Acting

Peter Egan

Titles: 35movies49TV shows

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

Leading roles: 21
top three billing

Average score: 66/100

Highest rated: Unforgotten
79/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 36 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Peter Egan Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Violence
2.9, average 4.3
Uncanny
1.2, average 2.5
Adrenaline
3.8, average 5.1
Scare
1.5, average 2.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character Study 6
Lighthearted 5
British Sitcom 4
Character-Driven 4
Thought-Provoking 4
Social Commentary 3
Family Dynamics 2
Moral Ambiguity 2
Literary Adaptation 2
Slow-Burn Narrative 2
Emotional Depth 2
Character-Driven Comedy 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

55

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2020s

3 titles · average score 67

Poster for Truelove

TV show · as David

Poster for I Could Never Go Vegan

Executive Producer

Poster for Remembers…

TV show · as Self

2010s

7 titles · average score 71

Poster for The Spanish Princess

TV show · as Thomas Howard

Poster for Hold the Sunset

TV show · as Mr. Dugdale

Poster for Our Ex-Wife

TV show · as George

Poster for Unforgotten

TV show · as Martin

Poster for Grantchester

TV show · as Archie Johnson

Poster for National Theatre Live: People

as Theodore

Poster for Downton Abbey

TV show · as Hugh 'Shrimpie' MacClare

2000s

8 titles · average score 68

Poster for Moving On

TV show · as Eric

Poster for Death at a Funeral

as Victor

Poster for The Wedding Date

as Victor Ellis

Poster for Man to Man

as Gyllenhaal

Poster for Jericho

TV show · as Philip Pickering

Poster for The King's Beard

as King Cuthbert (voice)

Poster for The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

TV show · as Dr. Trenarrow

Poster for Cry Wolf

TV show · as Dr Anthony Hook

1990s

9 titles · average score 68

Poster for The Ambassador

TV show

Poster for Midsomer Murders

TV show · as Grady Palmerston / Norman Swanscombe

Poster for Bean

as Lord Walton

Poster for Gobble

as Peter Villiers

Poster for The Peacock Spring

as Sir Edward Gwithian

Poster for Chiller

TV show · as Richard Cramer

Poster for MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday

as Frederick

Poster for A Touch of Frost

TV show · as Richard Darrow

Poster for The Price of the Bride

as Dennis Guant

1980s

12 titles · average score 70

Poster for Joint Account

TV show

Poster for A Perfect Spy

TV show · as Magnus Pym

Poster for The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

TV show · as Rev. Henry Archery

Poster for Paradise Postponed

TV show · as George Augustus Simcox

Poster for Paradise Postponed

as Henry Simcox

Poster for A Woman of Substance

TV show · as Adam Fairley

Poster for Ever Decreasing Circles

TV show

Poster for The Dark Side of the Sun

TV show

Poster for Reilly: Ace of Spies

TV show · as Fothergill

Poster for The Dark Side of the Sun

as Raoul

Poster for Strangled

as Steve Baker

Poster for Chariots of Fire

as Duke of Sutherland

1970s

14 titles · average score 72

Poster for Prince Regent

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

Poster for Tales of the Unexpected

TV show · as Keith

Poster for Lillie

TV show

Poster for BBC2 Play of the Week

TV show · as Copyist / Peter

Poster for The Lifeswappers

as Bunny/Trevor/Miss Trevor/Dinah

Poster for Beloved

as Henry James Prince

Poster for The Love School

TV show · as John Everett Millais

Poster for Callan

as Toby Meres

Poster for The Hireling

as Captain Hugh Cantrip

Poster for The Organization

TV show · as Richard Pershore

Poster for Elizabeth R

TV show · as Earl of Southampton

Poster for Play for Today

TV show · as Purdie

All 14 titles from the 1970s

1960s

2 titles · average score 60

Poster for Cold Comfort Farm

TV show · as Seth Starkadder

Poster for BBC Play of the Month

TV show · as Faulkland / Freddie

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