Rupert Friend

Birthday: 1981-10-01
Birthplace: Oxfordshire, England, UK
Gender: Male
Drafted: 1123
Drafted By: Zac E. Chan
Owned By: Zac E. Chan
Owned Wins: 0
Owned Noms: 0
Win Bonus: 0
Nom Bonus: 0
Total Points: 0

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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Credits

Year Title Character
Perdition
The Edge of Normal
Photo Booth Ben Bouchet
My Notes on Mars Sam
The Boy in the Iron Box Liev
Blake & Mortimer: The Yellow M Colonel Olrik
2025-07-10 Dreams Jake McCarthy
2025-07-01 Jurassic World Rebirth Martin Krebs
2025-05-23 The Phoenician Scheme Excalibur
2025-02-19 After This Death Ted
2025-01-22 Companion Sergey
2024-10-10 Canary Black David Brooks
2024-03-15 The American Society of Magical Negroes Mick
2023-09-28 The Rat Catcher Claud Cubbage
2023-06-08 Asteroid City Montana
2022-01-27 Last Looks Wilson Sikorsky
2021-10-21 The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun Drill-Sergeant
2021-09-09 Infinite Bathurst 1985
2021-04-30 Separation Jeff
2018-11-15 At Eternity's Gate Theo van Gogh
2018-09-13 A Simple Favor Dennis Nylon
2017-10-20 The Death of Stalin Vasily Stalin
2016-01-01 Barton & Charlie & Checco & Bill
2015-08-20 Hitman: Agent 47 Agent 47
2015-07-10 Meet Me in Montenegro Stephen
2015-04-11 Stryka Callen
2015-03-13 To Write Love on Her Arms David McKenna
2014-03-21 Starred Up Oliver Baumer
2013-09-20 The Zero Theorem TV Presenter
2011-06-06 5 Days of War Thomas Anders
2010-10-29 Jolene Coco Leger
2010-10-11 Lullaby for Pi Sam
2010-04-22 The Kid Kevin Lewis
2009-10-15 The Continuing and Lamentable Saga of the Suicide Brothers Bourbon
2009-04-08 Chéri Chéri
2009-03-04 The Young Victoria Prince Albert
2008-05-07 The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas Lieutenant Kotler
2007-12-17 Virgin Territory Alessandro Felice
2007-04-19 The Last Legion Demetrius
2007-03-09 Outlaw Sandy Mardell
2007-02-02 The Moon and the Stars Renzo Daverio / Spoletta
2005-11-25 Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont Ludovic Meyer
2005-09-16 Pride & Prejudice Mr. Wickham
2004-09-16 The Libertine Downs