

Peter Egan
Actor · ProducerPeter 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.
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Dogspiracy
2025
Self

And Mrs.
2024
Derek

Our Father
2024

Harambe
2023
Self / Narrator

National Theatre Live: The Seagull
2016
Sorin

National Theatre Live: People
2013
Theodore
- American Cafe
American Cafe
2010
Himself

Death at a Funeral
2007
Victor

Man to Man
2005
Gyllenhaal

The Wedding Date
2005
Victor Ellis

Whatever Love Means
2005
Prince Philip

The I Inside
2004
Doctor Truman

The King's Beard
2002
King Cuthbert (voice)

2001: A Space Travesty
2000
Dr. Griffin Pratt

Pierre Bonnard: A Love Exposed
1998
Narrator

The Cater Street Hangman
1998
Edward Ellison

Bean
1997
Lord Walton

Gobble
1997
Peter Villiers

The Peacock Spring
1996
Sir Edward Gwithian
- The Man Who Didn't Believe in Ghosts
The Man Who Didn't Believe in Ghosts
1995
Richard Cramer

MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday
1994
Frederick

The Price of the Bride
1990
Dennis Guant
- Paradise Postponed
Paradise Postponed
1986
Henry Simcox

To Catch a King
1984
Heydrich
- The Dark Side of the Sun
The Dark Side of the Sun
1983
Raoul
- Arms and the Man
Arms and the Man
1983
Sergius
- Strangled
Strangled
1982
Steve Baker

Chariots of Fire
1981
Duke of Sutherland
- Dear Brutus
Dear Brutus
1981
Purdie

The Copyist
1978
The Copyist

The Kitchen
1977
Peter

The Lifeswappers
1976
Bunny/Trevor/Miss Trevor/Dinah

Beloved
1976
Henry James Prince

Hennessy
1975
Williams

Callan
1974
Toby Meres

The Hireling
1973
Captain Hugh Cantrip

One Brief Summer
1971
- The Rivals
The Rivals
1970
Faulkland






