Cast
Peter Egan
Acting
Cast
Peter Egan
Known for
Acting
Born
1946-09-28
From
Hampstead, London, England, UK
Also known 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 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.
★6.9
MOVIE2007
Death at a Funeral
as Victor
★6.5
MOVIE1997
Bean
as Lord Walton
★6.8
MOVIE1981
Chariots of Fire
as Duke of Sutherland
MOVIE1981
Dear Brutus
as Purdie
★6.8
MOVIE2005
The Wedding Date
as Victor Ellis
★4.3
MOVIE2000
2001: A Space Travesty
as Dr. Griffin Pratt
MOVIE1976
Beloved
as Henry James Prince
★6.0
MOVIE2004
The I Inside
as Doctor Truman
MOVIE1976
The Lifeswappers
as Bunny/Trevor/Miss Trevor/Dinah
MOVIE1983
Arms and the Man
as Sergius
MOVIE1995
The Man Who Didn't Believe in Ghosts
as Richard Cramer
MOVIE2025
Dogspiracy
as Self
★5.4
MOVIE2024
And Mrs.
as Derek
★6.3
MOVIE2002
The King's Beard
as King Cuthbert (voice)
MOVIE1982
Strangled
as Steve Baker
★7.0
MOVIE1984
To Catch a King
as Heydrich
★5.1
MOVIE1975
Hennessy
as Williams
★5.8
MOVIE1973
The Hireling
as Captain Hugh Cantrip
★4.8
MOVIE1998
The Cater Street Hangman
as Edward Ellison
★7.3
MOVIE1996
The Peacock Spring
as Sir Edward Gwithian
★4.3
MOVIE2005
Whatever Love Means
as Prince Philip
★6.0
MOVIE1994
MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday
as Frederick
MOVIE1978
The Copyist
as The Copyist
★6.3
MOVIE2005
Man to Man
as Gyllenhaal
★7.0
MOVIE1986
Paradise Postponed
as Henry Simcox
★8.0
MOVIE1970
The Rivals
as Faulkland
★10.0
MOVIE1990
The Price of the Bride
as Dennis Guant
★8.0
MOVIE2013
National Theatre Live: People
as Theodore
MOVIE2016
National Theatre Live: The Seagull
as Sorin
★6.9
MOVIE1974
Callan
as Toby Meres
MOVIE1977
The Kitchen
as Peter
MOVIE1998
Pierre Bonnard: A Love Exposed
as Narrator
★8.0
MOVIE1997
Gobble
as Peter Villiers
MOVIE2010
American Cafe
as Himself
MOVIE1983
The Dark Side of the Sun
as Raoul
MOVIE2024
Our Father
★7.5
MOVIE1971
One Brief Summer
MOVIE2023
Harambe
as Self / Narrator