Peter Egan
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.
Cast
Bean
Lord Walton
Death at a Funeral
Victor
Man to Man
Gyllenhaal
2001: A Space Travesty
Dr. Griffin Pratt
The Wedding Date
Victor Ellis
Chariots of Fire
Duke of Sutherland
MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday
Frederick
Dear Brutus
Purdie
The Peacock Spring
Sir Edward Gwithian
Gobble
Peter Villiers
The Hireling
Captain Hugh Cantrip
The King's Beard
King Cuthbert (voice)
Pierre Bonnard: A Love Exposed
Narrator
The Lifeswappers
Bunny/Trevor/Miss Trevor/Dinah
To Catch a King
Heydrich
Harambe
Self / Narrator
National Theatre Live: People
Theodore
The I Inside
Doctor Truman
Callan
Toby Meres
The Dark Side of the Sun
Raoul
The Rivals
Faulkland
National Theatre Live: The Seagull
Sorin
And Mrs.
Derek
The Kitchen
Peter
The Cater Street Hangman
Edward Ellison
Hennessy
Williams
The Price of the Bride
Dennis Guant
Whatever Love Means
Prince Philip
One Brief Summer
Unknown
Paradise Postponed
Henry Simcox
The Copyist
The Copyist
Beloved
Henry James Prince
Our Father
Unknown
Strangled
Steve Baker
Dogspiracy
Self
American Cafe
Himself
Arms and the Man
Sergius
