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Cal MacAninch

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Govan, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, 1963-11-24

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1991	Alive and Kicking	Axle	85
2	1991	The Chestnut Soldier	Evan Llyr	70
3	1993	Splitting Heirs	CID Officer	52
4	1995	A Mind to Murder	Philip Tippett	58
5	1995	Rik Mayall Presents: The Big One	Jeff	80
6	1995	Dangerous Lady		0
7	1995	Nervous Energy	Tom	46
8	1998	Sentimental Education	August	0
9	1998	The Woodlanders	Dr, Fitzpiers	51
10	1998	Speak Like a Child	Billy	40
11	1999	The Lost Son	Martin	61
12	1999	Warriors	Sgt. Andre Sochanik	67
13	2000	Best	Paddy	61
14	2000	Little Bird	Tony O'Neill	10
15	2000	Breathtaking	Mick Wilmott	30
16	2001	The Point Men	Horst	41
17	2004	Dear Frankie	Davey	70
18	2005	Rag Tale	Paul 'Mac' MacAvoy	32
19	2007	Jetsam	Jack	50
20	2008	Doomsday	Chancellor Falco	60
21	2008	Slapper	Jack / Lad 1	35
22	2011	The Awakening	Freddie Strickland	64
23	2012	Hamilton 2: But Not If It Concerns Your Daughter	Harold Finley	59
24	2018	Calibre	Al McClay	65
25	2019	Lucky Star		0
26	2019	Intrigo: Dear Agnes	Erich Neuman-Hansen	56
27	2019	Intrigo: Samaria	Erich Neumann-Hansen	55
28	2019	Susan Hill's Ghost Story	Hugo Snow	42
29	2021	The Reckoning	Ben Tuttle	65
30	2021	The Punishment	Michael	0
31	2022	Nobody Has to Know	Peter	67
32	2023	The Visit	Tommy McDaid	0
33	2025	Macbeth	Banquo	100

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1987	The Ruth Rendell Mysteries	Finn	62
2	1989	The Paradise Club	Angel Eyes	58
3	1993	Rik Mayall Presents	Jeff	73
4	1994	The Riff Raff Element	Declan Belcher	57
5	1996	Silent Witness		76
6	1997	Midsomer Murders	Alan Robson	75
7	1999	Warriors	Sgt. Andre Sochanik	90
8	2001	Waking the Dead	Alex Bryson / Sam Keel	72
9	2001	Murphy's Law		77
10	2002	Rockface		0
11	2005	The Ghost Squad		64
12	2006	Wild at Heart		74
13	2006	Wild at Heart	Rowan Collins	74
14	2006	Sorted	Radge	83
15	2007	Holby Blue	Detective Inspector John Keenan	71
16	2008	Merlin	Tauren	78
17	2009	Garrow's Law	Richard Lucas	73
18	2010	Strike Back	Major Chris Pemberton	74
19	2010	Downton Abbey	Henry Lang	81
20	2011	Vera	Thomas Walken	74
21	2013	Mr Selfridge	Mr. Thackeray	70
22	2013	Father Brown	George Oakley	75
23	2019	The Victim	Christian Graham	71
24	2020	Des	Neil Sinclair	71
25	2021	Time	P.O. Galbraith	76
26	2022	Trigger Point	Inspector Lee Robins	71
27	2022	The Essex Serpent	Michael Seaborne	67
28	2022	Mayflies	Tibbs	49