Peter Egan
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Peter Joseph Egan (born 28 September 1946) is a British actor known for his TV roles, including Hogarth in Big Breadwinner Hog, the future King George IV of the United Kingdom in Prince Regent (1979); smooth neighbour Paul Ryman in the sitcom Ever Decreasing Circles (1984–89); and Hugh "Shrimpie" MacClare, Marquess of Flintshire, in Downton Abbey (2012–15). He is married to retired actress Myra Frances. Egan was born in Hampstead, London, the son of Doris (née Pick) and Michael Thomas Egan, who is of Irish descent.[1][2] He was educated at St. George's Roman Catholic Comprehensive School, Maida Vale. He also attended the London Oratory School and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
Known for
Credits
Bean (1997)
as Lord Walton
2001: A Space Travesty (2000)
as Dr. Griffin Pratt
Chariots of Fire (1981)
as Duke of Sutherland
Death at a Funeral (2007)
as Victor
The Wedding Date (2005)
as Victor Ellis
The I Inside (2004)
as Doctor Truman
And Mrs. (2024)
as Derek
Hennessy (1975)
as Williams
Dogspiracy (2025)
as Self
MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday (1994)
as Frederick
Man to Man (2005)
as Gyllenhaal
The Lifeswappers (1976)
as Bunny/Trevor/Miss Trevor/Dinah
The King's Beard (2002)
as King Cuthbert (voice)
Dear Brutus (1981)
as Purdie
Beloved (1976)
as Henry James Prince
To Catch a King (1984)
as Heydrich
The Hireling (1973)
as Captain Hugh Cantrip
Arms and the Man (1983)
as Sergius
The Price of the Bride (1990)
as Dennis Guant
Strangled (1982)
as Steve Baker
The Kitchen (1977)
as Peter
Gobble (1997)
as Peter Villiers
National Theatre Live: People (2013)
as Theodore
The Man Who Didn't Believe in Ghosts (1995)
as Richard Cramer
One Brief Summer (1971)
Actor
Paradise Postponed (1986)
as Henry Simcox
Our Father (2024)
Actor
Pierre Bonnard: A Love Exposed (1998)
as Narrator
Whatever Love Means (2005)
as Prince Philip
Callan (1974)
as Toby Meres
The Cater Street Hangman (1998)
as Edward Ellison
The Peacock Spring (1996)
as Sir Edward Gwithian
National Theatre Live: The Seagull (2016)
as Sorin
The Rivals (1970)
as Faulkland
The Copyist (1978)
as The Copyist
American Cafe (2010)
as Himself
Harambe (2023)
as Self / Narrator
The Dark Side of the Sun (1983)
as Raoul
A Taste of Honey (1984)
as Peter