Actor

Peter Egan

1970–presentb. 1946DramaComedyThriller

Chronicler of the Human Condition

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Known For

37 acting credits

as Victor

Death at a Funeral

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2007

Death at a Funeral

as Lord Walton

Bean

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1997

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Filmography

2025DogspiracySelf 2024And Mrs.Derek5.4 2024Our Father 2023HarambeSelf / Narrator 2016National Theatre Live: The SeagullSorin 2013National Theatre Live: PeopleTheodore8.0 2010American CafeHimself

About

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.

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