Rupert Friend

Acting

Born Oct 9, 1981 (age 45) · 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.

Adds the top 10 unseen, by popularity

Pride & Prejudice2005
as ⁨Mr. Wickham⁩
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas2008
as ⁨Lieutenant Kotler⁩
A Simple Favor2018
as ⁨Dennis Nylon⁩
Jurassic World Rebirth2025
as ⁨Martin Krebs⁩
Hitman: Agent 472015
as ⁨Agent 47⁩
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun2021
as ⁨Drill-Sergeant⁩
Companion2025
as ⁨Sergey⁩
as ⁨Montana⁩
as ⁨Vasily Stalin⁩
as ⁨Bathurst 1985⁩
as ⁨Theo van Gogh⁩
as ⁨TV Presenter⁩
as ⁨Excalibur⁩
as ⁨Prince Albert⁩
as ⁨Oliver Baumer⁩
as ⁨Demetrius⁩
as ⁨Narrator / Adult Peter Watson⁩
as ⁨Claud Cubbage⁩
as ⁨David Brooks⁩
as ⁨Downs⁩
as ⁨Wilson Sikorsky⁩
as ⁨Alessandro Felice⁩
as ⁨Jeff⁩
as ⁨Narrator / Claud (archive footage)⁩
as ⁨Chéri⁩
as ⁨Thomas Anders⁩
as ⁨Sandy Mardell⁩
as ⁨Mick⁩
as ⁨Coco Leger⁩
as ⁨Jake McCarthy⁩
as ⁨David McKenna⁩

Adds the top 10 unseen, by popularity

Pride & Prejudice2005
as ⁨Mr. Wickham⁩
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas2008
as ⁨Lieutenant Kotler⁩
A Simple Favor2018
as ⁨Dennis Nylon⁩
Jurassic World Rebirth2025
as ⁨Martin Krebs⁩
Hitman: Agent 472015
as ⁨Agent 47⁩
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun2021
as ⁨Drill-Sergeant⁩
Companion2025
as ⁨Sergey⁩
as ⁨Montana⁩
as ⁨Vasily Stalin⁩
as ⁨Bathurst 1985⁩
as ⁨Theo van Gogh⁩
as ⁨TV Presenter⁩
as ⁨Excalibur⁩
as ⁨Prince Albert⁩
as ⁨Oliver Baumer⁩
as ⁨Demetrius⁩
as ⁨Narrator / Adult Peter Watson⁩
as ⁨Claud Cubbage⁩
as ⁨David Brooks⁩
as ⁨Downs⁩
as ⁨Wilson Sikorsky⁩
as ⁨Alessandro Felice⁩
as ⁨Jeff⁩
as ⁨Narrator / Claud (archive footage)⁩
as ⁨Chéri⁩
as ⁨Thomas Anders⁩
as ⁨Sandy Mardell⁩
as ⁨Mick⁩
as ⁨Coco Leger⁩
as ⁨Jake McCarthy⁩
as ⁨David McKenna⁩