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.
Known for
Midsomer Murders
Norman Swanscombe
Midsomer Murders
Grady Palmerston
Downton Abbey
Hugh 'Shrimpie' MacClare
Play for Today
Purdie
BBC Play of the Month
Faulkland
BBC Play of the Month
Freddie
Tales of the Unexpected
Keith
A Touch of Frost
Richard Darrow
Grantchester
Archie Johnson
Man to Man
Gyllenhaal
National Theatre Live: The Seagull
Sorin
Unforgotten
Martin
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
Dr. Trenarrow
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Rev. Henry Archery
Moving On
Eric
BBC2 Play of the Week
Peter
BBC2 Play of the Week
Copyist
The Chief
Simon Duval
The Spanish Princess
Thomas Howard
Bean
Lord Walton
Lillie
Reilly: Ace of Spies
Fothergill
Truelove
David
The Copyist
The Copyist
Gobble
Peter Villiers
And Mrs.
Derek
Jericho
Philip Pickering
Death at a Funeral
Victor
Zodiac
Tony Weston
Elizabeth R
Earl of Southampton
Paradise Postponed
Henry Simcox
The Wedding Date
Victor Ellis
The Hireling
Captain Hugh Cantrip
Chiller
Richard Cramer
Callan
Toby Meres
Hennessy
Williams
2001: A Space Travesty
Dr. Griffin Pratt
Chariots of Fire
Duke of Sutherland
Dear Brutus
Purdie
Comedy Connections
Ever Decreasing Circles
The Peacock Spring
Sir Edward Gwithian
The Rivals
Faulkland
A Woman of Substance
Adam Fairley
Strangled
Steve Baker
To Catch a King
Heydrich
Our Father
National Theatre Live: People
Theodore
MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday
Frederick
The I Inside
Doctor Truman
Hold the Sunset
Mr. Dugdale
Whatever Love Means
Prince Philip
Beloved
Henry James Prince
The Love School
John Everett Millais
A Perfect Spy
Magnus Pym
The Inheritors
Michael Gethin
The Kitchen
Peter
Our Ex-Wife
George
Home Again
The Ambassador
The King's Beard
King Cuthbert (voice)
Paradise Postponed
George Augustus Simcox
Joint Account
The Price of the Bride
Dennis Guant
Victorian Scandals
Henry James Prince
One Brief Summer
The Dark Side of the Sun
Raoul
Prince Regent
George, Prince of Wales / King George IV
The Organization
Richard Pershore
Arms and the Man
Sergius
Cold Comfort Farm
Seth Starkadder
The Dark Side of the Sun
Harambe
Self / Narrator
The Cater Street Hangman
Edward Ellison
Dogspiracy
Self
American Cafe
Himself
The Lifeswappers
Bunny/Trevor/Miss Trevor/Dinah
Pierre Bonnard: A Love Exposed
Narrator
Loose Women
Self