Peter Egan

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1946-09-28 (79 years old)

Place of Birth

Hampstead, London, England, UK

Peter 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 Schoo...

Acting

1997

Bean

as Lord Walton

2007

2005

Man to Man

as Gyllenhaal

2000

2001: A Space Travesty

as Dr. Griffin Pratt

2005

The Wedding Date

as Victor Ellis

1981

Chariots of Fire

as Duke of Sutherland

1981

Dear Brutus

as Purdie

1996

The Peacock Spring

as Sir Edward Gwithian

1997

Gobble

as Peter Villiers

1973

The Hireling

as Captain Hugh Cantrip

2002

The King's Beard

as King Cuthbert (voice)

1976

The Lifeswappers

as Bunny/Trevor/Miss Trevor/Dinah

1984

To Catch a King

as Heydrich

2023

Harambe

as Self / Narrator

2004

The I Inside

as Doctor Truman

1974

Callan

as Toby Meres

1970

The Rivals

as Faulkland

2024

And Mrs.

as Derek

1977

The Kitchen

as Peter

1998

The Cater Street Hangman

as Edward Ellison

1975

Hennessy

as Williams

1990

The Price of the Bride

as Dennis Guant

2005

Whatever Love Means

as Prince Philip

1986

Paradise Postponed

as Henry Simcox

1978

The Copyist

as The Copyist

1976

Beloved

as Henry James Prince

1982

Strangled

as Steve Baker

2025

Dogspiracy

as Self

Production

2024

I Could Never Go Vegan

as Executive Producer

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