Peter Egan
Biography
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.
Filmography
Dogspiracy
2025
as Self
Our Father
2024
And Mrs.
2024
as Derek
Harambe
2023
as Self / Narrator
National Theatre Live: The Seagull
2016
as Sorin
National Theatre Live: People
2013
as Theodore
- No poster
American Cafe
2010
as Himself
Death at a Funeral
2007
as Victor
Whatever Love Means
2005
as Prince Philip
Man to Man
2005
as Gyllenhaal
The Wedding Date
2005
as Victor Ellis
The I Inside
2004
as Doctor Truman
The King's Beard
2002
as King Cuthbert (voice)
2001: A Space Travesty
2000
as Dr. Griffin Pratt
The Cater Street Hangman
1998
as Edward Ellison
Pierre Bonnard: A Love Exposed
1998
as Narrator
Bean
1997
as Lord Walton
Gobble
1997
as Peter Villiers
The Peacock Spring
1996
as Sir Edward Gwithian
- No poster
The Man Who Didn't Believe in Ghosts
1995
as Richard Cramer
MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday
1994
as Frederick
The Price of the Bride
1990
as Dennis Guant
- No poster
Paradise Postponed
1986
as Henry Simcox
- No poster
A Taste of Honey
1984
as Peter