Biography
Rupert Friend is an English actor. He was born on 9 October 1981 in Oxfordshire.
Friend first gained recognition for roles in The Libertine (2004) and Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont (2005). He played George Wickham in Pride & Prejudice (2005) and Lieutenant Kurt Kotler in The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008). From 2012 to 2017 he portrayed CIA operative Peter Quinn in the series Homeland. He has collaborated with director Wes Anderson on The French Dispatch (2021), Asteroid City (2023) as Montana, and related short films.
His later credits include the Grand Inquisitor in Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022), Sergey in Companion (2025), Martin Krebs in Jurassic World Rebirth (2025), and Excalibur in The Phoenician Scheme (2025). Friend has also directed, written and produced short films.
