Dreams
2025 · Movie
as Jake McCarthy
Rupert Friend
1981-10-09
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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. 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
Jurassic World Rebirth
2025 · Movie
as Martin Krebs
The Phoenician Scheme
2025 · Movie
as Excalibur
After This Death
2025 · Movie
as Ted
Companion
2025 · Movie
as Sergey
Jurassic World Rebirth: The Making of a New Era
2025 · Movie
as Self
The American Society of Magical Negroes
2024 · Movie
as Mick
Canary Black
2024 · Movie
as David Brooks
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
2024 · Movie
as Narrator / Claud (archive footage)
The Swan
2023 · Movie
as Narrator / Adult Peter Watson
The Rat Catcher
2023 · Movie
as Claud Cubbage
Asteroid City
2023 · Movie
as Montana
High Desert
2023 · TV Show
as Guru Bob
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
2022 · Movie
as Self - Grand Inquisitor
Last Looks
2022 · Movie
as Wilson Sikorsky
Obi-Wan Kenobi
2022 · TV Show
as Grand Inquisitor
Anatomy of a Scandal
2022 · TV Show
as James Whitehouse
Infinite
2021 · Movie
as Bathurst 1985
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
2021 · Movie
as Drill-Sergeant
Separation
2021 · Movie
as Jeff
Prince Consorts: In the Shadow of the Crown
2021 · Movie
as Prince Albert (archive footage)
At Eternity's Gate
2018 · Movie
as Theo van Gogh
A Simple Favor
2018 · Movie
as Dennis Nylon
Strange Angel
2018 · TV Show
as Ernest Donovan
The Death of Stalin
2017 · Movie
as Vasily Stalin
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Barton & Charlie & Checco & Bill
2016 · Movie
Dream Corp LLC
2016 · TV Show
as Patient 62
To Write Love on Her Arms
2015 · Movie
as David McKenna
Hitman: Agent 47
2015 · Movie
as Agent 47
Meet Me in Montenegro
2015 · Movie
as Stephen
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Stryka
2015 · Movie
as Callen
Starred Up
2014 · Movie
as Oliver Baumer
The Zero Theorem
2013 · Movie
as TV Presenter
5 Days of War
2011 · Movie
as Thomas Anders
Homeland
2011 · TV Show
as Peter Quinn
The Kid
2010 · Movie
as Kevin Lewis
Lullaby for Pi
2010 · Movie
as Sam
Jolene
2010 · Movie
as Coco Leger
Chéri
2009 · Movie
as Chéri
The Young Victoria
2009 · Movie
as Prince Albert
The Continuing and Lamentable Saga of the Suicide Brothers
2009 · Movie
as Bourbon
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
2008 · Movie
as Lieutenant Kotler
The Last Legion
2007 · Movie
as Demetrius
Outlaw
2007 · Movie
as Sandy Mardell
The Moon and the Stars
2007 · Movie
as Renzo Daverio / Spoletta
Virgin Territory
2007 · Movie
as Alessandro Felice
Pride & Prejudice
2005 · Movie
as Mr. Wickham
Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont
2005 · Movie
as Ludovic Meyer
The Libertine
2004 · Movie
as Downs
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
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Perdition
· Movie
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The Edge of Normal
· Movie
Photo Booth
· Movie
as Ben Bouchet
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My Notes on Mars
· Movie
as Sam
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The Boy in the Iron Box
· Movie
as Liev
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Blake & Mortimer: The Yellow M
· Movie
as Colonel Olrik
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Youth
· TV Show
