Peter Egan
Acting • 1946-09-28 • 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
7.5Unforgotten
2015
7.6The Spanish Princess
2019
6.8The Wedding Date
2005
4.32001: A Space Travesty
2000
6.0MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday
1994
7.5Ever Decreasing Circles
1984
From Nerdspin
Filmography
- 2025
- 2024★ 6.4
- 2024★ 5.5
- 2024Our FatherFilm
- 2023
- 2022★ 7.5
- 2022★ 7.5
- 2019★ 7.6
- 2018★ 6.4
- 2016★ 6.8
- 2016
- 2015★ 7.5
- 2014★ 7.3
- 2013★ 8.0
- 2010★ 8.1
- 2010
- 2009★ 7.3
- 2007★ 6.9
- 2006
- 2005★ 6.8
- 2005★ 6.3
- 2005★ 7.3
- 2005★ 4.2
- 2004★ 5.9
- 2003★ 6.5
- 2003
- 2002★ 7.4
- 2002★ 6.3
- 2000★ 4.3
- 2000★ 7.0
- 1999★ 3.4
- 1998★ 6.5
- 1998★ 4.8
- 1998
- 1997★ 7.5
- 1997★ 7.5
- 1997★ 6.5
- 1997★ 8.0
- 1996★ 7.3
- 1995★ 6.2
- 1995
- 1994★ 6.0
- 1992★ 7.6
- 1990★ 7.0
- 1990★ 10.0
- 1989★ 6.0
- 1987★ 6.6
- 1987★ 6.6
- 1986★ 6.0
- 1986★ 7.0
- 1985★ 7.6
- 1984★ 7.5
- 1984★ 7.0
- 1984
- 1984
- 1983★ 7.0
- 1983★ 7.0
- 1983
- 1983
- 1982
- 1982
- 1981★ 6.8
- 1981
- 1979★ 6.8
- 1979★ 6.3
- 1978★ 8.3
- 1978
- 1977★ 7.0
- 1977★ 7.0
- 1977
- 1977
- 1976★ 10.0
- 1976★ 6.0
- 1976
- 1976
- 1975★ 5.2
- 1975
- 1974★ 6.9
- 1974★ 5.0
- 1974
- 1973★ 5.8
- 1972★ 8.5
- 1971★ 7.5
- 1971One Brief SummerFilm★ 7.5
- 1970★ 6.6
- 1970★ 8.0
- 1969★ 7.5
- 1969
- 1968★ 8.0
- 1967★ 7.0
- 1965★ 5.2
- 1965★ 5.2
- 1965★ 7.3
