Rupert Friend
Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 9, 1981 (44 years old)
Place of Birth
Oxfordshire, England, UK
Rupert Friend
Biography
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

Pride & Prejudice
2005

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
2008

A Simple Favor
2018

Hitman: Agent 47
2015

The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
2021

Jurassic World Rebirth
2025

Homeland
2011

Asteroid City
2023

Obi-Wan Kenobi
2022

The Death of Stalin
2017

Infinite
2021

Companion
2025

At Eternity's Gate
2018

The Zero Theorem
2013

The Young Victoria
2009









