Rupert William Anthony Friend (October 9, 1981) is a British actor and producer.
He is best known for Hitman: Agent 47 (2015), The Death of Stalin (2017), and The Young Victoria (2009).
He is married to actress/speaker Aimee Mullins.
Filmography
Film Roles
- 2003: Virgin Territory as Alessandro Felice
- 2004: The Libertine as Downs
- 2005: Pride & Prejudice (2005) as Mr. Wickham
- 2005: Mrs Palfrey At The Claremont as Ludo/The Writer
- 2007: The Moon And The Stars as Renzo Daverio/Spoletta
- 2007: Outlaw as Sandy Mardell
- 2007: The Last Legion as Demetrius
- 2008: Jolene as Coco Leger
- 2008: The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas as Lt. Kotler
- 2009: Chéri as Fred Peloux aka "Chéri"
- 2009: The Young Victoria as Prince Albert
- 2010: The Kid 2010 as Kevin Lewis
- 2010: Lullaby For Pi as Sam
- 2011: Five Days Of War as Thomas Anders
- 2012: To Write Love On Her Arms as David McKenna
- 2013: Starred Up as Oliver Baumer
- 2013: The Zero Theorem as Man in Street Commercial
- 2014: Meet Me In Montenegro as Stephen
- 2015: Hitman: Agent 47 as Agent 47
- 2017: The Death of Stalin as Vasily
- 2018: At Eternitys Gate as Theo van Gogh
- 2018: A Simple Favor as Dennis Nylon
- 2021: Separation as Jeff Vahn (also producer)
- 2021: Infinite as Barthurst 1985
- 2021: The French Dispatch as Drill-Sergeant
- 2021: Last Looks as Wilson Sikorsky
- 2023: Asteroid City
- 2023: The Swan as Narrator
- 2023: The Rat Catcher as Claud
Television Roles
- 2012-2017: Homeland as Peter Quinn (57 episodes)
- 2018-2019: Strange Angel as Ernest Donovan
- 2018-2020: Dream Corp LLC as Patient 62 (2 episodes)
- 2022: Anatomy Of A Scandal as James Whitehouse
- 2022: Obi-Wan Kenobi as Grand Inquisitor
Shorts
- 2009: The Continuing And Lamentable Saga Of The Suicide Brothers as Bourbon (also producer and writer)
- 2015: Stryka as Callen
Producer
- 2010: Steve (short) (also writer and director)
- 2012: Stars In Shorts (also writer and director)
Tropes & Trivia in his works:
- Production Posse: He has been part of Wes Anderson's posse of actors since The French Dispatch.
- What Could Have Been: He was set to play Admiral Noble in Zack Snyder's Rebel Moon but scheduling conflicts led him to drop from the project. Ed Skrein replaced him.
