Consorts: In the Shadow of the Crown
Character:Prince Albert (archive footage)
Release Date:10/04/2021
At Eternity's Gate
Character:Theo van Gogh
Release Date:15/11/2018
A Simple Favor
Character:Dennis Nylon
Release Date:13/09/2018
The Death of Stalin
Character:Vasily Stalin
Release Date:20/10/2017
Barton & Charlie & Checco & Bill
Character:
Release Date:01/01/2016
Hitman: Agent 47
Character:Agent 47
Release Date:20/08/2015
Meet Me in Montenegro
Character:Stephen
Release Date:10/07/2015
Stryka
Character:Callen
Release Date:11/04/2015
To Write Love on Her Arms
Character:David McKenna
Release Date:13/03/2015
Starred Up
Character:Oliver Baumer
Release Date:21/03/2014
The Zero Theorem
Character:TV Presenter
Release Date:20/09/2013
5 Days of War
Character:Thomas Anders
Release Date:06/06/2011
Jolene
Character:Coco Leger
Release Date:29/10/2010
Lullaby for Pi
Character:Sam
Release Date:11/10/2010
The Kid
Character:Kevin Lewis
Release Date:22/04/2010
The Continuing and Lamentable Saga of the Suicide Brothers
Character:Bourbon
Release Date:15/10/2009
Chéri
Character:Chéri
Release Date:08/04/2009
The Young Victoria
Character:Prince Albert
Release Date:04/03/2009
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Character:Lieutenant Kotler
Release Date:07/05/2008
Virgin Territory
Character:Alessandro Felice
Release Date:17/12/2007
The Last Legion
Character:Demetrius
Release Date:19/04/2007
Outlaw
Character:Sandy Mardell
Release Date:09/03/2007
The Moon and the Stars
Character:Renzo Daverio / Spoletta
Release Date:02/02/2007
Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont
Character:Ludovic Meyer
Release Date:25/11/2005
Pride & Prejudice
Character:Mr. Wickham
Release Date:16/09/2005
The Libertine
Character:Downs
Release Date:16/09/2004
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