Acting
Rupert Friend
EN, ES, DE cinema · 52 credits
Born
9 October 1981 (age 45)
Birthplace
Oxfordshire, England, UK
Also known as 루퍼드 프렌드 · روپرت فرند
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.
Known for
Filmography
Photo Booth
as Ben Bouchet
The Yellow "M"
Blake & Mortimer: The Yellow M
as Colonel Olrik
Cornerman
Cornerman
Director
Dreams
as Jake McCarthy
Jurassic World Rebirth
as Martin Krebs
The Phoenician Scheme
as Excalibur
Companion
as Sergey
Canary Black
as David Brooks
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
as Narrator / Claud (archive footage)
The Swan
as Narrator / Adult Peter Watson
The Rat Catcher
as Claud Cubbage
Asteroid City
as Montana
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
as Self - Grand Inquisitor
Last Looks
as Wilson Sikorsky
Infinite
as Bathurst 1985
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
as Drill-Sergeant
Separation
as Jeff
Prince Consorts: In the Shadow of the Crown
as Prince Albert (archive footage)
At Eternity's Gate
as Theo van Gogh
A Simple Favor
as Dennis Nylon
The Death of Stalin
as Vasily Stalin
Barton & Charlie & Checco & Bill
2016
Barton & Charlie & Checco & Bill
Actor, Director
To Write Love on Her Arms
as David McKenna
Hitman: Agent 47
as Agent 47
Meet Me in Montenegro
as Stephen
Stryka
2015
Stryka
as Callen
Starred Up
as Oliver Baumer
The Zero Theorem
as TV Presenter
Stars in Shorts
Director, Producer, Writer
5 Days of War
as Thomas Anders
The Kid
as Kevin Lewis
Jolene
as Coco Leger
Steve
Director, Writer
Chéri
as Chéri
The Young Victoria
as Prince Albert
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
as Lieutenant Kotler
The Last Legion
as Demetrius
Outlaw
as Sandy Mardell
The Moon and the Stars
as Renzo Daverio / Spoletta
Virgin Territory
as Alessandro Felice
Pride & Prejudice
as Mr. Wickham
Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont
as Ludovic Meyer
The Libertine
as Downs