
Cal MacAninch
Acting
Born 1963-11-24 · Govan, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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

Holby Blue
2007 · TV

The Riff Raff Element
1994 · TV

Mr Selfridge
2013 · TV

Rockface
2002 · TV

Midsomer Murders
1997 · TV

Banished
2015 · TV

Sorted
2006 · TV

Trigger Point
2022 · TV

The Victim
2019 · TV

Downton Abbey
2010 · TV

Time
2021 · TV

Silent Witness
1996 · TV

Waking the Dead
2001 · TV

Warriors
1999 · TV

Des
2020 · TV

Vera
2011 · TV

Merlin
2008 · TV

Mayflies
2022 · TV

Father Brown
2013 · TV

Strike Back
2010 · TV

Judge Rinder's Crown Court
2017 · TV

Murphy's Law
2001 · TV

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987 · TV

Garrow's Law
2009 · TV

Wild at Heart
2006 · TV

The Hack
2025 · TV

Rik Mayall Presents
1993 · TV

The Paradise Club
1989 · TV

The Essex Serpent
2022 · TV

The Ghost Squad
2005 · TV