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Rupert Friend

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Rupert Friend

Born October 9, 1981 in Oxfordshire, England, UK45 films

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).

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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.

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Pride & Prejudice posterFirst watchPride & Prejudice20058.1as Mr. WickhamA story of love and life among the landed English gentry during the Georgian era. Mr. Bennet is a gentleman living in Hertfordshire with his overbearing wife and five daughters, but if he…View film

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Filmography

45 films as actor
  1. TBAPerdition
  2. TBAPhoto BoothBen Bouchet
  3. TBAThe Boy in the Iron BoxLiev
  4. TBABlake & Mortimer: The Yellow MColonel Olrik
  5. 2026Found Alive
  6. 2026My Notes on MarsSam
  7. 2025DreamsJake McCarthy
  8. 2025Jurassic World RebirthMartin Krebs
  9. 2025The Phoenician SchemeExcalibur
  10. 2025After This DeathTed
  11. 2025CompanionSergey
  12. 2024Canary BlackDavid Brooks
  13. 2024The American Society of Magical NegroesMick
  14. 2023The Rat CatcherClaud Cubbage
  15. 2023The SwanNarrator / Adult Peter Watson
  16. 2023Asteroid CityMontana
  17. 2022Last LooksWilson Sikorsky
  18. 2021The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening SunDrill-Sergeant
  19. 2021InfiniteBathurst 1985
  20. 2021SeparationJeff
  21. 2018At Eternity's GateTheo van Gogh
  22. 2018A Simple FavorDennis Nylon
  23. 2017The Death of StalinVasily Stalin
  24. 2016Barton & Charlie & Checco & Bill
  25. 2015Hitman: Agent 47Agent 47
  26. 2015Meet Me in MontenegroStephen
  27. 2015StrykaCallen
  28. 2015To Write Love on Her ArmsDavid McKenna
  29. 2014Starred UpOliver Baumer
  30. 2013The Zero TheoremTV Presenter
  31. 20115 Days of WarThomas Anders
  32. 2010JoleneCoco Leger
  33. 2010Lullaby for PiSam
  34. 2010The KidKevin Lewis
  35. 2009The Continuing and Lamentable Saga of the Suicide BrothersBourbon
  36. 2009ChériChéri
  37. 2009The Young VictoriaPrince Albert
  38. 2008The Boy in the Striped PyjamasLieutenant Kotler
  39. 2007Virgin TerritoryAlessandro Felice
  40. 2007The Last LegionDemetrius
  41. 2007OutlawSandy Mardell
  42. 2007The Moon and the StarsRenzo Daverio / Spoletta
  43. 2005Mrs Palfrey at The ClaremontLudovic Meyer
  44. 2005Pride & PrejudiceMr. Wickham
  45. 2004The LibertineDowns