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