Cal MacAninch
Scottish actor From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 are 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 thirty years.
Cal MacAninch | |
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Born | Calum Andrew Colquhoun MacAninch 24 November 1963 Govan, Glasgow, Scotland, UK |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1989–present |
Spouse | Shauna Macdonald |
Biography
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]
Family, personal life
MacAninch and his wife, actress Shauna Macdonald, have three daughters and live in the Portobello district of Edinburgh.[4][5] MacAninch is a keen marathon runner.[1]
Radio
Date | Title | Role | Director | Station |
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23 April 2004 | The Lights | Liam | Toby Swift | BBC Radio 4 Friday Play |
11 June 2004 | Soft Fall the Sounds of Eden | Andy | Gaynor Macfarlane | BBC Radio 4 Friday Play |
11 July 2004 | How Many Miles to Basra? [6] | Toby Swift | BBC Radio 3 Drama on 3 | |
6 November 2005 | The Gunpowder Plot | King James I | David Hunter | BBC Radio 3 Drama on 3 |
31 October 2011 – 4 November 2011 | The Pillow Book (series 4) [7] | Yukinari | Lu Kemp | BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour Drama |
30 September 2013 – 3 October 2013 | The Blackhouse | DI Fin Macleod | Kirsteen Cameron | BBC Radio Scotland |
1 June 2018 | The Poet and the Echo: Grey Evening [8] | Reader | Gaynor Macfarlane | BBC Radio 4 |
28 January 2019 – 1 February 2019 | Silence [9] | Erling Kagge | Eilidh McCreadie | BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1990 | Taggart | Heckler | Episode: "Hostile Witness" |
1990 | The Paradise Club | Angel Eyes | Episode: "Chinese Whispers" |
1991 | The Advocates | Milligan | 3 episodes |
1991 | Screen One | Axle | Episode: "Alive and Kicking" |
1991 | The Chestnut Soldier | Evan Llyr | TV miniseries |
1993–94 | The Riff Raff Element | Declan | TV series: main cast |
1995 | A Mind to Murder | Philip Tippett | TV film |
1995 | The Big One | Jeff | TV film |
1995 | Dangerous Lady | Geoff Ryan | TV miniseries |
1995 | Screen Two | Tom Kelso | Episode: "Nervous Energy" |
1996 | Taggart | Dr David Argylle | Episode: "Devil's Advocate" |
1998 | Cooking Pigeons | TV film | |
1999 | The Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Finn | Episode: "The Lake of Darkness" |
1999 | Warriors | Sgt Andre Sochanik | TV serial |
2000 | Little Bird | Tony O'Neill | TV film |
2001 | Best of Both Worlds | Mark Landucci | 3 episodes |
2001 | Waking The Dead | Alex Bryson/Sam Keel | Episode: "A Simple Sacrifice" |
2002–03 | Rockface | Ben Craig | TV series: main cast |
2003 | Silent Witness | Michael Patterson | Episode: "Fatal Error" |
2004 | Murphy's Law | DS Nic Winters | Episode: "Bent Moon on the Rise" |
2005 | The Ghost Squad | Mike | Episode: "Hardcore" |
2006 | Sorted | Radge | TV series: main cast |
2007–08 | HolbyBlue | DI John Keenan | TV series: main cast |
2008 | Merlin | Tauren | Episode: "To Kill the King" |
2009–10 | Wild at Heart | Rowan Collins | |
2010 | Strike Back | Major Chris Pemberton | Episode: "Iraq: Part One" |
2011 | Downton Abbey | Henry Lang | Episodes: "Matthew's Return" and "General Sir Herbert Strutt" |
2011 | Garrow's Law | Richard Lucas | 1 episode |
2013 | Midsomer Murders | Alan Robson | Episode: "The Sicilian Defence" |
2013 | Silent Witness | David Loader | Episode: "Legacy" |
2014–15 | Mr Selfridge | Mr Thackeray | 11 episodes |
2015 | Banished | Sergeant Timmins | TV serial |
2015 | DCI Banks | Detective Sergeant Martin Heston | Episode: "Ghosts" |
2015 | Katie Morag | Mr Cavendish | Episode: "Katie Morag and the Worst Day Ever" |
2016 | Scott & Bailey | Craig Widnes | Episodes: "Nobody's Fool" and "Change" |
2018 | Frontier | Angus | Season 3 |
2019 | The Victim | Christian Graham | TV miniseries |
2019 | The Small Hand | Hugo Snow | TV film |
2020 | Father Brown | George Oakley | Episode: "The Tower of Lost Souls" |
2020 | Vera | Thomas Walden | Episode: "Parent Not Expected" |
2020 | Des | Neil Sinclair | TV Mini-Series: 2 episodes |
2021 | Time | PO Galbraith | 3 episodes |
2021 | Vigil | Ben Oakley | TV serial |
2022 | Trigger Point | Inspector Lee Robins | 6 episodes |
2022 | The Essex Serpent | Michael Seaborne | Episode: "The Blackwater" |
2022 | Mayflies | Tibbs | [10] |
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1993 | Splitting Heirs | CID Officer | |
1997 | The Woodlanders | Dr. Fitzpiers | [11] |
1998 | Speak Like a Child | Billy, Age 30 | |
1998 | Sentimental Education | August | |
1999 | The Lost Son | Martin | |
2000 | Best | Paddy | |
2000 | Breathtaking | Mick Wilmott | |
2001 | The Point Men | Horst | |
2004 | Dear Frankie | Davey | |
2005 | Rag Tale | Paul (Mac) MacAvoy, Sports Editor | |
2007 | Jetsam | Jack | |
2011 | Screwed | Eddie | |
2018 | Calibre | Al McClay | |
2019 | Intrigo: Dear Agnes | Erich Neumann-Hansen | |
2019 | Intrigo: Samaria | Erich Neumann-Hansen | |
2020 | The Reckoning | Ben Tuttle | |
2021 | Nobody Has to Know | Peter |
Theatre
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External links
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