Peter Egan
Birthday
1946/09/28 (79 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Hampstead, London, England, UK
Also know as
Peter Joseph 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...Read more
Acting
(1997) Bean
as Lord Walton
(2007) Death at a Funeral
as Victor
(2005) Man to Man
as Gyllenhaal
(2000) 2001: A Space Travesty
as Dr. Griffin Pratt
(2005) The Wedding Date
as Victor Ellis
(1981) Chariots of Fire
as Duke of Sutherland
(1994) MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday
as Frederick
(1981) Dear Brutus
as Purdie
(1996) The Peacock Spring
as Sir Edward Gwithian
(1997) Gobble
as Peter Villiers
(1973) The Hireling
as Captain Hugh Cantrip
(2002) The King's Beard
as King Cuthbert (voice)
(1998) Pierre Bonnard: A Love Exposed
as Narrator
(1976) The Lifeswappers
as Bunny/Trevor/Miss Trevor/Dinah
(1984) To Catch a King
as Heydrich
(2023) Harambe
as Self / Narrator
(2013) National Theatre Live: People
as Theodore
(2004) The I Inside
as Doctor Truman
(1974) Callan
as Toby Meres
(1983) The Dark Side of the Sun
as Raoul
(1970) The Rivals
as Faulkland
(2016) National Theatre Live: The Seagull
as Sorin
(2024) And Mrs.
as Derek
(1977) The Kitchen
as Peter
(1998) The Cater Street Hangman
as Edward Ellison
(1975) Hennessy
as Williams
(1990) The Price of the Bride
as Dennis Guant
(2005) Whatever Love Means
as Prince Philip
(1971) One Brief Summer
as ---
(1986) Paradise Postponed
as Henry Simcox
(1978) The Copyist
as The Copyist
(1976) Beloved
as Henry James Prince
(2024) Our Father
as ---
(1982) Strangled
as Steve Baker
(2025) Dogspiracy
as Self
(2010) American Cafe
as Himself
(1983) Arms and the Man
as Sergius
(1984) Ever Decreasing Circles
as ---
(1971) Elizabeth R
as Earl of Southampton
(2002) The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
as Dr. Trenarrow
(1979) Tales of the Unexpected
as Keith
(2003) Comedy Connections
as ---
(1992) A Touch of Frost
as Richard Darrow
(1983) The Dark Side of the Sun
as ---
(2006) Home Again
as ---
(2005) Jericho
as Philip Pickering
(1987) The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
as Rev. Henry Archery
(1978) Lillie
as ---
(1986) Paradise Postponed
as George Augustus Simcox
(1985) A Woman of Substance
as Adam Fairley
(1989) Joint Account
as ---
(1974) The Inheritors
as Michael Gethin
(1987) A Perfect Spy
as Magnus Pym
(2009) Moving On
as Eric
(2015) Unforgotten
as Martin
(1995) Chiller
as Richard Cramer
(1998) The Ambassador
as ---
(2016) Our Ex-Wife
as George
(2010) Downton Abbey
as Hugh 'Shrimpie' MacClare
(2018) Hold the Sunset
as Mr. Dugdale
(1968) Cold Comfort Farm
as Seth Starkadder
(1972) The Organization
as Richard Pershore
(2024) Truelove
as David
(1997) Midsomer Murders
as Norman Swanscombe
(1997) Midsomer Murders
as Grady Palmerston
(1970) Play for Today
as Purdie
(1999) Loose Women
as Self
(2019) The Spanish Princess
as Thomas Howard
(1983) Reilly: Ace of Spies
as Fothergill
(1976) Victorian Scandals
as Henry James Prince
(2014) Grantchester
as Archie Johnson
(1979) Prince Regent
as George, Prince of Wales / King George IV
(1965) BBC Play of the Month
as Faulkland
(1965) BBC Play of the Month
as Freddie
(1977) BBC2 Play of the Week
as Peter
(1977) BBC2 Play of the Week
as Copyist
(1990) The Chief
as Simon Duval
(1975) The Love School
as John Everett Millais
(1974) Zodiac
as Tony Weston