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Rupert Friend
Rupert Friend’s screen credits include Mr. Wickham in Pride & Prejudice and Lieutenant Kotler in The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas.
Born October 9, 1981 Oxfordshire, England, UK2 movies on MoviHero
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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. …
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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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- 2026Found AliveActor
- 2026My Notes on MarsSam
- 2025DreamsJake McCarthy
- 2025Jurassic World Rebirth: The Making of a New EraSelf
- 2025Jurassic World RebirthMartin Krebs
- 2025The Phoenician SchemeExcalibur
- 2025After This DeathTed
- 2025CompanionSergey
- 2024Canary BlackDavid Brooks
- 2024The American Society of Magical NegroesMick
- 2024The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three MoreNarrator / Claud (archive footage)
- 2023The Rat CatcherClaud Cubbage
- 2023The SwanNarrator / Adult Peter Watson
- 2023Asteroid CityMontana
- 2022Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's ReturnSelf - Grand Inquisitor
- 2022Last LooksWilson Sikorsky
- 2021The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening SunDrill-Sergeant
- 2021InfiniteBathurst 1985
- 2021SeparationJeff
- 2021Prince Consorts: In the Shadow of the CrownPrince Albert (archive footage)
- 2018At Eternity's GateTheo van Gogh
- 2018A Simple FavorDennis Nylon
- 2017The Death of StalinVasily Stalin
- 2016Barton & Charlie & Checco & BillActor · Director
- 2015Hitman: Agent 47Agent 47
- 2015Meet Me in MontenegroStephen
- 2015StrykaCallen
- 2015To Write Love on Her ArmsDavid McKenna
- 2014Starred UpOliver Baumer
- 2013The Zero TheoremTV Presenter
- 2012Stars in ShortsDirector · Writer · Producer
- 20115 Days of WarThomas Anders
- 2010JoleneCoco Leger
- 2010Lullaby for PiSam
- 2010The KidKevin Lewis
- 2010SteveDirector · Writer
- 2009The Continuing and Lamentable Saga of the Suicide BrothersBourbon
- 2009ChériChéri
- 2009The Young VictoriaPrince Albert
- 2007Virgin TerritoryAlessandro Felice
- 2007The Last LegionDemetrius
- 2007OutlawSandy Mardell
- 2007The Moon and the StarsRenzo Daverio / Spoletta
- 2005Mrs Palfrey at The ClaremontLudovic Meyer
- 2004The LibertineDowns
- Blake & Mortimer: The Yellow MColonel Olrik
- CornermanDirector
- PerditionActor
- Photo BoothBen Bouchet
- The Boy in the Iron BoxLiev
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