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Cal MacAninch

Acting

Born November 24, 1963 · Govan, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Also known as Cal Macaninch · Calum Andrew Colquhoun MacAninch

Biography

Cal MacAninch is a Scottish actor, who is known for portraying the character of DI John Keenan in police drama HolbyBlue 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. 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.

Filmography35 titles

Macbeth

2025as Banquo

Downton Abbey

2010as Henry Lang

Merlin

2008as Tauren

Time

2021as P.O. Galbraith

Father Brown

2013as George Oakley

Murphy's Law

2003as DS Nic Winters

Midsomer Murders

1997as Alan Robson

Silent Witness

1996

Vera

2011as Thomas Walken

Strike Back

2010as Major Chris Pemberton

Garrow's Law

2009as Richard Lucas

Wild at Heart

2006as Rowan Collins

Des

2020as Neil Sinclair

The Victim

2019as Christian Graham

Banished

2015as Sgt Timmins

Waking the Dead

2001as Alex Bryson / Sam Keel

Dear Frankie

2004as Davey

Trigger Point

2022as Inspector Lee Robins

Mr Selfridge

2013as Mr. Thackeray

The Essex Serpent

2022as Michael Seaborne

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

as Finn

Calibre

2018as Al McClay

The Reckoning

2020as Ben Tuttle

The Awakening

2011as Freddie Strickland

Doomsday

2008as Chancellor Falco

The Ghost Squad

Intrigo: Dear Agnes

2019as Erich Neuman-Hansen

Intrigo: Samaria

2019as Erich Neumann-Hansen

Splitting Heirs

1993as CID Officer

Mayflies

2022as Tibbs

Little Bird

2000as Tony O'Neill

Speak Like a Child

1998as Billy

Susan Hill's Ghost Story

2019as Hugo Snow

The Point Men

2001as Horst

Rag Tale

2005as Paul 'Mac' MacAvoy