Who is rupert friend

A starring turn as a man who overcomes childhood horrors and a life of crime to become a successful author in the British biopic "The Kid" preceded his breakout role on American television as CIA analyst Peter Quinn on the acclaimed action-drama "Homeland" Showtime, , alongside series star Claire Danes. From the beginning of his diverse career, Friend consistently demonstrated a willingness to take on challenging roles - a work ethic that soon delivered critical and popular success for the promising young actor.

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See more ». Star Sign: Libra. Getting Started Contributor Zone ». Edit page. Clear your history. Then Homeland came calling. T he sun is out in northern Berlin. As he walks along a leafy suburban street, Rupert Friend praises the fine weather and the pretty surroundings. Then, with a characteristically abrupt change of topic, he begins to talk about the apocalypse. One caused by emissions or war or an asteroid. The year-old is dressed in canvas trousers and a worn green jumper.

Under combat boots he has on a pair of new, luxurious socks, just stolen from a Guardian photoshoot. In the film, out this month, Friend plays a professional assassin who is perfectly, palely bald.

Not a look that particularly flattered his hawkish face. So this apocalypse, I say. No cameras, no lighting rigs, no TVs. How will you earn a living? Friend giggles. For three years now his main employment has been on the American spy drama Homeland , a show in which he stars alongside Claire Danes and plays a CIA hardman called Peter Quinn.

A fifth series is currently filming in Berlin, which is why Friend is here, due on set in a couple of hours for a night shoot. Despite this, he has appeared in some decent theatre. He was kindly received as a tweedy confidence trickster in a Dennis Potter play, Brimstone And Treacle , in New day, next thing! We walk on, just strolling until he has to get into a car and whizz off to pretend to be CIA. I go into work and do accounts every day until I die.

That seemed very hard to get my head around. New day, next thing. He certainly has an original way about him, and might even qualify as an eccentric — that high-pitched giggle all at odds with the forbidding face, his general good cheer struck through with seams of real grouchiness. He has written an unpublished collection of short stories, two short films and the lyrics to a very good jazz album, Everything We Hold , in collaboration with the musician Adam Waldmann.