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