
Hampstead, London, England, UK
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.

as Hugh 'Shrimpie' MacClare

as Norman Swanscombe
1997

as Purdie
1970

as Hugh 'Shrimpie' MacClare
2010

as Faulkland
1965

as Archie Johnson
2014

as Keith
1979

as Richard Darrow
1992

as Self
1999

as Dr. Trenarrow
2002

as Martin
2015

as Peter Morris
1967

as Rev. Henry Archery
1987
as Derek
2024

as Self
2025

2024

as Derek
2024

as Self / Narrator
2023

as Sorin
2016

as Theodore
2013
as Himself
2010

as Victor
2007

as Prince Philip
2005

as Gyllenhaal
2005

as Victor Ellis
2005

as Doctor Truman
2004

as King Cuthbert (voice)
2002

as Dr. Griffin Pratt
2000

as Edward Ellison
1998

as Narrator
1998

as Lord Walton
1997

as Peter Villiers
1997

as Sir Edward Gwithian
1996
as Richard Cramer
1995

as Frederick
1994

as Dennis Guant
1990
as Henry Simcox
1986

as Heydrich
1984
as Hugh 'Shrimpie' MacClare
2 ep.

as Norman Swanscombe
1 episodes

as Purdie
1 episodes

as Hugh 'Shrimpie' MacClare
2 episodes

as Faulkland
1 episodes

as Archie Johnson
1 episodes

as Keith
1 episodes

as Richard Darrow
1 episodes

as Self
1 episodes

as Dr. Trenarrow
1 episodes

as Martin
24 episodes

as Peter Morris
1 episodes

as Rev. Henry Archery
6 episodes

1 episodes

as Simon Duval
1 episodes

as Eric
1 episodes

as Peter
1 episodes

as Thomas Howard
3 episodes

as Adam Fairley
3 episodes

as Fothergill
4 episodes

as Philip Pickering
1 episodes

as David
6 episodes

as George Augustus Simcox
14 episodes

as Oscar Wilde
9 episodes

as Earl of Southampton
1 episodes