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Cal MacAninch

{{short description|Scottish actor}}

{{Use British English|date=May 2015}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}

{{Infobox person

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| name = Cal MacAninch

| birth_name = Calum Andrew Colquhoun MacAninch

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|11|24|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Govan, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

| years_active = 1989–present

| occupation = Actor

| spouse = Shauna Macdonald

}}

Cal MacAninch (born 24 November 1963) is a Scottish actor,{{cite web|url=http://www.greatrun.org/News/FeaturedNews.aspx?nid=7311|title=A Lap With Cal MacAninch|accessdate=18 September 2011|archive-date=31 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130131161907/http://www.greatrun.org/News/FeaturedNews.aspx?nid=7311|url-status=dead}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.whatsontv.co.uk/drama/wild-at-heart/interviews/a-quick-chat-with-wild-at-hearts-cal-macaninch/8190|title=A quick chat with Wild at Heart's Cal Macaninch|date=4 February 2010|work=What's on TV|accessdate=18 September 2011}} 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.[http://www.itv.com/dramapremieres/downtonabbey/secondseries Downton Abbey webpage] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903033519/http://www.itv.com/dramapremieres/downtonabbey/secondseries/# |date=3 September 2011 }}, ITV.com, July 2011; retrieved 12 August 2014.

Family, personal life

MacAninch and his wife, actress Shauna Macdonald, have three daughters and live in the Portobello district of Edinburgh.[https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/portobello-residents-rally-bid-buy-bellfield-church-617695 Portobello residents rally in bid to buy Bellfield church – Edinburgh Evening News, 1 July 2016] MacAninch is a keen marathon runner.

Radio

class="wikitable sortable"

! Date !! Title !! Role !! Director !! Station

{{dts|format=dmy|23 April 2004}}{{sortname|The|Lights|Toby Swift#The Lights}}Liam{{sortname|Toby|Swift}}BBC Radio 4 Friday Play
{{dts|format=dmy|11 June 2004}}Soft Fall the Sounds of EdenAndy{{sortname|Gaynor|Macfarlane}}BBC Radio 4 Friday Play
{{dts|format=dmy|11 July 2004}}How Many Miles to Basra? [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/dramaon3/pip/a09cw BBC – Drama on 3 – How Many Miles to Basra?]{{sortname|Toby|Swift}}BBC Radio 3 Drama on 3
{{dts|format=dmy|6 November 2005}}{{sortname|The|Gunpowder Plot|Gunpowder Plot in popular culture#On radio}}King James I{{sortname|David|Hunter|nolink=y}}BBC Radio 3 Drama on 3
{{dts|format=dmy|31 October 2011}} – {{dts|format=dmy|4 November 2011}}{{sortname|The|Pillow Book|Lu Kemp#The Pillow Book 4}} (series 4) [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b016kkbn BBC – Woman's Hour Drama – The Pillow Book (series 4)]Yukinari{{sortname|Lu|Kemp}}BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour Drama
{{dts|format=dmy|30 September 2013}} – {{dts|format=dmy|3 October 2013}}{{sortname|The|Blackhouse|dab=novel}}DI Fin Macleod{{sortname|Kirsteen|Cameron}}BBC Radio Scotland
{{dts|format=dmy|2018-6-1}}{{sortname|The|Poet and the Echo: Grey Evening|Gaynor Macfarlane#The Poet and the Echo: Grey Evening}} [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b493vp BBC – The Poet and the Echo – Grey Evening]Reader{{sortname|Gaynor|Macfarlane}}BBC Radio 4
{{dts|format=dmy|28 January 2019}} – {{dts|format=dmy|1 February 2019}}Silence [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00026wv BBC – Book of the Week – Silence]Erling Kagge{{sortname|Eilidh|McCreadie}}BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week

Television

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ Television

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

{{dts|22 February 1990|format=y}}

| Taggart

| Heckler

| Episode: "Hostile Witness"

{{dts|25 September 1990|format=y}}

| {{sortname|The|Paradise Club}}

| Angel Eyes

| Episode: "Chinese Whispers"

{{dts|2 April 1991|format=y}}

| {{sortname|The|Advocates|dab=TV series}}

| Milligan

| 3 episodes

{{dts|13 October 1991|format=y}}

| Screen One

| Axle

| Episode: "Alive and Kicking"

{{dts|20 November 1991|format=y}}

| {{sortname|The|Chestnut Soldier|The Magician Trilogy#Adaptations}}

| Evan Llyr

| TV miniseries

{{dts|2 April 1993|format=y}}{{nbnd}}94

| {{sortname|The|Riff Raff Element}}

| Declan

| TV series: main cast

{{dts|2 January 1995|format=y}}

| {{sortname|A|Mind to Murder}}

| Philip Tippett

| TV film

{{dts|29 January 1995|format=y}}

| The Big One

| Jeff

| TV film

{{dts|23 May 1995|format=y}}

| Dangerous Lady

| Geoff Ryan

| TV miniseries

{{dts|2 December 1995|format=y}}

| Screen Two

| Tom Kelso

| Episode: "Nervous Energy"

{{dts|4 January 1996|format=y}}

| Taggart

| Dr David Argylle

| Episode: "Devil's Advocate"

{{dts|1998|format=y}}

| Cooking Pigeons

|

| TV film

{{dts|3 May 1999|format=y}}

| {{sortname|The|Ruth Rendell Mysteries}}

| Finn

| Episode: "The Lake of Darkness"

{{dts|20 November 1999|format=y}}

| Warriors

| Sgt Andre Sochanik

| TV serial

{{dts|1 October 2000|format=y}}

| Little Bird

| Tony O'Neill

| TV film

{{dts|18 Feb 2001|format=y}}

| Best of Both Worlds

| Mark Landucci

| 3 episodes

{{dts|2 July 2001|format=y}}

| Waking The Dead

| Alex Bryson/Sam Keel

| Episode: "A Simple Sacrifice"

{{dts|13 March 2002|format=y}}{{nbnd}}03

| Rockface

| Ben Craig

| TV series: main cast

{{dts|18 October 2003|format=y}}

| Silent Witness

| Michael Patterson

| Episode: "Fatal Error"

{{dts|17 May 2004|format=y}}

| Murphy's Law

| DS Nic Winters

| Episode: "Bent Moon on the Rise"

{{dts|15 November 2005|format=y}}

| {{sortname|The|Ghost Squad}}

| Mike

| Episode: "Hardcore"

{{dts|18 July 2006|format=y}}

| Sorted

| Radge

| TV series: main cast

{{dts|8 May 2007|format=y}}{{nbnd}}08

| HolbyBlue

| DI John Keenan

| TV series: main cast

{{dts|6 Dec 2008|format=y}}

| Merlin

| Tauren

| Episode: "To Kill the King"

{{dts|1 Mar 2009|format=y}}{{nbnd}}10

| Wild at Heart

| Rowan Collins

|

{{dts|5 May 2010|format=y}}

| Strike Back

| Major Chris Pemberton

| Episode: "Iraq: Part One"

{{dts|25 September 2011|format=y}}

| Downton Abbey

| Henry Lang

| Episodes: "Matthew's Return" and "General Sir Herbert Strutt"

{{dts|4 December 2011|format=y}}

| Garrow's Law

| Richard Lucas

| 1 episode

{{dts|9 January 2013|format=y}}

| Midsomer Murders

| Alan Robson

| Episode: "The Sicilian Defence"

{{dts|31 January 2013|format=y}}

| Silent Witness

| David Loader

| Episode: "Legacy"

{{dts|19 January 2014|format=y}}{{nbnd}}15

| Mr Selfridge

| Mr Thackeray

| 11 episodes

{{dts|5 March 2015|format=y}}

| Banished

| Sergeant Timmins

| TV serial

{{dts|1 April 2015|format=y}}

| DCI Banks

| Detective Sergeant Martin Heston

| Episode: "Ghosts"

{{dts|4 April 2015|format=y}}

| Katie Morag

| Mr Cavendish

| Episode: "Katie Morag and the Worst Day Ever"

{{dts|20 April 2016|format=y}}

| Scott & Bailey

| Craig Widnes

| Episodes: "Nobody's Fool" and "Change"

{{dts|23 November 2018|format=y}}

| Frontier

| Angus

| Season 3

{{dts|9 April 2019|format=y}}

| {{sortname|The|Victim|dab=2019 TV series}}

| Christian Graham

| TV miniseries

{{dts|26 December 2019|format=y}}

| {{sortname|The|Small Hand}}

| Hugo Snow

| TV film

{{dts|17 January 2020|format=y}}

| Father Brown

| George Oakley

| Episode: "The Tower of Lost Souls"

{{dts|19 January 2020|format=y}}

| Vera

| Thomas Walden

| Episode: "Parent Not Expected"

{{dts|14 September 2020|format=y}}

|Des

| Neil Sinclair

| TV Mini-Series: 2 episodes

{{dts|6 June 2021|format=y}}

| Time

| PO Galbraith

| 3 episodes

{{dts|29 August 2021|format=y}}

| Vigil

| Ben Oakley

| TV serial

{{dts|23 January 2022|format=y}}

| Trigger Point

| Inspector Lee Robins

| 6 episodes

{{dts|13 May 2022|format=y}}

| {{sortname|The|Essex Serpent|dab=TV series}}

| Michael Seaborne

| Episode: "The Blackwater"

{{dts|27 December 2022|format=y}}

| Mayflies

| Tibbs

|{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/mayflies|title=Mayflies – Meet the cast and creatives behind the drama that 'discovers the joy and the costs of love' |website=bbc.co.uk/mediacentre|date=19 December 2022|accessdate=20 December 2022}}

Film

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ Film

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1993

| Splitting Heirs

| CID Officer

|

{{dts|1997|format=y}}

| {{sortname|The|Woodlanders|The Woodlanders#Adaptations}}

| Dr. Fitzpiers

|[https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/film-bring-on-the-goo-and-grab-the-laughs-1143084.html film round-up – The Independent, 6 February 1998]

1998

| Speak Like a Child

| Billy, Age 30

|

1998

| Sentimental Education

| August

|

1999

| {{sortname|The|Lost Son|dab=film}}

| Martin

|

2000

| Best

| Paddy

|

2000

| Breathtaking

| Mick Wilmott

|

2001

| {{sortname|The|Point Men|dab=2001 film}}

| 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

| {{sortname|The|Reckoning|dab=2020 film}}

| Ben Tuttle

|

2021

| Nobody Has to Know

| Peter

|

Theatre

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style="width: 9em"| DateTitleRoleDirectorCompany / Theatre

|- id="Macbeth"

| {{dts|format=dmy|}} – {{dts|format=dmy|}} || Macbeth [https://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/client/cal-macaninch/cv Cal MacAninch CV – Curtis Brown] || Macbeth || {{sortname|Colin|Ellwood}} || Unnatural Acts Theatre

|- id="How Like An Angel"

| {{dts|format=dmy|}} – {{dts|format=dmy|}} || How Like An Angel  || Peter || {{sortname|Alan|Sharpe}} || Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh

|- id="Tis Pity She's A Whore"

| {{dts|format=dmy|}} – {{dts|format=dmy|}} || Tis Pity She's A Whore  || Grimaldi || {{sortname|Philip|Prowse}} || Citizens Theatre, Glasgow

|- id="Frankenstein"

| {{dts|format=dmy|}} – {{dts|format=dmy|}} || Frankenstein  || Walton/Clerval || {{sortname|Jon|Pope}} || Citizens Theatre, Glasgow

|- id="Not About Heroes"

| {{dts|format=dmy|1992}} – {{dts|format=dmy|}} || Not About Heroes  || Wilfred Owen || {{sortname|Stephen|MacDonald}} || Heroes Theatre Company

|- id="The Cherry Orchard"

| {{dts|format=dmy|}} – {{dts|format=dmy|}} || {{sortname|The|Cherry Orchard}}  || The Passer By || {{sortname|Robert|Robertson|dab=actor}} || Dundee Repertory Theatre

|- id="The Philanthropist"

| {{dts|format=dmy|}} – {{dts|format=dmy|}} || {{sortname|The|Philanthropist|dab=play}}  || John || {{sortname|Neil|Murray|dab=director}} || Dundee Repertory Theatre

|- id="A Tale of Two Cities"

| {{dts|format=dmy|}} – {{dts|format=dmy|}} || {{sortname|A|Tale of Two Cities}}  || Defence || {{sortname|Philip|Prowse}} ||Citizens Theatre, Glasgow

|- id="Enrico Four"

| {{dts|format=dmy|}} – {{dts|format=dmy|}} || Enrico Four  || Arialdo || {{sortname|Philip|Prowse}} || Citizens Theatre, Glasgow

|- id="Oedipus Rex"

| {{dts|format=dmy|16 March 1994}} – {{dts|format=dmy|26 March 1994}} || Oedipus Rex [https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-thebes-of-the-north-richard-loupnolan-compares-versions-of-the-oedipus-myth-in-edinburgh-and-glasgow-1429447.html 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] || Oedipus || {{sortname|Claire|Venables}} || Citizens Theatre, Glasgow

|- id="Hamlet"

| {{dts|format=dmy|27 September 1996}} – {{dts|format=dmy|19 October 1996}} || Hamlet [https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12028049.good-my-lord-as-hamlet-thinks-afresh Good my lord, as Hamlet thinks afresh – Mark Fisher, The Herald, 17 September 1996] || Hamlet || {{sortname|Philip|Prowse}} || Citizens Theatre, Glasgow

|- id="The Wood Demon"

| {{dts|format=dmy|19 June 1997}} – {{dts|format=dmy|Oct 1997}} || {{sortname|The|Wood Demon}} [https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/review-theatre-the-wood-demon-playhouse-london-1256893.html Review: THEATRE: The Wood Demon Playhouse, London – Paul Taylor, The Independent, 19 June 1997] || Wood Demon || {{sortname|Anthony|Clarke|dab=director}} || Playhouse Theatre, London

|- id="A Whistle in the Dark"

| {{dts|format=dmy|}} – {{dts|format=dmy|}} || {{sortname|A|Whistle in the Dark}}  || Harry Carney || {{sortname|Roxana|Silbert}} || Citizens Theatre, Glasgow

|- id="Under The Black Flag"

| {{dts|format=dmy|20 July 2006}} – {{dts|format=dmy|12 August 2006}} || Under the Black Flag [https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2006/jul/20/theatre Review: Under the Black Flag – Michael Billington, The Guardian, 20 July 2006] || John Silver || {{sortname|Roxana|Silbert}} || Shakespeare's Globe

|- id="The Bacchae"

| {{dts|format=dmy|}} – {{dts|format=dmy|}} || {{sortname|The|Bacchae}}  || Pentheus || {{sortname|John|Tiffany}} || National Theatre of Scotland
Lincoln Center, New York

|- id="Peter Pan"

| {{dts|format=dmy|}} – {{dts|format=dmy|}} || Peter Pan  || Captain Hook || {{sortname|John|Tiffany}} || National Theatre of Scotland

|- id="Wee Andy"

| {{dts|format=dmy|}} – {{dts|format=dmy|}} || Wee Andy  || The Surgeon || {{sortname|Paddy|Cuneen}} || Òran Mór, Glasgow

|- id="Anna Karenina"

| {{dts|format=dmy|}} – {{dts|format=dmy|}} || Anna Karenina  || Vronsky || {{sortname|Nancy|Meckler}} || Shared Experience

|- id="King Lear"

| {{dts|format=dmy|}} – {{dts|format=dmy|}} || King Lear  || Duke of Cornwall || {{sortname|Dominic|Hill}} || Citizens Theatre, Glasgow

|- id="Betrayal"

| {{dts|format=dmy|2 March 2012}} – {{dts|format=dmy|24 March 2012}} || Betrayal [https://www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/arts_ents/13047945.stepping-back-time Stepping back in time – The Herald, 21 February 2012][https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2012/mar/12/betrayal-review Betrayal – review, Four stars, Citizens, Glasgow – Mark Fisher, The Guardian, 12 Mar 2012] || Robert || {{sortname|Dominic|Hill}} || Citizens Theatre, Glasgow

|- id="The Judas Kiss"

| {{dts|format=dmy|6 September 2012}} – {{dts|format=dmy|13 October 2012}} || rowspan=9 | {{sortname|The|Judas Kiss|The Judas Kiss (play)}}  || rowspan=9 | Robbie Ross || rowspan=9 | {{sortname|Neil|Armfield}} || Hampstead Theatre

|-

| {{dts|format=dmy|15 October 2012}} – {{dts|format=dmy|20 October 2012}} || Gaiety Theatre, Dublin

|-

| {{dts|format=dmy|22 October 2012}} – {{dts|format=dmy|27 October 2012}} || Theatre Royal Bath

|-

| {{dts|format=dmy|29 October 2012}} – {{dts|format=dmy|3 November 2012}} || Richmond Theatre

|-

| {{dts|format=dmy|5 November 2012}} – {{dts|format=dmy|10 November}} || Theatre Royal, Brighton

|-

| {{dts|format=dmy|12 November 2012}} – {{dts|format=dmy|17 November 2012}} || Cambridge Arts Theatre

|-

| {{dts|format=dmy|9 January 2013}} – {{dts|format=dmy|6 April 2013}} || Duke of York's Theatre, London

|-

| {{dts|format=dmy|March 22, 2016}} – {{dts|format=dmy|May 1, 2016}} || Ed Mirvish Theatre, Toronto[http://toronto.eventful.com/events/judas-kiss-/E0-001-087271385-0 The Judas Kiss in Toronto]. Toronto.Eventful.com. March 22, 2016 – May 1, 2016.

|-

| {{dts|format=dmy|11 May 2016}} – {{dts|format=dmy|12 June 2016}} || Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York[https://www.bam.org/media/6231921/Judas_Kiss.pdf The Judas Kiss] (theatre program). Brooklyn Academy of Music. 11 May – 12 June 2016.

|- id="My Eyes Went Dark"

| {{dts|format=dmy|2015}} || rowspan=3 | My Eyes Went Dark [http://www.timeout.com/london/theatre/my-eyes-went-dark My Eyes Went Dark – Daisy Bowie-Sell, Timeout, 28 August 2015][https://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/my-eyes-went-dark-theatre-review-high-octane-acting-transcends-its-stage-a2944371.html My Eyes Went Dark, theatre review: High-octane acting transcends its stage – Fiona Mountford, London Evening Standard, 10 September 2015] || rowspan=3 | Nikolai Koslov || rowspan=3 | {{sortname|Matt|Wilkinson|dab=actor}} || Finborough Theatre, London

|-

| {{dts|format=dmy|2016}} || Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh

|-

| {{dts|format=dmy|2017}} || 59E59 Theaters, New York

|- id="The Mistress Contract"

| {{dts|format=dmy|2019}} – {{dts|format=dmy|}} || {{sortname|The|Mistress Contract}} [https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17617319.review-mistress-contract-tron-glasgow-four-stars Review: The Mistress Contract, Tron, Glasgow, Four Stars – Neil Cooper, The Herald, 3 May 2019] || || {{sortname|Eve|Nicol}} || Tron Theatre, Glasgow

|-

|}

References

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External links

  • {{IMDb name|0531229}}
  • [http://www.bbc.co.uk/robertburns/works/readers/cal_macaninch Works of Robert Burns, as read by MacAninch]

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