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Rupert Friend

Rupert Friend

Acting

October 9, 1981 (44 years old)
Oxfordshire, England, UK
Male
56 Movies
9 TV Shows

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.

Homeland
Homeland

Homeland

2011 7.6

as Peter Quinn

Age 29 (now 44)
57 eps
Hitman: Agent 47
Hitman: Agent 47

Hitman: Agent 47

2015 5.9

as Agent 47

Age 33 (now 44)
At Eternity's Gate
At Eternity's Gate

At Eternity's Gate

2018 7.0

as Theo van Gogh

Age 37 (now 44)
The Young Victoria
The Young Victoria

The Young Victoria

2009 7.2

as Prince Albert

Age 27 (now 44)
A Simple Favor
A Simple Favor

A Simple Favor

2018 6.6

as Dennis Nylon

Age 36 (now 44)
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

2008 7.8

as Lieutenant Kotler

Age 26 (now 44)
The Swan
The Swan

The Swan

2023 6.8

as Narrator / Adult Peter Watson

Age 41 (now 44)
Jurassic World Rebirth
Jurassic World Rebirth

Jurassic World Rebirth

2025 6.3

as Martin Krebs

Age 43 (now 44)
Starred Up
Starred Up

Starred Up

2014 7.1

as Oliver Baumer

Age 32 (now 44)
Canary Black
Canary Black

Canary Black

2024 6.2

as David Brooks

Age 43 (now 44)
Infinite
Infinite

Infinite

2021 6.6

as Bathurst 1985

Age 39 (now 44)
Companion
Companion

Companion

2025 7.0

as Sergey

Age 43 (now 44)
The Death of Stalin
The Death of Stalin

The Death of Stalin

2017 7.0

as Vasily Stalin

Age 36 (now 44)
The Rat Catcher
The Rat Catcher

The Rat Catcher

2023 6.6

as Claud Cubbage

Age 41 (now 44)
5 Days of War
5 Days of War

5 Days of War

2011 5.7

as Thomas Anders

Age 29 (now 44)
Separation
Separation

Separation

2021 5.7

as Jeff

Age 39 (now 44)