Rupert Friend Biography
Summary
"Rupert Friend" (born 1 October 1981) is an English film actor.
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.
Friend is known to have read for the part of James Bond in "Casino Royale" (2006).
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. The film, which was produced to promote fashion line Poltock & Walsh had its premiere screening in London in June 2009 and will play at the London Film Festival.
In 2010 Friend will make his stage debut as Mitchell in the UK premiere of "The Little Dog Laughed". He stars in the forthcoming films "The Kid", based on the novel by Kevin Lewis, and "Lullaby for Pi".
Personal life
Friend grew up in Stonesfield, Oxfordshire and attended The Marlborough School in Woodstock. He moved to take A-levels at the Cherwell School and d'Overbroeck's College in Oxford. He trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London.
Friend is dating actress Keira Knightley, whom he met on the set of "Pride and Prejudice".
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