Peter Egan: movies and TV shows
Peter Egan has 99 credits in the archive: 39 films and 60 TV series, from 1965 to 2025. Highest rated: Lillie (8.3/10).
Career timeline
1965 – 2025 · busiest year: 2005 (6 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Dogspiracy | Self | Film | — | 78 |
| 2024 | Truelove | David | TV | 6.4 | 77 |
| 2024 | And Mrs. | Derek | Film | 5.4 | 77 |
| 2024 | I Could Never Go Vegan | Film | 8.7 | 77 | |
| 2024 | Our Father | Film | — | 77 | |
| 2023 | Harambe | Self / Narrator | Film | — | 76 |
| 2022 | Remembers… | TV | 7.0 | 75 | |
| 2022 | Remembers… | Self | TV | 7.0 | 75 |
| 2019 | The Spanish Princess | Thomas Howard | TV | 7.5 | 72 |
| 2018 | Hold the Sunset | Mr. Dugdale | TV | 6.4 | 71 |
| 2016 | Our Ex-Wife | George | TV | 6.8 | 69 |
| 2016 | National Theatre Live: The Seagull | Sorin | Film | — | 69 |
| 2015 | Unforgotten | Martin | TV | 7.5 | 68 |
| 2014 | Grantchester | Archie Johnson | TV | 7.2 | 67 |
| 2013 | National Theatre Live: People | Theodore | Film | 8.0 | 66 |
| 2010 | Downton Abbey | Hugh 'Shrimpie' MacClare | TV | 8.1 | 63 |
| 2010 | American Cafe | Himself | Film | — | 63 |
| 2009 | Moving On | Eric | TV | 7.4 | 62 |
| 2007 | Death at a Funeral | Victor | Film | 6.9 | 60 |
| 2006 | Home Again | TV | — | 59 | |
| 2005 | Medium | TV | 7.5 | 58 | |
| 2005 | Over There | TV | 6.7 | 58 | |
| 2005 | The Wedding Date | Victor Ellis | Film | 6.8 | 58 |
| 2005 | Jericho | Philip Pickering | TV | 7.3 | 58 |
| 2005 | Whatever Love Means | Prince Philip | Film | 4.3 | 58 |
| 2005 | Man to Man | Gyllenhaal | Film | 6.3 | 58 |
| 2004 | Medical Investigation | TV | 6.8 | 57 | |
| 2004 | Postcards from Buster | TV | 8.3 | 57 | |
| 2004 | The I Inside | Doctor Truman | Film | 6.0 | 57 |
| 2003 | Comedy Connections | TV | 6.5 | 56 | |
| 2003 | Playmakers | TV | 4.6 | 56 | |
| 2002 | The Inspector Lynley Mysteries | Dr. Trenarrow | TV | 7.3 | 55 |
| 2002 | The King's Beard | King Cuthbert (voice) | Film | 6.3 | 55 |
| 2000 | 2001: A Space Travesty | Dr. Griffin Pratt | Film | 4.3 | 53 |
| 2000 | Cry Wolf | Dr Anthony Hook | TV | 7.0 | 53 |
| 1999 | Loose Women | Self | TV | 3.4 | 52 |
| 1998 | The Ambassador | TV | 6.5 | 51 | |
| 1998 | The Cater Street Hangman | Edward Ellison | Film | 4.8 | 51 |
| 1998 | Pierre Bonnard: A Love Exposed | Narrator | Film | — | 51 |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Norman Swanscombe | TV | 7.5 | 50 |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Grady Palmerston | TV | 7.5 | 50 |
| 1997 | Breaker High | TV | 7.4 | 50 | |
| 1997 | Bean | Lord Walton | Film | 6.5 | 50 |
| 1997 | Gobble | Peter Villiers | Film | 8.0 | 50 |
| 1996 | The Peacock Spring | Sir Edward Gwithian | Film | 7.3 | 49 |
| 1995 | Chiller | Richard Cramer | TV | 6.2 | 48 |
| 1995 | The Man Who Didn't Believe in Ghosts | Richard Cramer | Film | — | 48 |
| 1994 | The Secret World of Alex Mack | TV | 7.8 | 47 | |
| 1994 | Sweet Valley High | TV | 7.5 | 47 | |
| 1994 | MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday | Frederick | Film | 6.0 | 47 |
| 1992 | A Touch of Frost | Richard Darrow | TV | 7.5 | 45 |
| 1990 | The Chief | Simon Duval | TV | 7.0 | 43 |
| 1990 | The Price of the Bride | Dennis Guant | Film | 10.0 | 43 |
| 1989 | Joint Account | TV | 6.0 | 42 | |
| 1987 | The Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Rev. Henry Archery | TV | 6.6 | 40 |
| 1987 | A Perfect Spy | Magnus Pym | TV | 6.6 | 40 |
| 1986 | Paradise Postponed | George Augustus Simcox | TV | 6.0 | 39 |
| 1986 | Paradise Postponed | Henry Simcox | Film | 7.0 | 39 |
| 1985 | A Woman of Substance | Adam Fairley | TV | 7.6 | 38 |
| 1984 | Ever Decreasing Circles | TV | 7.5 | 37 | |
| 1984 | To Catch a King | Heydrich | Film | 7.0 | 37 |
| 1984 | A Taste of Honey | Peter | TV | — | 37 |
| 1983 | Reilly: Ace of Spies | Fothergill | TV | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1983 | The Dark Side of the Sun | TV | 7.0 | 36 | |
| 1983 | Arms and the Man | Sergius | Film | — | 36 |
| 1983 | The Dark Side of the Sun | Raoul | Film | — | 36 |
| 1982 | Strangled | Steve Baker | Film | — | 35 |
| 1982 | Saturday Night Thriller | Steve Baker | TV | — | 35 |
| 1981 | Dear Brutus | Purdie | Film | — | 34 |
| 1981 | Chariots of Fire | Duke of Sutherland | Film | 6.8 | 34 |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected | Keith | TV | 6.8 | 32 |
| 1979 | Prince Regent | George, Prince of Wales / King George IV | TV | 6.3 | 32 |
| 1978 | Lillie | Oscar Wilde | TV | 8.3 | 31 |
| 1978 | The Copyist | The Copyist | Film | — | 31 |
| 1977 | BBC2 Play of the Week | Peter | TV | 7.0 | 30 |
| 1977 | BBC2 Play of the Week | Copyist | TV | 7.0 | 30 |
| 1977 | The Velvet Glove | Eddy | TV | — | 30 |
| 1977 | The Kitchen | Peter | Film | — | 30 |
| 1976 | Victorian Scandals | Henry James Prince | TV | 10.0 | 29 |
| 1976 | Beloved | Henry James Prince | Film | — | 29 |
| 1976 | The Lifeswappers | Bunny/Trevor/Miss Trevor/Dinah | Film | — | 29 |
| 1976 | Plays for Britain | Bunny / Trevor / Miss Trevor / Dinah | TV | 6.0 | 29 |
| 1975 | The Love School | John Everett Millais | TV | — | 28 |
| 1975 | Hennessy | Williams | Film | 5.1 | 28 |
| 1974 | Zodiac | Tony Weston | TV | 5.0 | 27 |
| 1974 | The Inheritors | Michael Gethin | TV | — | 27 |
| 1974 | Callan | Toby Meres | Film | 6.9 | 27 |
| 1973 | The Hireling | Captain Hugh Cantrip | Film | 5.8 | 26 |
| 1972 | The Organization | Richard Pershore | TV | 8.5 | 25 |
| 1971 | Elizabeth R | Earl of Southampton | TV | 7.5 | 24 |
| 1971 | One Brief Summer | Film | 7.5 | 24 | |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Purdie | TV | 6.6 | 23 |
| 1970 | The Rivals | Faulkland | Film | 8.0 | 23 |
| 1969 | W. Somerset Maugham | Tito | TV | — | 22 |
| 1969 | Big Breadwinner Hog | Hog | TV | 7.5 | 22 |
| 1968 | Cold Comfort Farm | Seth Starkadder | TV | 8.0 | 21 |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse | Peter Morris | TV | 7.0 | 20 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Faulkland | TV | 5.3 | 18 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Freddie | TV | 5.3 | 18 |