1981-10-09 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.
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After This Death | Ted | 2025-02-19 |
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Dreams: Sueños | Jake McCarthy | 2025-07-10 |
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Companion | Sergey | 2025-01-22 |
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Jurassic World Rebirth | Martin Krebs | 2025-07-01 |
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The Phoenician Scheme | Excalibur | 2025-05-23 |
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Jurassic World Rebirth: The Making of a New Era | Self | 2025-06-28 |
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The American Society of Magical Negroes | Mick | 2024-03-15 |
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Canary Black | David Brooks | 2024-10-10 |
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The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More | Narrator / Claud (archive footage) | 2024-03-14 |
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The Swan | Narrator / Adult Peter Watson | 2023-09-27 |
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The Rat Catcher | Claud Cubbage | 2023-09-28 |
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Asteroid City | Montana | 2023-06-08 |
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Last Looks | Wilson Sikorsky | 2022-01-27 |
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Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return | Self - Grand Inquisitor | 2022-09-07 |
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Separation | Jeff | 2021-04-30 |
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Prinzgemahle - Im Schatten der Krone | Prince Albert (archive footage) | 2021-04-10 |
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The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun | Drill-Sergeant | 2021-10-21 |
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Infinite | Bathurst 1985 | 2021-09-09 |
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A Simple Favor | Dennis Nylon | 2018-09-13 |
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At Eternity's Gate | Theo van Gogh | 2018-11-15 |
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The Death of Stalin | Vasily Stalin | 2017-10-20 |
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Barton & Charlie & Checco & Bill | 2016-01-01 | |
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Stryka | Callen | 2015-04-11 |
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Meet Me in Montenegro | Stephen | 2015-07-10 |
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Hitman: Agent 47 | Agent 47 | 2015-08-20 |
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To Write Love on Her Arms | David McKenna | 2015-03-13 |
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Starred Up | Oliver Baumer | 2014-03-21 |
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The Zero Theorem | TV Presenter | 2013-09-20 |
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5 Days of War | Thomas Anders | 2011-06-06 |
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Jolene | Coco Leger | 2010-10-29 |
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The Kid | Kevin Lewis | 2010-04-22 |
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Lullaby for Pi | Sam | 2010-10-11 |
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The Young Victoria | Prince Albert | 2009-03-04 |
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The Continuing and Lamentable Saga of the Suicide Brothers | Bourbon | 2009-10-15 |
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Chéri | Chéri | 2009-04-08 |
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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas | Lieutenant Kotler | 2008-05-07 |
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Virgin Territory | Alessandro Felice | 2007-12-17 |
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The Last Legion | Demetrius | 2007-04-19 |
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Outlaw | Sandy Mardell | 2007-03-09 |
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The Moon and the Stars | Renzo Daverio / Spoletta | 2007-02-02 |
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Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont | Ludovic Meyer | 2005-11-25 |
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Pride & Prejudice | Mr. Wickham | 2005-09-16 |
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The Libertine | Downs | 2004-09-16 |
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Perdition | ||
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The Yellow "M" | Colonel Olrik | |
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The Boy in the Iron Box | Liev | |
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Photo Booth | Ben Bouchet | |
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My Notes on Mars | Sam | |
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The Edge of Normal |
