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 |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.4872 |
| Birthday | 1963-11-24 |
| Place of Birth | Govan, Glasgow, Scotland, UK |
| Also Known As | Cal Macaninch, Calum Andrew Colquhoun MacAninch, |
1999
The Lost Son
5.975/41
Xavier Lombard is a world-weary private eye in London, in exile from his native Paris; his best friend is Nathalie, a high-class call girl. He gets a...
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The Lost Son
1999
Warriors
6.85/30
If the conflict in Bosnia has become something of a forgotten war, it's not for the want of trying from the immensely powerful BBC film Warriors, the...
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Warriors
2008
Slapper
3.5/2
A young boy watches a fight in a crowded bar: a masked man versus the people’s champ. But rather than boxing, this is an adult, brutal version of ‘Sla...
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Slapper
1991
The Chestnut Soldier
7/2
Gwyn can feel danger coming in the wind. Somehow he knows the warnings have to do with the broken toy horse that holds the evil spirit of a prince who...
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The Chestnut Soldier
2001
The Point Men
4.214/28
Some time after their botched operation to capture a known Palestinian terrorist, a team of Israeli agents starts to get killed off one by one. Their...
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The Point Men
1998
The Woodlanders
5/16
The story is set in late 19th century rural corner of South England. The daughter of timber merchant Melbury, Grace, returns to the town after finishi...
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The Woodlanders
1995
A Mind to Murder
6.3/5
Scotland Yard Commander Adam Dalgliesh has been on leave following the death on duty of a member of his team, DS Sarah Hillier. His superiors order hi...
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A Mind to Murder
1998
Speak Like a Child
4.25/4
Speak Like a Child, the feature film debut of documentary director John Akomfrah, explores the intense friendship that evolves between three troubled...
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Speak Like a Child
1995
Rik Mayall Presents: The Big One
8/1
Rik Mayall plays an estate agent who takes on the identity of a dead gangster.
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Rik Mayall Presents: The Big One
2023
The Visit
0/0
IRA man Tommy McDaid is pulled back to Manchester 25 years after he helped plant a huge bomb that devastated the City Centre and changed the course of...
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The Visit
2000
Little Bird
4.5/2
A film that searches the dilemma of a middle age couple Ellen and Michael Hall, who have lost their only child tragically in a car accident. They are...
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Little Bird
1991
Alive and Kicking
8/3
Gritty and powerful Screen One film that takes an unflinching look at drug addiction. Lenny Henry plays a dealer convinced he is untouchable, Robbie C...
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Alive and Kicking
1995
Dangerous Lady
0/0
No one thinks a seventeen-year-old girl can take on the hard men of London's gangland, but it's a mistake to underestimate Maura Ryan: she's tough, cl...
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Dangerous Lady
2008
Doomsday
5.942/1383
The lethal Reaper virus spreads throughout Britain—infecting millions and killing hundreds of thousands. Authorities brutally and successfully quarant...
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Doomsday
2011
The Awakening
6.387/1485
In post–War England, a writer and sometime-ghost hunter investigates a reported haunting at a boys boarding school.
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The Awakening
1993
Splitting Heirs
5.226/84
A member of the English upper class dies, leaving his estate and his business to an American, whom he thinks is his son who was lost as a baby and the...
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Splitting Heirs
2000
Best
6.089/45
Pulling no punches in its depiction of soccer legend George Best's slow descent from the heights of his Manchester United career, the man once dubbed...
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Best
2004
Dear Frankie
7.043/220
Nine-year-old Frankie and his single mum Lizzie have been on the move ever since Frankie can remember, most recently arriving in a seaside Scottish to...
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Dear Frankie
1995
Nervous Energy
4.714/7
Tom is a young man with AIDS living in London with his lover Ira. The disease has exaggerated Toms nervous energy and in his manic state he suddenly d...
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Nervous Energy
2005
Rag Tale
3.571/7
A romance that plays out in the splashy, sensational world of British tabloids.
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Rag Tale
2018
Calibre
6.484/775
Two lifelong friends head up to an isolated Scottish Highlands village for a weekend hunting trip that descends into a never-ending nightmare as they...
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Calibre
2019
Intrigo: Dear Agnes
5.6/28
What is a human life worth? How is it possible that a woman like Agnes could agree to kill another human being? Is it the money? Or are there other fo...
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Intrigo: Dear Agnes
2007
Jetsam
5/3
A young woman finds herself onto a desolate beach and tries to find out the how and why of her immediate life. Along with a lost memory, to further co...
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Jetsam
2019
Susan Hill's Ghost Story
4.2/5
An antique book dealer finds himself haunted by the ghost of a young boy, he decides to investigate the strange occurrences within his life.
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Susan Hill's Ghost Story
2012
Hamilton 2: But Not If It Concerns Your Daughter
5.825/80
Swedish intelligence officer Carl Hamilton's 7-year-old goddaughter Nathalie is kidnapped. When the kidnapping's underlying motive becomes known, the...
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Hamilton 2: But Not If It Concerns Your Daughter
2021
The Reckoning
6.459/229
In the aftermath of the Great Plague and amidst the subsequent witch-hunts against women, a young widow grapples with the tragic death of her husband...
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The Reckoning
1998
Sentimental Education
7/2
The story revolves around the lives of a group of international fashion models, focusing on the main character, Fabrice. The film examines the hollown...
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Sentimental Education
2022
Nobody Has to Know
6.734/62
After a stroke and no memories from his past, Phil encounters Millie who inhabits a desert part of Isle of Lewis. She will shortly entrust him with hi...
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Nobody Has to Know
2000
Breathtaking
4.25/4
A beautiful psychiatrist befriends an abused patient, ultimately leading to lust and murder.
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Breathtaking
2021
The Punishment
0/0
A grief-stricken father hunts down the boy responsible for the events that led to his son's murder but finds himself unable to escape the consequences...
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The Punishment
2025
Macbeth
8.8/6
Fearless and unforgettably creepy. This high-concept production, filmed live at London’s Donmar Warehouse, stars the formidable talents of David Tenna...
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Macbeth
2019
Intrigo: Samaria
5.5/40
Nineteen-year-old Vera Kall cycles home through the night. She arrives at a farm, leaves her bike and sneaks quietly in through the door. She enters t...
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Intrigo: Samaria
2019
Lucky Star
0/0
1980s Glasgow: As his family disintegrates around him, the only thing on eight-year-old Jonjo’s mind is getting his prized He Man figure for Christmas...
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