Peter Egan

Actor

Born: September 28, 1946 (age 79)
From: Hampstead, London, England, UK

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…

Filmography (38)

Dogspiracy (2025)
Self
Our Father (2024)
And Mrs. (2024)
Derek
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
Whatever Love Means (2005)
Prince Philip
Man to Man (2005)
Gyllenhaal
The Wedding Date (2005)
Victor Ellis
The I Inside (2004)
Doctor Truman
The King's Beard (2002)
King Cuthbert (voice)
2001: A Space Travesty (2000)
Dr. Griffin Pratt
The Cater Street Hangman (1998)
Edward Ellison
Pierre Bonnard: A Love Exposed (1998)
Narrator
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
Arms and the Man
Arms and the Man (1983)
Sergius
The Dark Side of the Sun
The Dark Side of the Sun (1983)
Raoul
Strangled
Strangled (1982)
Steve Baker
Chariots of Fire (1981)
Duke of Sutherland
Dear Brutus
Dear Brutus (1981)
Purdie
The Copyist (1978)
The Copyist