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Acting

Peter Egan

Career: Active from 1968 to 2024, busiest in 2005 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles: 25
top three billing

Average score: 60/100

Highest rated: Truelove
78/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 43 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Peter Egan Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Adrenaline
3.7, average 4.8
Scare
1.6, average 2.6
Violence
3.2, average 4.1
Showbiz
0.4, average 1.2

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character Study 5
Lighthearted 4
British Sitcom 4
Social Commentary 3
Thought-Provoking 3
Character-Driven 3
Political Intrigue 2
Slow-Burn Narrative 2
Romantic Comedy 2
Moral Ambiguity 2
Family Dynamics 2
Character-Driven Comedy 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

84

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

4 titles · average score 67

Truelove

78

TV show · as David

I Could Never Go Vegan

Executive Producer

And Mrs.

57

as Derek

Remembers…

TV show · as Self

2010s

8 titles · average score 72

The Spanish Princess

67

TV show · as Thomas Howard

Hold the Sunset

59

TV show · as Mr. Dugdale

Our Ex-Wife

71

TV show · as George

National Theatre Live: The Seagull

as Sorin

Unforgotten

80

TV show · as Martin

Grantchester

72

TV show · as Archie Johnson

National Theatre Live: People

as Theodore

Downton Abbey

86

TV show · as Hugh 'Shrimpie' MacClare

2000s

14 titles · average score 56

Moving On

73

TV show · as Eric

Death at a Funeral

68

as Victor

TV show

The Wedding Date

42

as Victor Ellis

Whatever Love Means

47

as Prince Philip

Jericho

49

TV show · as Philip Pickering

The I Inside

48

as Doctor Truman

Comedy Connections

TV show

The King's Beard

as King Cuthbert (voice)

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

81

TV show · as Dr. Trenarrow

TV show · as Dr Anthony Hook

2001: A Space Travesty

33

as Dr. Griffin Pratt

1990s

13 titles · average score 60

The Cater Street Hangman

65

as Edward Ellison

The Ambassador

45

TV show

Midsomer Murders

80

TV show · as Grady Palmerston / Norman Swanscombe

Bean

54

as Lord Walton

Gobble

as Peter Villiers

The Peacock Spring

as Sir Edward Gwithian

Chiller

63

TV show · as Richard Cramer

The Man Who Didn't Believe in Ghosts

as Richard Cramer

MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday

62

as Frederick

A Touch of Frost

51

TV show · as Richard Darrow

The Price of the Bride

as Dennis Guant

The Chief

TV show · as Simon Duval

1980s

18 titles · average score 69

Joint Account

TV show

A Perfect Spy

69

TV show · as Magnus Pym

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

45

TV show · as Rev. Henry Archery

Paradise Postponed

TV show · as George Augustus Simcox

A Woman of Substance

75

TV show · as Adam Fairley

Ever Decreasing Circles

74

TV show

A Taste of Honey

TV show · as Peter

A Taste of Honey

as Peter

The Dark Side of the Sun

TV show

Arms and the Man

as Sergius

The Dark Side of the Sun

as Raoul

Chariots of Fire

76

as Duke of Sutherland

1970s

21 titles · average score 69

Prince Regent

TV show · as George, Prince of Wales / King George IV

Tales of the Unexpected

72

TV show · as Keith

Lillie

81

TV show · as Oscar Wilde

BBC2 Play of the Week

TV show · as Peter / Copyist

The Lifeswappers

as Bunny/Trevor/Miss Trevor/Dinah

Beloved

as Henry James Prince

Hennessy

52

as Williams

Callan

73

as Toby Meres

The Hireling

56

as Captain Hugh Cantrip

The Organization

TV show · as Richard Pershore

Elizabeth R

80

TV show · as Earl of Southampton

Play for Today

72

TV show · as Purdie

1960s

6 titles · average score 61

Big Breadwinner Hog

TV show · as Hog

W. Somerset Maugham

TV show · as Tito

Cold Comfort Farm

TV show · as Seth Starkadder

ITV Playhouse

TV show · as Peter Morris

BBC Play of the Month

61

TV show · as Faulkland / Freddie

The Troubleshooters

TV show · as Reporter