Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1981-10-01
- Works
- 2
Top works
- At Eternitys Gate
- Cold Storage
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · 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),…
Known for
- Dreams — Jake McCarthy2025
- Jurassic World Rebirth — Martin Krebs2025
- The Phoenician Scheme — Excalibur2025
- After This Death — Ted2025
- Companion — Sergey2025
- Jurassic World Rebirth: The Making of a New Era — Self2025
- The American Society of Magical Negroes — Mick2024
- The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More — Narrator / Claud (archive footage)2024
- Canary Black — David Brooks2024
- The Swan — Narrator / Adult Peter Watson2023
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 216
- Total plays
- 1,468
Tags
indiejazz
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,235x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,771x
- Light-emitting diodes based on conjugated polymers
· 1990 · cited 10,476x
- A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 9,212x
- Gene expression profiling predicts clinical outcome of breast cancer
· 2002 · cited 7,479x
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Key facts
- Born
- Rupert William Anthony Friend , ( 1981-10-09 ) 9 October 1981 (age 44) , Cambridge , England
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 2004–present
- Spouse
- Aimee Mullins ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2016 )
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Key dates
- Born
- 1 October 1981
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Cambridge
- Spouse
- Aimee Mullins
- Occupation
- film director
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Rupert Friend-65102 (cropped).jpg
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- Keira Knightley
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Article
Rupert William Anthony Friend (born 9 October 1981) is an English actor . He first gained recognition for his roles in The Libertine (2004) and Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont (2005), both of which won 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 2024, and in the 2025 feature The Phoenician Scheme. In 2022, he starred as disgraced British politician James Whitehouse in the series Anatomy of a Scandal and featured in the Disney+ series Obi-Wan Kenobi as the Grand Inquisitor.