Cal MacAninch

Cal MacAninch (born 24 November 1963) is a Scottish actor, who is known for portraying the character of DI John Keenan in police drama HolbyBlue 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.

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.

Television + Television Year Title Role Notes Taggart Heckler Episode: "Hostile Witness" Angel Eyes Episode: "Chinese Whispers" Milligan 3 episodes Screen One Axle Episode: "Alive and Kicking" Evan Llyr TV miniseries 1994 Declan TV series: main cast Philip Tippett TV film The Big One Jeff TV film Dangerous Lady Geoff Ryan TV miniseries Screen Two Tom Kelso Episode: "Nervous Energy" Taggart Dr David Argylle Episode: "Devil's Advocate" Cooking Pigeons TV film Finn Episode: "The Lake of Darkness" Warriors Sgt Andre Sochanik TV serial Little Bird Tony O'Neill TV film Best of Both Worlds Mark Landucci 3 episodes Waking the Dead Alex Bryson/Sam Keel Episode: "A Simple Sacrifice" 2003 Rockface Ben Craig TV series: main cast Silent Witness Michael Patterson Episode: "Fatal Error" Murphy's Law DS Nic Winters Episode: "Bent Moon on the Rise" Mike Episode: "Hardcore" Sorted Radge TV series: main cast 2008 HolbyBlue DI John Keenan TV series: main cast Merlin Tauren Episode: "To Kill the King" 2010 Wild at Heart Rowan Collins Strike Back Major Chris Pemberton Episode: "Iraq: Part One" Downton Abbey Henry Lang Episodes: "Matthew's Return" and "General Sir Herbert Strutt" Garrow's Law Richard Lucas 1 episode Midsomer Murders Alan Robson Episode: "The Sicilian Defence" Silent Witness David Loader Episode: "Legacy" 2015 Mr Selfridge Mr Thackeray 11 episodes Banished Sergeant Timmins TV serial DCI Banks Detective Sergeant Martin Heston Episode: "Ghosts" Katie Morag Mr Cavendish Episode: "Katie Morag and the Worst Day Ever" Scott & Bailey Craig Widnes Episodes: "Nobody's Fool" and "Change" Frontier Angus Season 3 Christian Graham TV miniseries Hugo Snow TV film Father Brown George Oakley Episode: "The Tower of Lost Souls" Vera Thomas Walden Episode: "Parent Not Expected" Des Neil Sinclair TV Mini-Series: 2 episodes Time PO Galbraith 3 episodes Vigil Ben Oakley TV serial Trigger Point Inspector Lee Robins 6 episodes Michael Seaborne Episode: "The Blackwater" Mayflies Tibbs

Film + Film Year Title Role Notes 1993 Splitting Heirs CID Officer Dr. Fitzpiers 1998 Speak Like a Child Billy, Age 30 1998 Sentimental Education August 1999 Martin 2000 Best Paddy 2000 Breathtaking Mick Wilmott 2001 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 Ben Tuttle 2021 Nobody Has to Know Peter

Theatre

Date Title Role Director Company / Theatre – Macbeth Macbeth Unnatural Acts Theatre – How Like An Angel Oedipus Citizens Theatre, Glasgow – Hamlet Wood Demon Playhouse Theatre, London – John Silver Shakespeare's Globe – Robert Citizens Theatre, Glasgow – – Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York My Eyes Went Dark Nikolai Koslov Finborough Theatre, London Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh 59E59 Theaters, New York – Tron Theatre, Glasgow