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Known For
Acting
Birthday
September 28, 1946
Place of Birth
Hampstead, London, England, UK
Also Known As
- Peter Joseph Egan
Peter Egan
0.9 Popularity
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.
Known For
Credits
Dogspiracy
as Self
2025
0.0
Our Father
2024
0.0
And Mrs.
as Derek
2024
5.4
Truelove
as David
2024
6.3
Harambe
as Self / Narrator
2023
0.0
The Spanish Princess
as Thomas Howard
2019
7.6
Hold the Sunset
as Mr. Dugdale
2018
6.3
National Theatre Live: The Seagull
as Sorin
2016
0.0
Our Ex-Wife
as George
2016
6.0
Unforgotten
as Martin
2015
7.5
Grantchester
as Archie Johnson
2014
7.3
National Theatre Live: People
as Theodore
2013
8.0
🎬
American Cafe
as Himself
2010
0.0
Downton Abbey
as Hugh 'Shrimpie' MacClare
2010
8.1
Moving On
as Eric
2009
7.1
Death at a Funeral
as Victor
2007
6.9
🎬
Home Again
2006
0.0
Whatever Love Means
as Prince Philip
2005
2.7
Jericho
as Philip Pickering
2005
6.8
Man to Man
as Gyllenhaal
2005
6.2
The Wedding Date
as Victor Ellis
2005
6.8
The I Inside
as Doctor Truman
2004
5.9
Comedy Connections
2003
2.0
The King's Beard
as King Cuthbert (voice)
2002
6.0
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
as Dr. Trenarrow
2002
7.2
2001: A Space Travesty
as Dr. Griffin Pratt
2000
4.3
Loose Women
as Self
1999
3.2
The Cater Street Hangman
as Edward Ellison
1998
3.8
Pierre Bonnard: A Love Exposed
as Narrator
1998
0.0
The Ambassador
1998
6.0
Bean
as Lord Walton
1997
6.5
Midsomer Murders
as Norman Swanscombe
1997
7.5
Midsomer Murders
as Grady Palmerston
1997
7.5
Gobble
as Peter Villiers
1997
0.0
The Peacock Spring
as Sir Edward Gwithian
1996
7.0
Chiller
as Richard Cramer
1995
5.6
MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday
as Frederick
1994
6.0
A Touch of Frost
as Richard Darrow
1992
7.5
The Price of the Bride
as Dennis Guant
1990
0.0
The Chief
as Simon Duval
1990
6.0
Joint Account
1989
6.0
A Perfect Spy
as Magnus Pym
1987
6.5
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
as Rev. Henry Archery
1987
6.3
Paradise Postponed
as George Augustus Simcox
1986
5.0
🎬
Paradise Postponed
as Henry Simcox
1986
7.0
A Woman of Substance
as Adam Fairley
1985
7.1
Ever Decreasing Circles
1984
7.3
To Catch a King
as Heydrich
1984
4.0
The Dark Side of the Sun
1983
5.5
Reilly: Ace of Spies
as Fothergill
1983
7.0
🎬
Arms and the Man
as Sergius
1983
0.0
🎬
The Dark Side of the Sun
as Raoul
1983
0.0
🎬
Strangled
as Steve Baker
1982
0.0
Chariots of Fire
as Duke of Sutherland
1981
6.8
🎬
Dear Brutus
as Purdie
1981
0.0
Prince Regent
as George, Prince of Wales / King George IV
1979
4.5
Tales of the Unexpected
as Keith
1979
6.7
Lillie
1978
8.2
The Copyist
as The Copyist
1978
0.0
The Kitchen
as Peter
1977
0.0
BBC2 Play of the Week
as Peter
1977
7.0
BBC2 Play of the Week
as Copyist
1977
7.0
Beloved
as Henry James Prince
1976
0.0
🎬
Victorian Scandals
as Henry James Prince
1976
0.0
The Lifeswappers
as Bunny/Trevor/Miss Trevor/Dinah
1976
0.0
Hennessy
as Williams
1975
4.7
The Love School
as John Everett Millais
1975
0.0
🎬
The Inheritors
as Michael Gethin
1974
0.0
Callan
as Toby Meres
1974
6.9
Zodiac
as Tony Weston
1974
5.0
The Hireling
as Captain Hugh Cantrip
1973
5.8
The Organization
as Richard Pershore
1972
7.0
One Brief Summer
1971
5.0
Elizabeth R
as Earl of Southampton
1971
7.4
Play for Today
as Purdie
1970
6.3
🎬
The Rivals
as Faulkland
1970
6.0
Cold Comfort Farm
as Seth Starkadder
1968
0.0
BBC Play of the Month
as Faulkland
1965
5.0
BBC Play of the Month
as Freddie
1965
5.0