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.

Filmography

• 2024And Mrs. — Derek
• 2024I Could Never Go Vegan — Executive Producer
• 2024Our Father
• Truelove — David
• The Spanish Princess — Thomas Howard
• Hold the Sunset — Mr. Dugdale
• 2016National Theatre Live: The Seagull — Sorin
• Our Ex-Wife — George
• Unforgotten — Martin
• Grantchester — Archie Johnson
• 2013National Theatre Live: People — Theodore
• Downton Abbey — Hugh 'Shrimpie' MacClare
• Moving On — Eric
• 2007Death at a Funeral — Victor
• Home Again
• Jericho — Philip Pickering
• 2005Man to Man — Gyllenhaal
• Medium — Writer
• Over There — Writer
• 2005The Wedding Date — Victor Ellis
• 2005Whatever Love Means — Prince Philip
• Medical Investigation — Writer
• Postcards from Buster — Writer
• 2004The I Inside — Doctor Truman
• Comedy Connections
• Playmakers — Writer
• The Inspector Lynley Mysteries — Dr. Trenarrow
• 2002The King's Beard — King Cuthbert (voice)
• 20002001: A Space Travesty — Dr. Griffin Pratt
• Cry Wolf — Dr Anthony Hook
• 1998Pierre Bonnard: A Love Exposed — Narrator
• The Ambassador
• 1998The Cater Street Hangman — Edward Ellison
• 1997Bean — Lord Walton
• Breaker High — Writer
• 1997Gobble — Peter Villiers
• Midsomer Murders — Norman Swanscombe, Grady Palmerston
• 1996The Peacock Spring — Sir Edward Gwithian
• Chiller — Richard Cramer
• 1995The Man Who Didn't Believe in Ghosts — Richard Cramer
• 1994MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday — Frederick
• Sweet Valley High — Writer
• The Secret World of Alex Mack — Writer
• A Touch of Frost — Richard Darrow
• The Chief — Simon Duval
• 1990The Price of the Bride — Dennis Guant
• Joint Account
• A Perfect Spy — Magnus Pym
• The Ruth Rendell Mysteries — Rev. Henry Archery
• 1986Paradise Postponed — Henry Simcox
• Paradise Postponed — George Augustus Simcox
• A Woman of Substance — Adam Fairley
• 1984A Taste of Honey — Peter
• A Taste of Honey — Peter
• Ever Decreasing Circles
• 1984To Catch a King — Heydrich
• 1983Arms and the Man — Sergius
• Reilly: Ace of Spies — Fothergill
• 1983The Dark Side of the Sun — Raoul
• The Dark Side of the Sun
• Saturday Night Thriller — Steve Baker
• 1982Strangled — Steve Baker
• 1981Chariots of Fire — Duke of Sutherland
• 1981Dear Brutus — Purdie
• Prince Regent — George, Prince of Wales / King George IV
• Tales of the Unexpected — Keith
• Lillie — Oscar Wilde
• 1978The Copyist — The Copyist
• BBC2 Play of the Week — Peter, Copyist
• 1977The Kitchen — Peter
• The Velvet Glove — Eddy
• 1976Beloved — Henry James Prince
• Plays for Britain — Bunny / Trevor / Miss Trevor / Dinah
• 1976The Lifeswappers — Bunny/Trevor/Miss Trevor/Dinah
• Victorian Scandals — Henry James Prince
• 1975Hennessy — Williams
• The Love School — John Everett Millais
• 1974Callan — Toby Meres
• The Inheritors — Michael Gethin
• Zodiac — Tony Weston
• 1973The Hireling — Captain Hugh Cantrip
• The Organization — Richard Pershore
• Elizabeth R — Earl of Southampton
• 1971One Brief Summer
• Play for Today — Purdie
• 1970The Rivals — Faulkland
• Big Breadwinner Hog — Hog
• W. Somerset Maugham — Tito
• Cold Comfort Farm — Seth Starkadder
• ITV Playhouse — Peter Morris
• BBC Play of the Month — Faulkland, Freddie

Appearances as themselves (5)

• 2025Dogspiracy — Self
• 2023Harambe — Self / Narrator
• Remembers… — Self
• 2010American Cafe — Himself
• Loose Women — Self