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Rupert Friend is an English film actor, writer and director, 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… 

Full Name Rupert Friend
Net Worth $4 Million
Date Of Birth October 9, 1981
Place Of Birth Stonesfield, United Kingdom
Height 6 ft (1.85 m)
Profession Actor, Screenwriter, Film Producer, Film director
Education Marlborough School, Woodstock, Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art
Nationality United Kingdom
Spouse Aimee Mullins
Parents Caroline Friend, David Oxton Friend
Partner Aimee Mullins (2013–)
Nicknames רופרט פריינד , Rupert Friend , Френд, Руперт , 魯伯特·弗蘭德
Facebook http://www.facebook.com/OfficialRupertFriend
Twitter http://www.twitter.com/rupertfriend
IMDB http://imdb.com/name/nm1670029
Awards Satellite Special Achievement Award for Outstanding New Talent
Nominations Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series, British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actor, British Independent Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer
Movies Hitman: Agent 47, The Young Victoria, Pride & Prejudice, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, Starred Up, Chéri, Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont, 5 Days of War, The Libertine, The Last Legion, To Write Love on Her Arms, Lullaby for Pi, Meet Me in Montenegro, Jolene, The Moon and the Stars, The Continuing …
TV Shows Homeland
Quote
1 The accent in England can change literally from street to street, and people have this sort of feudal tribalism whereby you can identify somebody’s provenance by their voice.
2 My auditions for drama school were miserable, but one thing I had on my side, although I had no experience or skill or training, was that I wanted to learn everything.
3 There are two qualities that I’ve noticed in good directors: One is that they have their vision very strongly in place; and two is that they listen to everyone’s opinion and still remember their vision.
4 I’m not intelligent enough to be a doctor, and kind of hands down you can’t argue with the worth of that. But I don’t really have an opinion about the worth of making art.
5 I think saying you’re bad at something is rather wonderful because then it doesn’t matter anymore.
6 Sport is not my thing.
7 I’ve never got a part in the same way twice. I’ve never prepared the same way. I’ve never experienced the filming the process the same way.
8 I really love living in cities where the people living above, below and next to you are from totally different worlds to you.
9 I think you can decide how much of yourself you’re willing to make public.
10 ‘On the Road’ completely changed the way I looked at what you could do with your life.
11 I’m only really interested in taking a part if it’s nothing like me.
12 My father started his own business, and before that was a freelance lecturer, and my friends are artists and musicians; they don’t have real jobs – none of us have real jobs.
13 I think that the process of trying to become somebody else, and obviously the director/actor relationship in trying to do that, is such a weird, undefinable thing.
14 Growing up in England, you’re sort of spoiled, in a way. You sort of take it for granted that within a half-hour’s drive, you could be walking around a stately home from the 1700s. It’s not very hard to do – in California, you’ve got to take a flight!
15 I don’t think the idea of working in Hollywood really exists anymore. I think you work in films, and where the film is shot is where it’s shot. The studio system doesn’t really exist.
16 I think that what drives most of us as human beings is the want for something. You might have a hope, or a big dream, or a goal that you haven’t yet achieved.
17 I don’t think you can decide how famous or not you become.
18 It’s great to sit and talk about the films and the people I work with, rather than where I buy my socks or whatever.
19 I’m a terrible dancer.
20 I grew up in the countryside in the middle of nowhere in England and got out as soon as I could!
21 There are some great actors I don’t want to meet because I don’t want to know how they did it. I don’t want to know anything about their personal life, and the illusion, or whatever it is, the shape-shiftery magic stuff that they do, which is my joy.
22 I don’t have a publicist. I don’t go to events or self-promote, or endorse things, or whatever it is people are meant to do in that world.
23 I believe that if you can discover something of the truth of a person, then you will start to understand, and to understand is to move towards, if not like, then at least an empathy of some kind.
24 My great grandparents are Scottish, and I have this very tenuous connection which I try and bump up whenever I can, because I’d much rather be Scottish than English.
25 I really admire artists who take the time to recharge their batteries and not continually call on it. I think you can spot tired and jaded artists quite quickly.
26 I’ll tell you, there’s no goodies and baddies in the world, there’s just people with intentions that sometimes clash.
27 I don’t really use the Internet or the newspapers to find out about people.
28 I like Scottish people because they feel very true. They’re always level and straight. They get a reputation for being hardened because of it, but I find them to be scrupulously honest people.
29 Everybody has many people inside of them; I think we tend to present the one we feel is most appropriate at first, in order to gain acceptance or achieve what we want. It gets really interesting when this technique fails, and other levels are revealed.
30 Edinburgh is so cultural and such a beautiful place to walk around.
31 I can only go places because I know that I can go away from them, if that makes sense. I like the gypsy lifestyle that filming affords.
Fact
1 Has been in a relationship with model/actress Aimee Mullins since 2012.
2 Has played a German in two films: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008) and The Young Victoria (2009).
3 Won ‘Outstanding New Talent’ Golden Satellite at the International Press Academy Awards 2005 for Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont.
4 Nominated for Most Promising Newcomer at the British Independent Film Awards 2005 for Libertine.
5 Best International Newcomer (for the Libertine) at the Ischia Global Film Festival July 2006.
6 His mother is Caroline Friend who works at Turpin and Millar Solicitors, Oxford, UK.
7 Trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Arts, whose alumni include Hugh Bonneville, Matthew Goode, Minnie Driver and Julian Fellowes.

Actor

Title Year Status Character
The Death of Stalin 2017 post-production Vasily Stalin
Homeland 2012-2017 TV Series Peter Quinn
Hitman: Agent 47 2015 Agent 47
Stryka 2015 Short Callen
Meet Me in Montenegro 2014 Stephen
The Zero Theorem 2013 Man in Street Commercial
Starred Up 2013 Oliver Baumer
To Write Love on Her Arms 2012 David McKenna
5 Days of War 2011 Thomas Anders
Lullaby for Pi 2010 Sam
The Kid 2010 Kevin Lewis
The Continuing and Lamentable Saga of the Suicide Brothers 2009 Short Bourbon
The Young Victoria 2009 Prince Albert
Chéri 2009 Chéri
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 2008 Lieutenant Kotler
Jolene 2008 Coco Leger
Virgin Territory 2007 Alessandro Felice
The Last Legion 2007 Demetrius
Outlaw 2007 Sandy Mardell
The Moon and the Stars 2007 Renzo Daverio / Spoletta
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont 2005 Ludo / The Writer
Pride & Prejudice 2005 Mr. Wickham
The Libertine 2004 Downs

Writer

Title Year Status Character
Stars in Shorts 2012
Steve 2010 Short written by
The Continuing and Lamentable Saga of the Suicide Brothers 2009 Short screenplay

Producer

Title Year Status Character
Stars in Shorts 2012 segment producer
Steve 2010 Short producer
The Continuing and Lamentable Saga of the Suicide Brothers 2009 Short producer

Director

Title Year Status Character
Stars in Shorts 2012 segment director
Steve 2010 Short

Soundtrack

Title Year Status Character
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont 2005 performer: “For All We Know”, “The ‘Mrs P’ Rap” / writer: “The ‘Mrs P’ Rap”

Self

Title Year Status Character
Live with Kelly and Michael 2014-2017 TV Series Himself – Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 2017 TV Series Himself
Made in Hollywood 2009-2015 TV Series Himself
CBS This Morning 2014-2015 TV Series Himself / Himself – Homeland
Today 2015 TV Series Himself – Guest
The 65th Primetime Emmy Awards 2013 TV Special Herself – Nominee: Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
2013 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards 2013 TV Special Himself – Presenter: Outstanding Art Direction for a Multi-Camera Series / Outstanding Art Direction for Variety or Nonfiction Programming / Outstanding Art Direction for a Miniseries or Movie / …
The Fifth Abu Dhabi Film Festival Awards 2011 TV Special Himself
Breakfast 2010 TV Series Himself – Actor
The View 2009 TV Series Himself
Entertainment Tonight 2009 TV Series Himself
Friendship Beyond the Fence 2009 Video documentary short Himself
Xposé 2008-2009 TV Series Himself
Film ’72 2009 TV Series Himself – Interviewee

Archive Footage

Title Year Status Character
Pride & Prejudice: The Life and Times of Jane Austen 2006 Video documentary short Mr. Wickham (uncredited)

Won Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2005 Satellite Award Satellite Awards Outstanding New Talent

Nominated Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2015 Actor Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Homeland (2011)
2014 Actor Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Homeland (2011)
2013 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series Homeland (2011)
2013 British Independent Film Award British Independent Film Awards Best Supporting Actor Starred Up (2013)
2013 Actor Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Homeland (2011)
2005 British Independent Film Award British Independent Film Awards Most Promising Newcomer The Libertine (2004)

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