Rick Warden Biography: Rick was born Richard George Warden on September 29, 1971. The film and TV actor was educated at Dr. Challoner's Grammar School and Churchill College in Cambridge. Rick, who is married to actress Lucy Barker, appeared in TV shows such as Band of Brothers and Dunkirk. He also starred with Kenneth Branagh in Shackleton. Quintus Valerius Pompey is played by Rick Warden on HBO's historical drama series Rome. A man from the Plebian class, he is the son of Pompey and the stepson of Cornelia Metella. Quintus is imbued with dangerous qualities of brutality and animal cunning, a fact that is a source of alarm for his father's allies.