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Peter Egan

Actor

Peter Egan

Born September 28, 1946 in Hampstead, London, England, UK35 films

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.

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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.

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Death at a Funeral posterFirst watchDeath at a Funeral20076.9as VictorA myriad of outrageous calamities befalls an eccentric English clan with more than a few skeletons in its closets when the family's patriarch dies an unexpected death.View film

Essential films

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Bean poster6.5Bean1997The Wedding Date poster6.8The Wedding Date2005Chariots of Fire poster6.8Chariots of Fire1981The I Inside poster5.9The I Inside2004MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday poster6.0MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday19942001: A Space Travesty poster4.32001: A Space Travesty2000

Filmography

35 films as actor
  1. 2024Our Father
  2. 2024And Mrs.Derek
  3. 2016National Theatre Live: The SeagullSorin
  4. 2013National Theatre Live: PeopleTheodore
  5. 2007Death at a FuneralVictor
  6. 2005Whatever Love MeansPrince Philip
  7. 2005Man to ManGyllenhaal
  8. 2005The Wedding DateVictor Ellis
  9. 2004The I InsideDoctor Truman
  10. 2002The King's BeardKing Cuthbert (voice)
  11. 20002001: A Space TravestyDr. Griffin Pratt
  12. 1998The Cater Street HangmanEdward Ellison
  13. 1997BeanLord Walton
  14. 1997GobblePeter Villiers
  15. 1996The Peacock SpringSir Edward Gwithian
  16. 1995The Man Who Didn't Believe in GhostsRichard Cramer
  17. 1994MacGyver: Trail to DoomsdayFrederick
  18. 1990The Price of the BrideDennis Guant
  19. 1986Paradise PostponedHenry Simcox
  20. 1984A Taste of HoneyPeter
  21. 1984To Catch a KingHeydrich
  22. 1983Arms and the ManSergius
  23. 1983The Dark Side of the SunRaoul
  24. 1982StrangledSteve Baker
  25. 1981Chariots of FireDuke of Sutherland
  26. 1981Dear BrutusPurdie
  27. 1978The CopyistThe Copyist
  28. 1977The KitchenPeter
  29. 1976BelovedHenry James Prince
  30. 1976The LifeswappersBunny/Trevor/Miss Trevor/Dinah
  31. 1975HennessyWilliams
  32. 1974CallanToby Meres
  33. 1973The HirelingCaptain Hugh Cantrip
  34. 1971One Brief Summer
  35. 1970The RivalsFaulkland