
Rupert Friend
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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), 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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Known For

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Dream Corp LLC

The French Dispatch

Obi-Wan Kenobi - The Patterson Cut

Pride & Prejudice

Asteroid City

The Phoenician Scheme

The Zero Theorem

Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

Obi Wan Kenobi - The Patterson Cut

The Death of Stalin

Companion

High Desert

Last Looks

Infinite

Homeland

A Simple Favor

Jurassic World Rebirth

The Young Victoria

Strange Angel

At Eternity's Gate

Separation

Anatomy of a Scandal

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Canary Black

Hitman: Agent 47
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