Peter Egan
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 28 September 1946 · 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 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.
Known for
Acting 40
- 2026The Story of Bean as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2025Dogspiracy as Self
- 2024Our Father
- 2024And Mrs. as Derek
- 2023Harambe as Self / Narrator
- 2016National Theatre Live: The Seagull as Sorin
- 2013National Theatre Live: People as Theodore
- 2010American Cafe as Himself
- 2007Death at a Funeral as Victor
- 2005Whatever Love Means as Prince Philip
- 2005Man to Man as Gyllenhaal
- 2005The Wedding Date as Victor Ellis
- 2004The I Inside as Doctor Truman
- 2002The King's Beard as King Cuthbert (voice)
- 20002001: A Space Travesty as Dr. Griffin Pratt
- 1998The Cater Street Hangman as Edward Ellison
- 1998Pierre Bonnard: A Love Exposed as Narrator
- 1997Bean as Lord Walton
- 1997Gobble as Peter Villiers
- 1996The Peacock Spring as Sir Edward Gwithian
- 1995The Man Who Didn't Believe in Ghosts as Richard Cramer
- 1994MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday as Frederick
- 1990The Price of the Bride as Dennis Guant
- 1986Paradise Postponed as Henry Simcox
- 1984A Taste of Honey as Peter
- 1984To Catch a King as Heydrich
- 1983Arms and the Man as Sergius
- 1983The Dark Side of the Sun as Raoul
- 1982Strangled as Steve Baker
- 1981Chariots of Fire as Duke of Sutherland
- 1981Dear Brutus as Purdie
- 1978The Copyist as The Copyist
- 1977The Kitchen as Peter
- 1976Beloved as Henry James Prince
- 1976The Lifeswappers as Bunny/Trevor/Miss Trevor/Dinah
- 1975Hennessy as Williams
- 1974Callan as Toby Meres
- 1973The Hireling as Captain Hugh Cantrip
- 1971One Brief Summer
- 1970The Rivals as Faulkland
Production 1
- 2024I Could Never Go Vegan · executive producer