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 (1984â89); and Hugh "Shrimpie" MacClare, Marquess of Flintshire, in Downton Abbey (2012â15). He is married to retired actress Myra Frances. Egan was born in Hampstead, London, the son of Doris (nÊe 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.
National Theatre Live: The Seagull
2016
The Cater Street Hangman
1998
Bean
1997
Death at a Funeral
2007
The Wedding Date
2005
MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday
1994
Chariots of Fire
1981
2001: A Space Travesty
2000
Hennessy
1975
Man to Man
2005
The I Inside
2004
And Mrs.
2024
The King's Beard
2002
The Hireling
1973
Beloved
1976
Callan
1974
To Catch a King
1984
The Kitchen
1977
Gobble
1997
The Lifeswappers
1976
The Peacock Spring
1996
Dogspiracy
2025
The Price of the Bride
1990
National Theatre Live: People
2013
Whatever Love Means
2005
Our Father
2024
Harambe
2023
One Brief Summer
1971
Pierre Bonnard: A Love Exposed
1998
The Copyist
1978