Biography
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 a...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Macbeth
2025
as Banquo
Fearless and unforgettably creepy. This high-concept production, filmed live at London’s Donmar Warehouse, stars the formidable talents of David Tenna...
The Visit
2023
as Tommy McDaid
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...
Nobody Has to Know
2022
as Peter
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...
The Punishment
2021
as Michael
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...
The Reckoning
2021
as Ben Tuttle
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 ...
Susan Hill's Ghost Story
2019
as Hugo Snow
An antique book dealer finds himself haunted by the ghost of a young boy, he decides to investigate the strange occurrences within his life.
Intrigo: Dear Agnes
2019
as Erich Neuman-Hansen
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...
Intrigo: Samaria
2019
as Erich Neumann-Hansen
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...
Lucky Star
2019
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...
Calibre
2018
as Al McClay
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 ...
Hamilton 2: But Not If It Concerns Your Daughter
2012
as Harold Finley
Swedish intelligence officer Carl Hamilton's 7-year-old goddaughter Nathalie is kidnapped. When the kidnapping's underlying motive becomes known, the ...
The Awakening
2011
as Freddie Strickland
In post–War England, a writer and sometime-ghost hunter investigates a reported haunting at a boys boarding school.
Slapper
2008
as Jack / Lad 1
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...
Doomsday
2008
as Chancellor Falco
The lethal Reaper virus spreads throughout Britain—infecting millions and killing hundreds of thousands. Authorities brutally and successfully quarant...
Jetsam
2007
as Jack
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...
Rag Tale
2005
as Paul 'Mac' MacAvoy
A romance that plays out in the splashy, sensational world of British tabloids.
Dear Frankie
2004
as Davey
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...
The Point Men
2001
as Horst
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 ...
Breathtaking
2000
as Mick Wilmott
A beautiful psychiatrist befriends an abused patient, ultimately leading to lust and murder.
Little Bird
2000
as Tony O'Neill
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 ...
Best
2000
as Paddy
Warriors
1999
as Sgt. Andre Sochanik
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 ...
The Lost Son
1999
as Martin
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 ...
Speak Like a Child
1998
as Billy
Speak Like a Child, the feature film debut of documentary director John Akomfrah, explores the intense friendship that evolves between three troubled ...
The Woodlanders
1998
as Dr, Fitzpiers
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...
Sentimental Education
1998
as August
The story revolves around the lives of a group of international fashion models, focusing on the main character, Fabrice. The film examines the hollown...
Nervous Energy
1995
as Tom
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...
Dangerous Lady
1995
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...
Rik Mayall Presents: The Big One
1995
as Jeff
Rik Mayall plays an estate agent who takes on the identity of a dead gangster.
A Mind to Murder
1995
as Philip Tippett
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...
Splitting Heirs
1993
as CID Officer
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...
The Chestnut Soldier
1991
as Evan Llyr
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...
Alive and Kicking
1991
as Axle
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...