
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 Self

as Derek

as Self / Narrator

as Theodore

as Himself

as Victor

as Prince Philip

as Gyllenhaal

as Victor Ellis

as Doctor Truman

as Paul Ryman (archive footage)

as King Cuthbert (voice)

as Dr. Griffin Pratt

as Edward Ellison

as Narrator

as Lord Walton

as Peter Villiers

as Sir Edward Gwithian

as Richard Cramer

as Frederick

as Dennis Guant

as Henry Simcox

as Peter

as Heydrich

as Sergius

as Raoul

as Steve Baker

as Duke of Sutherland

as Purdie

as The Copyist

as Peter

as Henry James Prince

as Bunny/Trevor/Miss Trevor/Dinah

as Williams

as Toby Meres

as Captain Hugh Cantrip

as Faulkland