Actor of The Week: Rupert Friend

Rupert William Anthony Friend (lahir 9 Oktober 1981) adalah aktor Inggris. Dia pertama kali mendapat pengakuan atas perannya dalam The Libertine (2004) dan Mrs. Palfrey at The Claremont (2005), keduanya memenangkan penghargaan untuk pendatang baru terbaik. Dia memerankan George Wickham di Pride & Prejudice (2005), Letnan Kurt Kotler di The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008), Albert, Prince Consort di The Young Victoria (2009), psikolog Oliver Baumer di Starred Up (2013), agen CIA Peter Quinn dalam serial thriller politik Homeland (2012–2017), Vasily Stalin dalam The Death of Stalin (2017), Theo van Gogh dalam At Eternity's Gate (2018), dan Ernest Donovan dalam serial Strange Angel (2018-2019).

Pada awal 2020-an, Friend mulai berkolaborasi dengan sutradara Wes Anderson, dimulai dengan cameo di The French Dispatch (2021), diikuti oleh peran dalam film Anderson yang akan datang Asteroid City dan proyek Netflix The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar. Pada tahun 2022, ia membintangi sebagai politisi Inggris yang dipermalukan James Whitehouse dalam serial Anatomy of a Scandal dan ditampilkan dalam serial Disney+ Obi-Wan Kenobi sebagai Grand Inquisitor.

Friend adalah sutradara, penulis skenario dan/atau produser dari dua film pendek pemenang penghargaan: The Continuing and Lamentable Saga of the Suicide Brothers (2008) dan Steve (2010). Dia menulis lirik untuk album Kairos 4Tet 2013 Everything We Hold.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	The Libertine	Downs	Ischia Film Festival Award for Best International Newcomer Nominated – British Independent Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer
2005	Pride & Prejudice	Mr. Wickham
	Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont	Ludovic Meyer	Satellite Award for Outstanding New Talent
2007	The Moon and the Stars	Renzo Daverio / Spoletta
	Outlaw	Sandy Mardell
	The Last Legion	Demetrius
	Virgin Territory	Alessandro Felice
	Silk	Extra at the wedding	Uncredited[citation needed]
2008	Jolene	Coco Leger
	The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas	Lt. Kurt Kotler
2009	The Young Victoria	Prince Albert
	Chéri	Chéri
	The Continuing and Lamentable Saga of the Suicide Brothers	Bourbon	Short film; also co-writer Won – Winner Best Short at the Rhode Island International Horror Film Festival
2010	The Kid	Kevin Lewis
	Lullaby for Pi	Sam
2011	5 Days of War	Thomas Anders
	Steve	—	Short film; director & writer Won – Rhode Island International Film Festival Crystal Image Award 2011 Nominated – Santa Barbara International Film Festival Bruce Corwin Award Best Live Action Short Film
2012	To Write Love on Her Arms	David McKenna
2013	The Zero Theorem	Man in Street Commercial
	Starred Up	Oliver	Nominated – British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actor
2014	Meet Me in Montenegro	Stephen
2015	Stryka	Callen	Short film
	Hitman: Agent 47	Agent 47
2017	The Death of Stalin	Vasily Stalin	Nominated for BAFTA – Outstanding British Film of the Year
2018	At Eternity's Gate	Theo van Gogh	Nominated for Best Film - Venice Film Festival
	A Simple Favor	Dennis Nylon
2021	Separation	Jeff Vahn
	Infinite	Bathurst 1985
	The French Dispatch	Drill-Sergeant
2022	Last Looks	Wilson Sikorsky
TBA	Asteroid City	Montana	Post-production
	The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar		Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012–2017	Homeland	Peter Quinn	Main role, 55 episodes Nominated – PAAFTJ Television Awards for Best Guest Actor In A Drama Series (2013)[72] Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series (2013) Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
2018–2019	Strange Angel	Ernest Donovan	Main role, 15 episodes
2018–2020	Dream Corp, LLC	Patient 62	2 episodes
2022	Anatomy of a Scandal	James Whitehouse	Miniseries, 6 episodes
2022	Obi-Wan Kenobi	The Grand Inquisitor	Miniseries, 4 episodes
TBA	High Desert	Guru Bob	Upcoming series