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), both of which won 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 the series Anatomy of a Scandal and featured in the Disney+ series Obi-Wan Kenobi as the Grand Inquisitor.
Friend is director, screenwriter and/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.
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...
Cumberbatch, Ralph Fiennes, Dev Patel, Ben Kingsley, Richard Ayoade, and RupertFriend, all playing different roles throughout. It is a collection of short...
information that would betray her country. Kate Beckinsale as Avery Graves RupertFriend Saffron Burrows Canary Black was first introduced at the 2022 Cannes...
Ray Fisher, Jena Malone, Staz Nair, Doona Bae, Stuart Martin, and RupertFriend joined the project in February 2022. Fisher first became aware of the...
name. It stars Charlie Hunnam, Mel Gibson, Morena Baccarin, Lucy Fry, RupertFriend, Dominic Monaghan, Jacob Scipio and Clancy Brown. After spending three...
Edward Norton, Adrien Brody, Liev Schreiber, Hope Davis, Steve Park, RupertFriend, Maya Hawke, Steve Carell, Matt Dillon, Hong Chau, Willem Dafoe, Margot...
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that includes Steve Buscemi, Simon Russell Beale, Paddy Considine, RupertFriend, Jason Isaacs, Olga Kurylenko, Michael Palin, Andrea Riseborough, Dermot...
Arms (originally titled Renee) in 2012, with Chad Michael Murray and RupertFriend. She played Renee Yohe, a Florida teenager who struggled with substance...
written by Jonathan Asser. Starring Jack O'Connell, Ben Mendelsohn and RupertFriend, the film is based on Jonathan Asser's experiences working as a voluntary...
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Sarah Ferguson, and Timothy Headington, the film stars Emily Blunt, RupertFriend, Paul Bettany, Miranda Richardson, Harriet Walter, Mark Strong, and...
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