Peter Egan

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Acting

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.

Filmography

• Dogspiracy (2025)
• Our Father (2024)
• And Mrs. (2024)
• I Could Never Go Vegan (2024)
• Harambe (2023)
• National Theatre Live: The Seagull (2016)
• National Theatre Live: People (2013)
• American Cafe (2010)
• Death at a Funeral (2007)
• Whatever Love Means (2005)
• Man to Man (2005)
• The Wedding Date (2005)
• The I Inside (2004)
• The King's Beard (2002)
• 2001: A Space Travesty (2000)
• The Cater Street Hangman (1998)
• Pierre Bonnard: A Love Exposed (1998)
• Bean (1997)
• Gobble (1997)
• The Peacock Spring (1996)
• The Man Who Didn't Believe in Ghosts (1995)
• MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday (1994)
• The Price of the Bride (1990)
• Paradise Postponed (1986)
• A Taste of Honey (1984)
• To Catch a King (1984)
• Arms and the Man (1983)
• The Dark Side of the Sun (1983)
• Strangled (1982)
• Chariots of Fire (1981)
• Dear Brutus (1981)
• The Copyist (1978)
• The Kitchen (1977)
• Beloved (1976)
• The Lifeswappers (1976)
• Hennessy (1975)
• Callan (1974)
• The Hireling (1973)
• One Brief Summer (1971)
• The Rivals (1970)