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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1 | The Phoenician Scheme (2025) | Excalibur | 6 | |
2 | Jurassic World Rebirth (2025) | Martin Krebs | 7 | |
3 | Companion (2025) | Sergey | 7.6 | |
4 | The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More (2024) | Narrator / Claud (archive footage) | 9 | |
5 | The American Society of Magical Negroes (2024) | Mick | 6.3 | |
6 | Canary Black (2024) | David Brooks | 6.5 | |
7 | The Swan (2023) | Narrator / Adult Peter Watson | 6.4 | |
8 | The Rat Catcher (2023) | Claud Cubbage | 6.5 | |
9 | Asteroid City (2023) | Montana | 6.9 | |
10 | Last Looks (2022) | Wilson Sikorsky | 4 | |
11 | Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return (2022) | Self - Grand Inquisitor | 7.3 | |
12 | The French Dispatch (2021) | Drill-Sergeant | 7.1 | |
13 | Separation (2021) | Jeff | 4 | |
14 | Infinite (2021) | Bathurst 1985 | 6 | |
15 | A Simple Favor (2018) | Dennis Nylon | 7.2 | |
16 | At Eternity's Gate (2018) | Theo van Gogh | 7.1 | |
17 | The Death of Stalin (2017) | Vasily Stalin | 7.7 | |
18 | Hitman: Agent 47 (2015) | Agent 47 | 6 | |
19 | To Write Love on Her Arms (2015) | David McKenna | 8 | |
20 | Stryka (2015) | Callen | - | - |
21 | Meet Me in Montenegro (2015) | Stephen | - | - |
22 | Starred Up (2014) | Oliver Baumer | 7.2 | |
23 | The Zero Theorem (2013) | TV Presenter | 6.5 | |
24 | Stars In Shorts (2012) | Director / Writer | - | - |
25 | 5 Days of War (2011) | Thomas Anders | 5.6 | |
26 | The Kid (2010) | Kevin Lewis | - | - |
27 | Jolene (2010) | Coco Leger | 7 | |
28 | Steve (2010) | Director / Writer | - | - |
29 | Lullaby for Pi (2010) | Sam | 8 | |
30 | The Continuing and Lamentable Saga of the Suicide Brothers (2009) | Bourbon | 5 | |
31 | Chéri (2009) | Chéri | 4 | |
32 | The Young Victoria (2009) Oscars 2010 | Prince Albert | 7 | |
33 | The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008) | Lieutenant Kotler | 7.6 | |
34 | The Moon and the Stars (2007) | Renzo Daverio / Spoletta | - | - |
35 | Outlaw (2007) | Sandy Mardell | 5 | |
36 | The Last Legion (2007) | Demetrius | 4.8 | |
37 | Virgin Territory (2007) | Alessandro Felice | 4.6 | |
38 | Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont (2005) | Ludovic Meyer | - | - |
39 | Pride & Prejudice (2005) Oscars 2006 | Mr. Wickham | 7.5 | |
40 | The Libertine (2004) | Downs | 6.1 |