Cal MacAninch

About

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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Midsomer MurdersSeries • 1997Silent WitnessSeries • 1996Father BrownSeries • 2013Downton AbbeySeries • 2010VeraSeries • 2011MerlinSeries • 2008Screen TwoSeries • 1985Waking the DeadSeries • 2001Strike BackSeries • 2010TimeSeries • 2021The Ruth Rendell MysteriesSeries • 1987Mr SelfridgeSeries • 2013Trigger PointSeries • 2022Murphy's LawSeries • 2001The HackSeries • 2025Wild at HeartSeries • 2006DesSeries • 2020The Essex SerpentSeries • 2022DoomsdayMovie • 2008The Paradise ClubSeries • 1989BanishedSeries • 2015The AwakeningMovie • 2011The VictimSeries • 2019CalibreMovie • 2018