| Cal MacAninch | |
| Birth Name: | Calum Andrew Colquhoun MacAninch |
| Birth Date: | 24 November 1963 |
| Birth Place: | Govan, Glasgow, Scotland, UK |
| Years Active: | 1989–present |
| Occupation: | Actor |
| Spouse: | Shauna Macdonald |
Cal MacAninch (born 24 November 1963) is a Scottish actor,[1] who is known for portraying the character of DI John Keenan in police drama HolbyBlue[1] on BBC1 (from 2007 to 2008). Other notable appearances were his roles as Mr Thackeray in the ITV period drama, Mr Selfridge, and Henry Lang in Downton Abbey, but he has played many leading roles in British television and film over the last 30 years.
MacAninch played Rowan Collins in Series 4 of the ITV drama series Wild at Heart.[1] [2] He returned to the show for its fifth series as a main cast member. He also played Tauren, a sorcerer in the BBC television series Merlin in the episode "To Kill the King". He starred in the 2001 BBC miniseries The Best of Both Worlds with Alice Evans. He appeared as Henry Lang, a valet, in the second series of Downton Abbey.[3]
MacAninch and his wife, actress Shauna Macdonald, have three daughters and live in the Portobello district of Edinburgh.[4] MacAninch is a keen marathon runner.[1]
| Date | Title | Role | Director | Station | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liam | BBC Radio 4 Friday Play | ||||
| Soft Fall the Sounds of Eden | Andy | BBC Radio 4 Friday Play | |||
| How Many Miles to Basra? [5] | BBC Radio 3 Drama on 3 | ||||
| BBC Radio 3 Drama on 3 | |||||
| – | (series 4) [6] | Yukinari | BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour Drama | ||
| – | DI Fin Macleod | BBC Radio Scotland | |||
| [7] | Reader | BBC Radio 4 | |||
| – | Silence [8] | BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taggart | Heckler | Episode: "Hostile Witness" | ||
| Angel Eyes | Episode: "Chinese Whispers" | |||
| Milligan | 3 episodes | |||
| Screen One | Axle | Episode: "Alive and Kicking" | ||
| Evan Llyr | TV miniseries | |||
| 94 | Declan | TV series: main cast | ||
| Philip Tippett | TV film | |||
| The Big One | Jeff | TV film | ||
| Dangerous Lady | Geoff Ryan | TV miniseries | ||
| Screen Two | Tom Kelso | Episode: "Nervous Energy" | ||
| Taggart | Dr David Argylle | Episode: "Devil's Advocate" | ||
| Cooking Pigeons | TV film | |||
| Finn | Episode: "The Lake of Darkness" | |||
| Warriors | Sgt Andre Sochanik | TV serial | ||
| Little Bird | Tony O'Neill | TV film | ||
| Best of Both Worlds | Mark Landucci | 3 episodes | ||
| Waking The Dead | Alex Bryson/Sam Keel | Episode: "A Simple Sacrifice" | ||
| 03 | Rockface | Ben Craig | TV series: main cast | |
| Silent Witness | Michael Patterson | Episode: "Fatal Error" | ||
| Murphy's Law | DS Nic Winters | Episode: "Bent Moon on the Rise" | ||
| Mike | Episode: "Hardcore" | |||
| Sorted | Radge | TV series: main cast | ||
| 08 | HolbyBlue | DI John Keenan | TV series: main cast | |
| Merlin | Tauren | Episode: "To Kill the King" | ||
| 10 | Wild at Heart | Rowan Collins | ||
| Strike Back | Major Chris Pemberton | Episode: "Iraq: Part One" | ||
| Downton Abbey | Henry Lang | Episodes: "Matthew's Return" and "General Sir Herbert Strutt" | ||
| Garrow's Law | Richard Lucas | 1 episode | ||
| Midsomer Murders | Alan Robson | Episode: "The Sicilian Defence" | ||
| Silent Witness | David Loader | Episode: "Legacy" | ||
| 15 | Mr Selfridge | Mr Thackeray | 11 episodes | |
| Banished | Sergeant Timmins | TV serial | ||
| DCI Banks | Detective Sergeant Martin Heston | Episode: "Ghosts" | ||
| Katie Morag | Mr Cavendish | Episode: "Katie Morag and the Worst Day Ever" | ||
| Scott & Bailey | Craig Widnes | Episodes: "Nobody's Fool" and "Change" | ||
| Frontier | Angus | Season 3 | ||
| Christian Graham | TV miniseries | |||
| Hugo Snow | TV film | |||
| Father Brown | George Oakley | Episode: "The Tower of Lost Souls" | ||
| Vera | Thomas Walden | Episode: "Parent Not Expected" | ||
| Des | Neil Sinclair | TV Mini-Series: 2 episodes | ||
| Time | PO Galbraith | 3 episodes | ||
| Vigil | Ben Oakley | TV serial | ||
| Trigger Point | Inspector Lee Robins | 6 episodes | ||
| Michael Seaborne | Episode: "The Blackwater" | |||
| Mayflies | Tibbs | [9] |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Splitting Heirs | CID Officer | ||
| Dr. Fitzpiers | [10] | |||
| 1998 | Speak Like a Child | Billy, Age 30 | ||
| 1998 | Sentimental Education | August | ||
| 1999 | Martin | |||
| 2000 | Best | Paddy | ||
| 2000 | Breathtaking | Mick Wilmott | ||
| 2001 | Horst | |||
| 2004 | Dear Frankie | Davey | ||
| 2005 | Rag Tale | Paul (Mac) MacAvoy, Sports Editor | ||
| 2007 | Jetsam | Jack | ||
| 2011 | Screwed | Eddie | ||
| 2018 | Calibre | Al McClay | ||
| 2019 | Erich Neumann-Hansen | |||
| 2019 | Erich Neumann-Hansen | |||
| 2020 | Ben Tuttle | |||
| 2021 | Nobody Has to Know | Peter |