
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.

Bean
as Lord Walton

Death at a Funeral
as Victor

The Wedding Date
as Victor Ellis

Chariots of Fire
as Duke of Sutherland

The I Inside
as Doctor Truman

Hennessy
as Williams

2001: A Space Travesty
as Dr. Griffin Pratt

And Mrs.
as Derek

The Copyist
as The Copyist

MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday
as Frederick

The Cater Street Hangman
as Edward Ellison

The Hireling
as Captain Hugh Cantrip

The King's Beard
as King Cuthbert (voice)

Dear Brutus
as Purdie

Man to Man
as Gyllenhaal

To Catch a King
as Heydrich

Callan
as Toby Meres

The Lifeswappers
as Bunny/Trevor/Miss Trevor/Dinah

Arms and the Man
as Sergius

National Theatre Live: The Seagull
as Sorin

Whatever Love Means
as Prince Philip

Gobble
as Peter Villiers

The Peacock Spring
as Sir Edward Gwithian

Beloved
as Henry James Prince

National Theatre Live: People
as Theodore

Paradise Postponed
as Henry Simcox

The Rivals
as Faulkland

Our Father

The Kitchen
as Peter

Pierre Bonnard: A Love Exposed
as Narrator

Strangled
as Steve Baker

The Price of the Bride
as Dennis Guant

One Brief Summer

The Dark Side of the Sun
as Raoul

Dogspiracy
as Self

Harambe
as Self / Narrator

American Cafe
as Himself