Cal 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.
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Full filmography
- Midsomer Murders (1997) as Alan Robson
- Vera (2011) as Thomas Walken
- Silent Witness (1996)
- Father Brown (2013) as George Oakley
- Downton Abbey (2010) as Henry Lang
- Merlin (2008) as Tauren
- Waking the Dead (2001) as Alex Bryson / Sam Keel
- Screen Two (1985) as Tom Kelso
- Strike Back (2010) as Major Chris Pemberton
- The Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987) as Finn
- Mr Selfridge (2013) as Mr. Thackeray
- Time (2021) as P.O. Galbraith
- The Hack (2025) as Tommy Sheridan
- Trigger Point (2022) as Inspector Lee Robins
- Murphy's Law (2001) as DS Nic Winters
- The Paradise Club (1989) as Angel Eyes
- Des (2020) as Neil Sinclair
- The Essex Serpent (2022) as Michael Seaborne
- Garrow's Law (2009) as Richard Lucas
- Doomsday (2008) as Chancellor Falco
- Wild at Heart (2006)
- Wild at Heart (2006) as Rowan Collins
- Rik Mayall Presents (1993) as Jeff
- The Awakening (2011) as Freddie Strickland