Rupert Friend

Acting · Born 1981-10-09 in Oxfordshire, England, UK

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),…

Filmography

• Pride & Prejudice as Mr. Wickham
• The Young Victoria as Prince Albert
• Starred Up as Oliver Baumer
• The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas as Lieutenant Kotler
• The Death of Stalin as Vasily Stalin
• At Eternity's Gate as Theo van Gogh
• The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun as Drill-Sergeant
• Companion as Sergey
• Chéri as Chéri
• The Libertine as Downs

TV

• Homeland as Peter Quinn
• Dream Corp LLC as Patient 62
• Obi-Wan Kenobi as Grand Inquisitor
• High Desert as Guru Bob
• Anatomy of a Scandal as James Whitehouse
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
• Strange Angel as Ernest Donovan