Cal MacAninch

Scottish actor

Cal MacAninch

Born|

Calum Andrew Colquhoun MacAninch

(1963-11-24) 24 November 1963 (age 59)

Govan, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Occupation| Actor
Years active| 1989–present
Spouse| Shauna Macdonald
Children| 3

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 2007–08). 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.

## Biography[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Date | Title | Role | Director | Company / Theatre

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–  | Macbeth [12] | Macbeth | Colin Ellwood | Unnatural Acts Theatre
–  | How Like An Angel [12] | Peter | Alan Sharpe | Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
–  | Tis Pity She's A Whore [12][4] | Grimaldi | Philip Prowse | Citizens Theatre, Glasgow
–  | Frankenstein [12][4] | Walton/Clerval | Jon Pope | Citizens Theatre, Glasgow
1992 –  | Not About Heroes [12] | Wilfred Owen | Stephen MacDonald | Heroes Theatre Company
–  | The Cherry Orchard [12] | The Passer By | Robert Robertson | Dundee Repertory Theatre
–  | The Philanthropist [12] | John | Neil Murray | Dundee Repertory Theatre
–  | A Tale of Two Cities [12][4] | Defence | Philip Prowse | Citizens Theatre, Glasgow
–  | Enrico Four [12][4] | Arialdo | Philip Prowse | Citizens Theatre, Glasgow
16 March 1994 – 26 March 1994 | Oedipus Rex [12][4][13] | Oedipus | Claire Venables | Citizens Theatre, Glasgow
27 September 1996 – 19 October 1996 | Hamlet [14][4] | Hamlet | Philip Prowse | Citizens Theatre, Glasgow
19 June 1997 – Oct 1997 | The Wood Demon [12][15] | Wood Demon | Anthony Clarke | Playhouse Theatre, London
–  | A Whistle in the Dark [12][4] | Harry Carney | Roxana Silbert | Citizens Theatre, Glasgow
20 July 2006 – 12 August 2006 | Under the Black Flag [12][16] | John Silver | Roxana Silbert | Shakespeare's Globe
–  | The Bacchae [12][4] | Pentheus | John Tiffany | National Theatre of Scotland
Lincoln Center, New York
–  | Peter Pan [12][4] | Captain Hook | John Tiffany | National Theatre of Scotland
–  | Wee Andy [12][4] | The Surgeon | Paddy Cuneen | Òran Mór, Glasgow
–  | Anna Karenina [12][4] | Vronsky | Nancy Meckler | Shared Experience
–  | King Lear [12] | Duke of Cornwall | Dominic Hill | Citizens Theatre, Glasgow
2 March 2012 – 24 March 2012 | Betrayal [4][17] | Robert | Dominic Hill | Citizens Theatre, Glasgow
6 September 2012 – 13 October 2012 | The Judas Kiss [12] | Robbie Ross | Neil Armfield | Hampstead Theatre
15 October 2012 – 20 October 2012 | Gaiety Theatre, Dublin
22 October 2012 – 27 October 2012 | Theatre Royal Bath
29 October 2012 – 3 November 2012 | Richmond Theatre
5 November 2012 – 10 November | Theatre Royal, Brighton
12 November 2012 – 17 November 2012 | Cambridge Arts Theatre
9 January 2013 – 6 April 2013 | Duke of York's Theatre, London
22 March 2016 – 1 May 2016 | Ed Mirvish Theatre, Toronto[18]
11 May 2016 – 12 June 2016 | Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York[19]
2015 | My Eyes Went Dark [20][21] | Nikolai Koslov | Matt Wilkinson | Finborough Theatre, London
2016 | Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
2017 | 59E59 Theaters, New York
2019 –  | The Mistress Contract [22][12] |  | Eve Nicol | Tron Theatre, Glasgow

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c d "A Lap With Cal MacAninch". Archived from the original on 31 January 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
2. ^ "A quick chat with Wild at Heart's Cal Macaninch". What's on TV. 4 February 2010. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
3. ^ Downton Abbey webpage Archived 3 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine, ITV.com, July 2011; retrieved 12 August 2014.
4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Stepping back in time – The Herald, 21 February 2012
5. ^ Portobello residents rally in bid to buy Bellfield church – Edinburgh Evening News, 1 July 2016
6. ^ BBC – Drama on 3 – How Many Miles to Basra?
7. ^ BBC – Woman's Hour Drama – The Pillow Book (series 4)
8. ^ BBC – The Poet and the Echo – Grey Evening
9. ^ BBC – Book of the Week – Silence
10. ^ "Mayflies - Meet the cast and creatives behind the drama that 'discovers the joy and the costs of love'". bbc.co.uk/mediacentre. 19 December 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
11. ^ film round-up – The Independent, 6 February 1998
12. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Cal MacAninch CV – Curtis Brown
13. ^ THEATRE: Thebes of the North: Richard Loup-Nolan compares versions of the Oedipus myth in Edinburgh and Glasgow – Richard Loup-Nolan, The Independent, 16 March 1994
14. ^ Good my lord, as Hamlet thinks afresh – Mark Fisher, The Herald, 17 September 1996
15. ^ Review: THEATRE: The Wood Demon Playhouse, London – Paul Taylor, The Independent, 19 June 1997
16. ^ Review: Under the Black Flag – Michael Billington, The Guardian, 20 July 2006
17. ^ Betrayal – review, Four stars, Citizens, Glasgow – Mark Fisher, The Guardian, 12 Mar 2012
18. ^ The Judas Kiss in Toronto. Toronto.Eventful.com. March 22, 2016 – May 1, 2016.
19. ^ The Judas Kiss (theatre program). Brooklyn Academy of Music. 11 May – 12 June 2016.
20. ^ My Eyes Went Dark – Daisy Bowie-Sell, Timeout, 28 August 2015
21. ^ My Eyes Went Dark, theatre review: High-octane acting transcends its stage – Fiona Mountford, London Evening Standard, 10 September 2015
22. ^ Review: The Mistress Contract, Tron, Glasgow, Four Stars – Neil Cooper, The Herald, 3 May 2019

## External links[edit]

* Cal MacAninch at IMDb
* Works of Robert Burns, as read by MacAninch

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