1981-10-09 ( 43 years old ) 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.
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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Movies
Jurassic World Rebirth
2025-07-01
The Phoenician Scheme
2025-05-28
After This Death
2025-02-19
Dreams
2025-02-15
Companion
2025-01-22
Canary Black
2024-10-10
The American Society of Magical Negroes
2024-03-15
The Rat Catcher
2023-09-28
The Swan
2023-09-27
Asteroid City
2023-06-08
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
2022-09-07
Last Looks
2022-01-27
The French Dispatch
2021-10-21
Infinite
2021-09-09
Separation
2021-04-30
Prince Consorts: In the Shadow of the Crown
2021-04-10
At Eternity's Gate
2018-11-15
A Simple Favor
2018-08-29
The Death of Stalin
2017-10-20
Hitman: Agent 47
2015-08-20
Meet Me in Montenegro
2015-07-10
Stryka
2015-04-11
To Write Love on Her Arms
2015-03-13
Starred Up
2014-03-21
The Zero Theorem
2013-09-20
5 Days of War
2011-06-06
Jolene
2010-10-29
Lullaby for Pi
2010-10-11
The Kid
2010-04-22
Chéri
2009-04-08
The Young Victoria
2009-03-04
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
2008-05-07
The Last Legion
2007-04-19
Outlaw
2007-03-09
The Moon and the Stars
2007-02-02
Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont
2005-11-25
Pride & Prejudice
2005-09-16
The Libertine
2004-09-16
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