Rupert Friend
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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Acting
Movie
Pride & Prejudice
as Mr. Wickham
2005
Movie
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
as Lieutenant Kotler
2008
Movie
A Simple Favor
as Dennis Nylon
2018
Movie
Jurassic World Rebirth
as Martin Krebs
2025
Movie
Hitman: Agent 47
as Agent 47
2015
Movie
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
as Drill-Sergeant
2021
TV
Homeland
as Peter Quinn
2011
Movie
Asteroid City
as Montana
2023
Movie
Companion
as Sergey
2025
TV
Obi-Wan Kenobi
as Grand Inquisitor
2022
Movie
Infinite
as Bathurst 1985
2021
Movie
The Death of Stalin
as Vasily Stalin
2017
Movie
At Eternity's Gate
as Theo van Gogh
2018
Movie
The Zero Theorem
as TV Presenter
2013
Movie
The Young Victoria
as Prince Albert
2009
Movie
Starred Up
as Oliver Baumer
2014
Movie
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
as Self - Grand Inquisitor
2022
Movie
The Phoenician Scheme
as Excalibur
2025
Movie
The Last Legion
as Demetrius
2007
Movie
The Swan
as Narrator / Adult Peter Watson
2023
Movie
The Rat Catcher
as Claud Cubbage
2023
Movie
Canary Black
as David Brooks
2024
Movie
The Libertine
as Downs
2004
Movie
Last Looks
as Wilson Sikorsky
2022
