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
Death at a Funeral (2007)
as Victor
Chariots of Fire (1981)
as Duke of Sutherland
The Wedding Date (2005)
as Victor Ellis
And Mrs. (2024)
as Derek
The I Inside (2004)
as Doctor Truman
2001: A Space Travesty (2000)
as Dr. Griffin Pratt
Man to Man (2005)
as Gyllenhaal
MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday (1994)
as Frederick
Hennessy (1975)
as Williams
The Hireling (1973)
as Captain Hugh Cantrip
To Catch a King (1984)
as Heydrich
The Peacock Spring (1996)
as Sir Edward Gwithian
The King's Beard (2002)
as King Cuthbert (voice)
Whatever Love Means (2005)
as Prince Philip
Dear Brutus (1981)
as Purdie
Arms and the Man (1983)
as Sergius
The Kitchen (1977)
as Peter
Callan (1974)
as Toby Meres
National Theatre Live: People (2013)
as Theodore
Gobble (1997)
as Peter Villiers
The Rivals (1970)
as Faulkland
The Cater Street Hangman (1998)
as Edward Ellison
Our Father (2024)
Actor
Paradise Postponed (1986)
as Henry Simcox
The Dark Side of the Sun (1983)
as Raoul
One Brief Summer (1971)
Actor
National Theatre Live: The Seagull (2016)
as Sorin
The Lifeswappers (1976)
as Bunny/Trevor/Miss Trevor/Dinah
Beloved (1976)
as Henry James Prince
The Copyist (1978)
as The Copyist
Dogspiracy (2025)
as Self
Pierre Bonnard: A Love Exposed (1998)
as Narrator
The Price of the Bride (1990)
as Dennis Guant
American Cafe (2010)
as Himself
Strangled (1982)
as Steve Baker
Harambe (2023)
as Self / Narrator
The Man Who Didn't Believe in Ghosts (1995)
as Richard Cramer