Rupert Friend

Rupert Friend Biography

Rupert Friend (born 1 October 1981) is an English film actor, who is best known for his roles as Mr. Wickham in the 2005 film Pride and Prejudice, Lieutenant Kurt Kotler in the 2008 film The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, and Prince Albert in the 2009 film The Young Victoria. He currently plays Peter Quinn in Showtime's multiple Emmy Award winning television drama, Homeland.

Early life

Friend grew up in Stonesfield, Oxfordshire, the son of a solicitor mother, Caroline, and a fine arts historian father. He attended Marlborough School in Woodstock. He moved to take A-levels at the Cherwell School and d'Overbroeck's College in Oxford. Friend trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London. He calls himself a late starter, as he was "about to set off sailing around the world when I heard I'd got into drama school. Everyone else there had grown up singing and dancing, whereas I was the opposite".

Career

He made his debut in the film The Libertine, as Billy Downs, a young friend and lover of Johnny Depp's John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, for which he was named "outstanding new talent" at the 2005 Satellite Awards.

In 2005, Rupert played his first starring role opposite Dame Joan Plowright, Lady Olivier in the bittersweet film, Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont. The same year, he portrayed Wickham in Joe Wright's version of Pride and Prejudice.

In 2008, he and his Webber Douglas contemporary Tom Mison filmed the short The Continuing and Lamentable Saga of the Suicide Brothers, which they wrote and in which they play the title characters. He also starred in the film Cheri opposite Michelle Pfeiffer and played Albert, Prince Consort in Young Victoria, co-starring Emily Blunt.

In 2010, Friend made his stage debut as Mitchell in the UK premiere of The Little Dog Laughed. He stars in the films The Kid, based on the novel by Kevin Lewis, and Lullaby for Pi.

Friend wrote and produced the 2009 short film in which he starred in entitled, The Continuing and Lamentable Saga of the Suicide Brothers. Then in 2010, Rupert wrote, directed and produced another short film entitled, Steve.

Personal life

He dated Keira Knightley from 2005 to December 2010.

Filmography

Film
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	The Libertine	Downs	Ischia Global Film Festival Award Best International Newcomer Nominated"?British Independent Film Awards Most Promising Newcomer
2005	Pride & Prejudice	Mr. Wickham
2005	Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont	Ludovic Meyer	Satellite Awards Outstanding New Talent
2007	The Moon and the Stars	Renzo Daverio / Spoletta
	Outlaw	Sandy Mardell
	The Last Legion	Demetrius
	Virgin Territory	Alessandro Felice
2008	Jolene	Coco Leger
2008	The Boy in the Striped Pajamas	Lt. Kurt Kotler
2009	The Young Victoria	Prince Albert
	Cheri	Cheri
	The Continuing and Lamentable Saga of the Suicide Brothers	Bourbon	Short
2010	The Kid	Kevin Lewis
	Lullaby for Pi	Sam
	Steve		Director
2011	5 Days of War	Thomas Anders
2012	Day One	David McKenna
2013	Meet Me in Montenegro	Stephen	Post-production
2013	Starred Up

Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012"present	Homeland	Peter Quinn	Recurring Character; Nominated"?PAAFTJ Television Awards Best Guest Actor In A Drama Series Nominated"?Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series Nominated"?Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

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