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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1946-09-28 (78 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 School and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

(Wikipedia)

Known For

Acting

2024

And Mrs as Derek
Truelove as David

2023

Harambe as Self / Narrator

2019

The Spanish Princess as Thomas Howard

2018

Hold the Sunset as Mr. Dugdale

2016

Our Ex-Wife as George

2015

Unforgotten as Martin

2014

Grantchester as Archie Johnson

2013

2010

Downton Abbey as Hugh 'Shrimpie' MacClare

2009

Moving On as Eric

2007

2006

2005

Man to Man as Gyllenhaal
The Wedding Date as Victor Ellis
Whatever Love Means as Prince Philip
Jericho as Philip Pickering

2004

The I Inside as Doctor Truman

2003

2002

The King's Beard as King Cuthbert (voice)

2000

2001: A Space Travesty as Dr. Griffin Pratt

1999

Loose Women as Self

1998

The Cater Street Hangman as Edward Ellison

1997

Bean as Lord Walton
Gobble as Peter Villiers
Midsomer Murders as Norman Swanscombe
Midsomer Murders as Grady Palmerston

1996

The Peacock Spring as Sir Edward Gwithian

1995

Chiller as Richard Cramer

1994

1992

A Touch of Frost as Richard Darrow

1990

The Price of the Bride as Dennis Guant

1989

1987

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries as Rev. Henry Archery
A Perfect Spy as Magnus Pym

1986

Paradise Postponed as Henry Simcox
Paradise Postponed as George Augustus Simcox

1985

A Woman of Substance as Adam Fairley
MacGyver as Frederick Moran

1984

To Catch a King as Heydrich

1983

Reilly: Ace of Spies as Fothergill

1982

Strangled as Steve Baker

1981

Chariots of Fire as Duke of Sutherland
Dear Brutus as Purdie

1979

Prince Regent as George, Prince of Wales / King George IV

1978

The Copyist as The Copyist

1977

The Kitchen as Peter

1976

The Lifeswappers as Bunny/Trevor/Miss Trevor/Dinah
Beloved as Henry James Prince
Victorian Scandals as Henry James Prince

1975

Hennessy as Williams
The Love School as John Everett Millais

1974

Callan as Toby Meres

1973

The Hireling as Captain Hugh Cantrip

1972

The Organization as Richard Pershore

1971

Elizabeth R as Earl of Southampton

1970

The Rivals as Faulkland
Play for Today as Purdie

1968

Cold Comfort Farm as Seth Starkadder

1965

Production

2024

I Could Never Go Vegan as Executive Producer

Writing

2005

Medium as Writer
Over There as Writer

2003

Playmakers as Writer

1997

Breaker High as Writer