Cal MacAninch
Acting
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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.
Filmography
The Hack
2025
Macbeth
2025
The Visit
2023
Mayflies
2022
The Essex Serpent
2022
Nobody Has to Know
2022
Trigger Point
2022
Time
2021
The Punishment
2021
The Reckoning
2021
Des
2020
Susan Hill's Ghost Story
2019
Intrigo: Dear Agnes
2019
Intrigo: Samaria
2019
Lucky Star
2019
The Victim
2019
Calibre
2018
Judge Rinder's Crown Court
2017
Banished
2015
Father Brown
2013
Mr Selfridge
2013
Hamilton 2: But Not If It Concerns Your Daughter
2012
The Awakening
2011
Vera
2011
Downton Abbey
2010
Strike Back
2010
Garrow's Law
2009
Merlin
2008
Slapper
2008
Doomsday
2008
Jetsam
2007
Holby Blue
2007
Sorted
2006
Wild at Heart
2006
The Ghost Squad
2005
Rag Tale
2005
Dear Frankie
2004
Rockface
2002
Murphy's Law
2001
The Point Men
2001
Waking the Dead
2001
Breathtaking
2000
Little Bird
2000
Best
2000
Warriors
1999
Warriors
1999
The Lost Son
1999
Speak Like a Child
1998
The Woodlanders
1998
Sentimental Education
1998
Midsomer Murders
1997
Silent Witness
1996
Nervous Energy
1995
Dangerous Lady
1995
Rik Mayall Presents: The Big One
1995
A Mind to Murder
1995
The Riff Raff Element
1994
Rik Mayall Presents
1993
Splitting Heirs
1993
The Chestnut Soldier
1991
Alive and Kicking
1991
The Paradise Club
1989
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
Screen Two
1985