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Rupert Friend

Acting · Born October 9, 1981 · Oxfordshire, England, UK

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).

Movies with Rupert Friend

• Jurassic World Rebirth (2025) — Martin Krebs
• Pride & Prejudice (2005) — Mr. Wickham
• Companion (2025) — Sergey
• A Simple Favor (2018) — Dennis Nylon
• The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008) — Lieutenant Kotler
• The Phoenician Scheme (2025) — Excalibur
• Infinite (2021) — Bathurst 1985
• Asteroid City (2023) — Montana
• The Death of Stalin (2017) — Vasily Stalin
• Canary Black (2024) — David Brooks
• Hitman: Agent 47 (2015) — Agent 47
• The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun (2021) — Drill-Sergeant

TV shows with Rupert Friend

• Homeland (2011) — Peter Quinn
• Youth (2026) — Patrick
• Anatomy of a Scandal (2022) — James Whitehouse
• High Desert (2023) — Guru Bob
• Strange Angel (2018) — Ernest Donovan