Cast & creator
Rupert Friend
Best known for Jimmy Kimmel Live!, LIVE with Kelly and Mark, Homeland
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.
Also known as: 루퍼드 프렌드, روپرت فرند
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Filmography (65)
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Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Homeland
Peter Quinn
2011
Jurassic World Rebirth
Martin Krebs
2025
Pride & Prejudice
Mr. Wickham
2005
Youth
Patrick
2026
Companion
Sergey
2025
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Grand Inquisitor
2022
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Lieutenant Kotler
2008
Infinite
Bathurst 1985
2021
A Simple Favor
Dennis Nylon
2018
Anatomy of a Scandal
James Whitehouse
2022
High Desert
Guru Bob
2023
Asteroid City
Montana
2023
Dream Corp LLC
Patient 62
2016
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
Drill-Sergeant
2021
The Phoenician Scheme
Excalibur
2025
Canary Black
David Brooks
2024
The Death of Stalin
Vasily Stalin
2017
Hitman: Agent 47
Agent 47
2015
Virgin Territory
Alessandro Felice
2007
Dreams
Jake McCarthy
2025
Strange Angel
Ernest Donovan
2018
At Eternity's Gate
Theo van Gogh
2018
The Last Legion
Demetrius
2007
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
Self - Grand Inquisitor
2022
The Zero Theorem
TV Presenter
2013
The American Society of Magical Negroes
Mick
2024
Starred Up
Oliver Baumer
2014
The Young Victoria
Prince Albert
2009
Found Alive
2026
Last Looks
Wilson Sikorsky
2022
The Libertine
Downs
2004
5 Days of War
Thomas Anders
2011
The Swan
Narrator / Adult Peter Watson
2023
The Rat Catcher
Claud Cubbage
2023
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
Narrator / Claud (archive footage)
2024
Outlaw
Sandy Mardell
2007
Chéri
Chéri
2009
Separation
Jeff
2021
To Write Love on Her Arms
David McKenna
2015
The Moon and the Stars
Renzo Daverio / Spoletta
2007
Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont
Ludovic Meyer
2005
Jurassic World Rebirth: The Making of a New Era
Self
2025
Jolene
Coco Leger
2010The Boy in the Iron Box
Liev
After This Death
Ted
2025
The Kid
Kevin Lewis
2010
My Notes on Mars
Sam
2026
Steve
Director
2010Steve
Writer
2010
Prince Consorts: In the Shadow of the Crown
Prince Albert (archive footage)
2021
Meet Me in Montenegro
Stephen
2015
Lullaby for Pi
Sam
2010Stryka
Callen
2015
Stars in Shorts
Director
2012Stars in Shorts
Producer
2012Stars in Shorts
Writer
2012
The Continuing and Lamentable Saga of the Suicide Brothers
Bourbon
2009Cornerman
Director
Perdition
Barton & Charlie & Checco & Bill
2016Barton & Charlie & Checco & Bill
Director
2016Blake & Mortimer: The Yellow M
Colonel Olrik
Photo Booth
Ben Bouchet