Acting credits
61
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Cal MacAninch
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 31Series: 30
TMDB ID: 107380
IMDb ID: nm0531229
Known for: Acting
Born: November 24, 1963
Age: 62
Place of birth: Govan, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1987 - 2025
Years active: 39
Average TMDB rating: 6.69
Wikidata: Q2170176
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Cal MacAninch.
8.8
Macbeth
as Banquo
2025 Movie
The Visit
as Tommy McDaid
2023 Movie
6.7
Nobody Has to Know
as Peter
2022 Movie
The Punishment
as Michael
2021 Movie
6.4
The Reckoning
as Ben Tuttle
2021 Movie
4.2
Susan Hill's Ghost Story
as Hugo Snow
2019 Movie
5.5
Intrigo: Samaria
as Erich Neumann-Hansen
2019 Movie
5.6
Intrigo: Dear Agnes
as Erich Neuman-Hansen
2019 Movie
6.5
Calibre
as Al McClay
2018 Movie
5.9
Hamilton 2: But Not If It Concerns Your Daughter
as Harold Finley
2012 Movie
6.4
The Awakening
as Freddie Strickland
2011 Movie
3.5
Slapper
as Jack / Lad 1
2008 Movie
5.9
Doomsday
as Chancellor Falco
2008 Movie
5.0
Jetsam
as Jack
2007 Movie
3.0
Rag Tale
as Paul 'Mac' MacAvoy
2005 Movie
7.0
Dear Frankie
as Davey
2004 Movie
4.0
The Point Men
as Horst
2001 Movie
2.7
Breathtaking
as Mick Wilmott
2000 Movie
1.0
Little Bird
as Tony O'Neill
2000 Movie
6.0
Best
as Paddy
2000 Movie
6.8
Warriors
as Sgt. Andre Sochanik
1999 Movie
6.0
The Lost Son
as Martin
1999 Movie
3.0
Speak Like a Child
as Billy
1998 Movie
4.9
The Woodlanders
as Dr, Fitzpiers
1998 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Cal MacAninch.
6.7
The Hack
as Tommy Sheridan • 1 eps
2025 Series
5.1
Mayflies
as Tibbs • 2 eps
2022 Series
6.6
The Essex Serpent
as Michael Seaborne • 1 eps
2022 Series
6.9
Trigger Point
as Inspector Lee Robins • 6 eps
2022 Series
7.6
Time
as P.O. Galbraith • 3 eps
2021 Series
7.2
Des
as Neil Sinclair • 2 eps
2020 Series
7.2
The Victim
as Christian Graham • 4 eps
2019 Series
Judge Rinder's Crown Court
as Jeremy Parsons - Prosecution Counsel • 2 eps
2017 Series
7.1
Banished
as Sgt Timmins • 7 eps
2015 Series
7.6
Father Brown
as George Oakley • 1 eps
2013 Series
6.9
Mr Selfridge
as Mr. Thackeray • 10 eps
2013 Series
7.4
Vera
as Thomas Walken • 1 eps
2011 Series
8.1
Downton Abbey
as Henry Lang • 2 eps
2010 Series
7.4
Strike Back
as Major Chris Pemberton • 1 eps
2010 Series
7.4
Garrow's Law
as Richard Lucas • 1 eps
2009 Series
7.8
Merlin
as Tauren • 1 eps
2008 Series
7.1
Holby Blue
as Detective Inspector John Keenan • 20 eps
2007 Series
8.3
Sorted
as Radge • 6 eps
2006 Series
7.4
Wild at Heart
1 eps
2006 Series
5.1
The Ghost Squad
1 eps
2005 Series
Rockface
14 eps
2002 Series
7.7
Murphy's Law
1 eps
2001 Series
7.2
Waking the Dead
as Alex Bryson / Sam Keel • 2 eps
2001 Series
9.0
Warriors
as Sgt. Andre Sochanik • 2 eps
1999 Series