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 are 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 thirty years.

Biography

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.

Family, personal life

MacAninch and his wife, actress Shauna Macdonald, have three daughters and live in the Portobello district of Edinburgh. MacAninch is a keen marathon runner.

Theatre

DateTitleRoleDirectorCompany / Theatre
– Macbeth MacbethUnnatural Acts Theatre
– How Like An Angel PeterTraverse Theatre, Edinburgh
– Tis Pity She's A Whore GrimaldiCitizens Theatre, Glasgow
– Frankenstein Walton/ClervalCitizens Theatre, Glasgow
– Not About Heroes Wilfred OwenHeroes Theatre Company
– ' The Passer ByDundee Repertory Theatre
– ' JohnDundee Repertory Theatre
– ' DefenceCitizens Theatre, Glasgow
– Enrico Four ArialdoCitizens Theatre, Glasgow
– Oedipus Rex OedipusCitizens Theatre, Glasgow
– Hamlet HamletCitizens Theatre, Glasgow
– ' Wood DemonPlayhouse Theatre, London
– ' Harry CarneyCitizens Theatre, Glasgow
– Under the Black Flag John SilverShakespeare's Globe
– ' PentheusNational Theatre of Scotland
Lincoln Center, New York
– Peter Pan Captain HookNational Theatre of Scotland
– Wee Andy The SurgeonÒran Mór, Glasgow
– Anna Karenina VronskyShared Experience
– King Lear Duke of CornwallCitizens Theatre, Glasgow
– Betrayal RobertCitizens Theatre, Glasgow
– ' Robbie RossHampstead Theatre
– ' Robbie RossGaiety Theatre, Dublin
– ' Robbie RossTheatre Royal Bath
– ' Robbie RossRichmond Theatre
– ' Robbie RossTheatre Royal, Brighton
– ' Robbie RossCambridge Arts Theatre
– ' Robbie RossDuke of York's Theatre, London
– ' Robbie RossEd Mirvish Theatre, Toronto
– ' Robbie RossBrooklyn Academy of Music, New York
My Eyes Went Dark Nikolai KoslovFinborough Theatre, London
My Eyes Went Dark Nikolai KoslovTraverse Theatre, Edinburgh
My Eyes Went Dark Nikolai Koslov59E59 Theaters, New York
– ' Tron Theatre, Glasgow