# Cal MacAninch

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{{short description|Scottish actor}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| image        =
| image_size   = 150px
| name         = Cal MacAninch
| birth_name   = Calum Andrew Colquhoun MacAninch
| birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1963|11|24|df=yes}}
| birth_place  = [Govan](/source/Govan), Glasgow, Scotland
| years_active = 1989–present
| occupation   = Actor
| spouse       = [Shauna Macdonald](/source/Shauna_Macdonald_(Scottish_actress)) 
}}

'''Cal MacAninch''' (born 24 November 1963) is a Scottish actor,<ref name="GreatRun">{{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}}</ref> who is known for portraying the character of DI John Keenan in police drama ''[HolbyBlue](/source/HolbyBlue)''<ref name="GreatRun"/> on [BBC One](/source/BBC_One) from 2007 to 2008. Other notable appearances include his roles as Mr Thackeray in the [ITV](/source/ITV_(TV_channel)) period drama ''[Mr Selfridge](/source/Mr_Selfridge)'', and Henry Lang in ''[Downton Abbey](/source/Downton_Abbey)'', but he has played many leading roles in British television and film over the past thirty years.

==Biography==
MacAninch played Rowan Collins in Series 4 of the ITV drama series ''[Wild at Heart](/source/Wild_at_Heart_(UK_TV_series))''.<ref name="GreatRun"/><ref name="WhatsOnTV">{{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|archive-date=18 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120918145134/http://www.whatsontv.co.uk/drama/wild-at-heart/interviews/a-quick-chat-with-wild-at-hearts-cal-macaninch/8190|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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](/source/Merlin_(2008_TV_series))'' in the episode "[To Kill the King](/source/To_Kill_the_King)". He starred in the 2001 BBC miniseries ''The Best of Both Worlds'' with [Alice Evans](/source/Alice_Evans). He appeared as [Henry Lang](/source/List_of_Downton_Abbey_characters), a valet, in the second series of ''[Downton Abbey](/source/Downton_Abbey)''.<ref name="DowntonAbbey">[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.</ref>

==Personal life==
MacAninch and his wife, actress [Shauna Macdonald](/source/Shauna_Macdonald_(Scottish_actress)), have three daughters and live in the [Portobello district of Edinburgh](/source/Portobello%2C_Edinburgh).<ref name=stepping-back/><ref>[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]</ref> MacAninch is a keen marathon runner.<ref name="GreatRun"/>

==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](/source/BBC_Radio_4) Friday Play
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy|11 June 2004}} || ''[Soft Fall the Sounds of Eden](/source/Gaynor_Macfarlane)'' || Andy || {{sortname|Gaynor|Macfarlane}} || [BBC Radio 4](/source/BBC_Radio_4) Friday Play
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy|11 July 2004}} || ''[How Many Miles to Basra?](/source/Toby_Swift)''&nbsp;<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/dramaon3/pip/a09cw/ BBC – Drama on 3 – ''How Many Miles to Basra?'']</ref> ||  || {{sortname|Toby|Swift}} || [BBC Radio 3](/source/BBC_Radio_3) Drama&nbsp;on&nbsp;3
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy|6 November 2005}} || ''{{sortname|The|Gunpowder Plot|Gunpowder Plot in popular culture#On radio}}'' || [King James I](/source/James_VI_and_I) || {{sortname|David|Hunter|nolink=y}} || [BBC Radio 3](/source/BBC_Radio_3) Drama&nbsp;on&nbsp;3
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy|31 October 2011}} – {{dts|format=dmy|4 November 2011}} || ''{{sortname|The|Pillow Book|Lu Kemp#The Pillow Book 4}}'' (series&nbsp;4)&nbsp;<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b016kkbn BBC – Woman's Hour Drama – ''The Pillow Book'' (series&nbsp;4)]</ref> || Yukinari || {{sortname|Lu|Kemp}} || [BBC Radio 4](/source/BBC_Radio_4) [Woman's Hour Drama](/source/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](/source/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}}''&nbsp;<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b493vp BBC – The Poet and the Echo – ''Grey Evening'']</ref> || Reader || {{sortname|Gaynor|Macfarlane}}|| [BBC Radio 4](/source/BBC_Radio_4)
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy|28 January 2019}} – {{dts|format=dmy|1 February 2019}} || ''[Silence](/source/Eilidh_McCreadie)''&nbsp;<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00026wv BBC – Book of the Week – ''Silence'']</ref> || [Erling Kagge](/source/Erling_Kagge) || {{sortname|Eilidh|McCreadie}} || [BBC Radio 4](/source/BBC_Radio_4) [Book of the Week](/source/Book_of_the_Week)
|}

== Television ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Television
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| {{dts|22 February 1990|format=y}}
| ''[Taggart](/source/Taggart)''
| Heckler
| Episode: "[Hostile Witness](/source/List_of_Taggart_episodes)"
|-
| {{dts|25 September 1990|format=y}}
| ''{{sortname|The|Paradise Club}}''
| Angel Eyes
| Episode: "[Chinese Whispers](/source/The_Paradise_Club)"
|-
| {{dts|2 April 1991|format=y}}
| ''{{sortname|The|Advocates|dab=TV series}}''
| Milligan
| 3 episodes
|-
| {{dts|13 October 1991|format=y}}
| ''[Screen One](/source/Screen_One)''
| Axle
| Episode: "[Alive and Kicking](/source/Screen_One)"
|-
| {{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}}1994
| ''{{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](/source/Dangerous_Lady)''
| Geoff Ryan
| TV miniseries
|-
| {{dts|2 December 1995|format=y}}
| ''[Screen Two](/source/Screen_Two)''
| Tom Kelso
| Episode: "[Nervous Energy](/source/Screen_Two)"
|-
| {{dts|4 January 1996|format=y}}
| ''[Taggart](/source/Taggart)''
| Dr David Argylle
| Episode: "[Devil's Advocate](/source/List_of_Taggart_episodes)"
|-
| {{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](/source/The_Ruth_Rendell_Mysteries)"
|-
| {{dts|20 November 1999|format=y}}
| ''[Warriors](/source/Warriors_(1999_TV_series))''
| 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](/source/Waking_the_Dead_(TV_series))''
| Alex Bryson/Sam Keel
| Episode: "[A Simple Sacrifice](/source/List_of_Waking_the_Dead_episodes)"
|-
| {{dts|13 March 2002|format=y}}{{nbnd}}2003
| ''[Rockface](/source/Rockface_(TV_series))''
| Ben Craig
| TV series: main cast
|-
| {{dts|18 October 2003|format=y}}
| ''[Silent Witness](/source/Silent_Witness)''
| Michael Patterson
| Episode: "[Fatal Error](/source/List_of_Silent_Witness_episodes)" 
|-
| {{dts|17 May 2004|format=y}}
| ''[Murphy's Law](/source/Murphy's_Law_(British_TV_series))''
| DS Nic Winters
| Episode: "[Bent Moon on the Rise](/source/Murphy's_Law_(British_TV_series))" 
|-
| {{dts|15 November 2005|format=y}}
| ''{{sortname|The|Ghost Squad}}''
| Mike
| Episode: "[Hardcore](/source/The_Ghost_Squad)" 
|-
| {{dts|18 July 2006|format=y}}
| ''[Sorted](/source/Sorted_(TV_series))''
| Radge
| TV series: main cast
|-
| {{dts|8 May 2007|format=y}}{{nbnd}}2008
| ''[HolbyBlue](/source/HolbyBlue)''
| [DI John Keenan](/source/John_Keenan_(HolbyBlue))
| TV series: main cast
|-
| {{dts|6 Dec 2008|format=y}}
| ''[Merlin](/source/Merlin_(2008_TV_series))''
| [Tauren](/source/List_of_Merlin_characters)
| Episode: "[To Kill the King](/source/Merlin_(series_1))"
|-
| {{dts|1 Mar 2009|format=y}}{{nbnd}}2010
| ''[Wild at Heart](/source/Wild_at_Heart_(British_TV_series))''
| Rowan Collins
|
|-
| {{dts|5 May 2010|format=y}}
| ''[Strike Back](/source/Strike_Back_(TV_series))''
| Major Chris Pemberton
| Episode: "Iraq: Part One"
|-
| {{dts|25 September 2011|format=y}}
| ''[Downton Abbey](/source/Downton_Abbey)''
| [Henry Lang](/source/List_of_Downton_Abbey_characters)
| Episodes: "[Matthew's Return](/source/Downton_Abbey_series_2)" and "[General Sir Herbert Strutt](/source/Downton_Abbey_series_2)"
|-
| {{dts|4 December 2011|format=y}}
| ''[Garrow's Law](/source/Garrow's_Law)''
| Richard Lucas
| 1 episode
|-
| {{dts|9 January 2013|format=y}}
| ''[Midsomer Murders](/source/Midsomer_Murders)''
| Alan Robson
| Episode: "[The Sicilian Defence](/source/List_of_Midsomer_Murders_episodes)"
|-
| {{dts|31 January 2013|format=y}}
| ''[Silent Witness](/source/Silent_Witness)''
| David Loader
| Episode: "[Legacy](/source/List_of_Silent_Witness_episodes)"
|-
| {{dts|19 January 2014|format=y}}{{nbnd}}2015
| ''[Mr Selfridge](/source/Mr_Selfridge)''
| Mr Thackeray
| 11 episodes
|-
| {{dts|5 March 2015|format=y}}
| ''[Banished](/source/Banished_(TV_series))''
| Sergeant Timmins
| TV serial
|-
| {{dts|1 April 2015|format=y}}
| ''[DCI Banks](/source/DCI_Banks)''
| Detective Sergeant Martin Heston
| Episode: "[Ghosts](/source/List_of_DCI_Banks_episodes)"
|-
| {{dts|4 April 2015|format=y}}
| ''[Katie Morag](/source/Katie_Morag_(TV_series))''
| Mr Cavendish
| Episode: "Katie Morag and the Worst Day Ever"
|-
| {{dts|20 April 2016|format=y}}
| ''[Scott & Bailey](/source/Scott_%26_Bailey)''
| Craig Widnes
| Episodes: "[Nobody's Fool](/source/List_of_Scott_%26_Bailey_episodes)" and "[Change](/source/List_of_Scott_%26_Bailey_episodes)"
|-
| {{dts|23 November 2018|format=y}}
| ''[Frontier](/source/Frontier_(2016_TV_series))''
|  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](/source/Father_Brown_(2013_TV_series))''
| George Oakley
| Episode: "[The Tower of Lost Souls](/source/List_of_Father_Brown_episodes)"
|-
| {{dts|19 January 2020|format=y}}
| ''[Vera](/source/Vera_(TV_series))''
| Thomas Walden
| Episode: "[Parent Not Expected](/source/List_of_Vera_episodes)"
|-
| {{dts|14 September 2020|format=y}}
|''[Des](/source/Des_(TV_series))''
| Neil Sinclair
| TV Mini-Series: 2 episodes
|-
| {{dts|6 June 2021|format=y}}
| ''[Time](/source/Time_(2021_TV_series))''
| PO Galbraith
| 3 episodes
|-
| {{dts|29 August 2021|format=y}}
| ''[Vigil](/source/Vigil_(TV_Series))''
| Ben Oakley
| TV serial
|-
| {{dts|23 January 2022|format=y}}
| ''[Trigger Point](/source/Trigger_Point_(TV_series))''
| Inspector Lee Robins
| 6 episodes
|-
| {{dts|13 May 2022|format=y}}
| ''{{sortname|The|Essex Serpent|dab=TV series}}''
| Michael Seaborne
| Episode: "[The Blackwater](/source/The_Essex_Serpent_(TV_series))"
|-
| {{dts|27 December 2022|format=y}}
| ''[Mayflies](/source/Mayflies_(TV_series))''
| Tibbs
|<ref>{{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}}</ref>
|}

== Film ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Film
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1993
| ''[Splitting Heirs](/source/Splitting_Heirs)''
| CID Officer
|
|-
| {{dts|1997|format=y}}
| ''{{sortname|The|Woodlanders|The Woodlanders#Adaptations}}''
| Dr. Fitzpiers
|<ref>[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]</ref>
|-
| 1998
| ''Speak Like a Child''
| Billy, Age 30
|
|-
| 1998
| ''[Sentimental Education](/source/Sentimental_Education)''
| August
|
|-
| 1999
| ''{{sortname|The|Lost Son|dab=film}}''
| Martin
|
|-
| 2000
| ''[Best](/source/Best_(film))''
| Paddy
|
|-
| 2000
| ''[Breathtaking](/source/Breathtaking)''
| Mick Wilmott
|
|-
| 2001
| ''{{sortname|The|Point Men|dab=2001 film}}''
| Horst
|
|-
| 2004
| ''[Dear Frankie](/source/Dear_Frankie)''
| Davey
|
|-
| 2005
| ''[Rag Tale](/source/Rag_Tale)''
| Paul (Mac) MacAvoy, Sports Editor 
|
|-
| 2007
| ''[Jetsam](/source/Jetsam_(film))''
| Jack
|
|-
| 2011
| ''[Screwed](/source/Screwed_(2011_film))''
| Eddie
|
|-
| 2018
| ''[Calibre](/source/Calibre_(film))''
| Al McClay
|
|-
| 2019
| ''[Intrigo: Dear Agnes](/source/Intrigo%3A_Dear_Agnes)''
| Erich Neumann-Hansen
|
|-
| 2019
| ''[Intrigo: Samaria](/source/Intrigo%3A_Samaria)''
| Erich Neumann-Hansen
|
|-
| 2020
| ''{{sortname|The|Reckoning|dab=2020 film}}''
| Ben Tuttle
|
|-
| 2021
| ''[Nobody Has to Know](/source/Nobody_Has_to_Know)''
| Peter
|
|}

== Theatre ==

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
|-
!style="width: 9em"| Date !! Title !! Role !!  Director !! [Company](/source/Theatrical_company) / Theatre
<!-- template
|- id=""
| {{dts|format=dmy|}} – {{dts|format=dmy|}} || ''''&nbsp;<ref>[ '''' – ]</ref> ||  || {{sortname||}} || 
 -->
|- id="Macbeth"
| {{dts|format=dmy|}} – {{dts|format=dmy|}} || ''[Macbeth](/source/Macbeth)''&nbsp;<ref name=CV>[https://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/client/cal-macaninch/cv ''Cal MacAninch CV'' – Curtis Brown]</ref> || Macbeth || {{sortname|Colin|Ellwood}} || [Unnatural Acts Theatre](/source/Unnatural_Acts_Theatre)
|- id="How Like An Angel"
| {{dts|format=dmy|}} – {{dts|format=dmy|}} || ''[How Like An Angel](/source/How_Like_An_Angel)''&nbsp;<ref name=CV/> || Peter  || {{sortname|Alan|Sharpe}} || [Traverse Theatre](/source/Traverse_Theatre%2C_Edinburgh), Edinburgh
|- id="Tis Pity She's A Whore"
| {{dts|format=dmy|}} – {{dts|format=dmy|}} || ''[Tis Pity She's A Whore](/source/Tis_Pity_She's_A_Whore)''&nbsp;<ref name=CV/><ref name=stepping-back/> || Grimaldi  || {{sortname|Philip|Prowse}} || [Citizens Theatre](/source/Citizens_Theatre), Glasgow
|- id="Frankenstein"
| {{dts|format=dmy|}} – {{dts|format=dmy|}} || ''[Frankenstein](/source/Frankenstein)''&nbsp;<ref name=CV/><ref name=stepping-back/> || Walton/Clerval  || {{sortname|Jon|Pope}} || [Citizens Theatre](/source/Citizens_Theatre), Glasgow
|- id="Not About Heroes"
| {{dts|format=dmy|1992}} – {{dts|format=dmy|}} || ''[Not About Heroes](/source/Not_About_Heroes)''&nbsp;<ref name=CV/> || [Wilfred Owen](/source/Wilfred_Owen) || {{sortname|Stephen|MacDonald}} || [Heroes Theatre Company](/source/Heroes_Theatre_Company)
|- id="The Cherry Orchard"
| {{dts|format=dmy|}} – {{dts|format=dmy|}} || ''{{sortname|The|Cherry Orchard}}''&nbsp;<ref name=CV/> || The Passer By || {{sortname|Robert|Robertson|dab=actor}} || [Dundee Repertory Theatre](/source/Dundee_Repertory_Theatre)
|- id="The Philanthropist"
| {{dts|format=dmy|}} – {{dts|format=dmy|}} || ''{{sortname|The|Philanthropist|dab=play}}''&nbsp;<ref name=CV/> || John || {{sortname|Neil|Murray|dab=director}} || [Dundee Repertory Theatre](/source/Dundee_Repertory_Theatre)
|- id="A Tale of Two Cities"
| {{dts|format=dmy|}} – {{dts|format=dmy|}} || ''{{sortname|A|Tale of Two Cities}}''&nbsp;<ref name=CV/><ref name=stepping-back/> || Defence || {{sortname|Philip|Prowse}} ||[Citizens Theatre](/source/Citizens_Theatre), Glasgow 
|- id="Enrico Four"
| {{dts|format=dmy|}} – {{dts|format=dmy|}} || ''[Enrico Four](/source/Enrico_Four)''&nbsp;<ref name=CV/><ref name=stepping-back/> || Arialdo  || {{sortname|Philip|Prowse}} || [Citizens Theatre](/source/Citizens_Theatre), Glasgow
|- id="Oedipus Rex"
| {{dts|format=dmy|16 March 1994}} – {{dts|format=dmy|26 March 1994}} || ''[Oedipus Rex](/source/Oedipus_Rex)''&nbsp;<ref name=CV/><ref name=stepping-back/><ref>[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]</ref> || Oedipus  || {{sortname|Claire|Venables}} || [Citizens Theatre](/source/Citizens_Theatre), Glasgow
|- id="Hamlet"
| {{dts|format=dmy|27 September 1996}} – {{dts|format=dmy|19 October 1996}} || ''[Hamlet](/source/Hamlet)''&nbsp;<ref>[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]</ref><ref name=stepping-back/> || Hamlet || {{sortname|Philip|Prowse}} || [Citizens Theatre](/source/Citizens_Theatre), Glasgow
|- id="The Wood Demon"
| {{dts|format=dmy|19 June 1997}} – {{dts|format=dmy|Oct 1997}} || ''{{sortname|The|Wood Demon}}''&nbsp;<ref name=CV/><ref>[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]</ref> || Wood Demon || {{sortname|Anthony|Clarke|dab=director}} || [Playhouse Theatre](/source/Playhouse_Theatre%2C_London), London
|- id="A Whistle in the Dark"
| {{dts|format=dmy|}} – {{dts|format=dmy|}} || ''{{sortname|A|Whistle in the Dark}}''&nbsp;<ref name=CV/><ref name=stepping-back/> || Harry Carney || {{sortname|Roxana|Silbert}} || [Citizens Theatre](/source/Citizens_Theatre), Glasgow
|- id="Under The Black Flag"
| {{dts|format=dmy|20 July 2006}} – {{dts|format=dmy|12 August 2006}} || ''[Under the Black Flag](/source/Under_the_Black_Flag)''&nbsp;<ref name=CV/><ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2006/jul/20/theatre ''Review: Under the Black Flag'' – Michael Billington, The Guardian, 20 July 2006]</ref> || John Silver || {{sortname|Roxana|Silbert}} || [Shakespeare's Globe](/source/Shakespeare's_Globe)
|- id="The Bacchae"
| {{dts|format=dmy|}} – {{dts|format=dmy|}} || ''{{sortname|The|Bacchae}}''&nbsp;<ref name=CV/><ref name=stepping-back/> || Pentheus  || {{sortname|John|Tiffany}} || [National Theatre of Scotland](/source/National_Theatre_of_Scotland) <br> [Lincoln Center](/source/Lincoln_Center), New York
|- id="Peter Pan"
| {{dts|format=dmy|}} – {{dts|format=dmy|}} || ''[Peter Pan](/source/List_of_works_based_on_Peter_Pan)''&nbsp;<ref name=CV/><ref name=stepping-back/> || Captain Hook || {{sortname|John|Tiffany}} || [National Theatre of Scotland](/source/National_Theatre_of_Scotland)
|- id="Wee Andy"
| {{dts|format=dmy|}} – {{dts|format=dmy|}} || ''[Wee Andy](/source/Wee_Andy)''&nbsp;<ref name=CV/><ref name=stepping-back/> ||  The Surgeon ||  {{sortname|Paddy|Cuneen}} || [Òran Mór, Glasgow](/source/%C3%92ran_M%C3%B3r%2C_Glasgow)
|- id="Anna Karenina"
| {{dts|format=dmy|}} – {{dts|format=dmy|}} || ''[Anna Karenina](/source/Anna_Karenina)''&nbsp;<ref name=CV/><ref name=stepping-back/> || Vronsky  || {{sortname|Nancy|Meckler}} || [Shared Experience](/source/Shared_Experience)
|- id="King Lear"
| {{dts|format=dmy|}} – {{dts|format=dmy|}} || ''[King Lear](/source/King_Lear)''&nbsp;<ref name=CV/> || Duke of Cornwall || {{sortname|Dominic|Hill}} || [Citizens Theatre](/source/Citizens_Theatre), Glasgow
|- id="Betrayal"
| {{dts|format=dmy|2 March 2012}} – {{dts|format=dmy|24 March 2012}} || ''[Betrayal](/source/Betrayal_(play))''&nbsp;<ref name=stepping-back>[https://www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/arts_ents/13047945.stepping-back-time ''Stepping back in time'' – The Herald, 21 February 2012]</ref><ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2012/mar/12/betrayal-review ''Betrayal – review'', Four stars, Citizens, Glasgow – Mark Fisher, The Guardian, 12 Mar 2012]</ref> || Robert || {{sortname|Dominic|Hill}} || [Citizens Theatre](/source/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)}}''&nbsp;<ref name=CV/> || rowspan=9 | Robbie Ross || rowspan=9 | {{sortname|Neil|Armfield}} || [Hampstead Theatre](/source/Hampstead_Theatre)
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy|15 October 2012}} – {{dts|format=dmy|20 October 2012}} || [Gaiety Theatre, Dublin](/source/Gaiety_Theatre%2C_Dublin)
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy|22 October 2012}} – {{dts|format=dmy|27 October 2012}} || [Theatre Royal Bath](/source/Theatre_Royal_Bath)
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy|29 October 2012}} – {{dts|format=dmy|3 November 2012}} || [Richmond Theatre](/source/Richmond_Theatre_(London))
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy|5 November 2012}} – {{dts|format=dmy|10 November}} || [Theatre Royal, Brighton](/source/Theatre_Royal%2C_Brighton)
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy|12 November 2012}} – {{dts|format=dmy|17 November 2012}} || [Cambridge Arts Theatre](/source/Cambridge_Arts_Theatre)
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy|9 January 2013}} – {{dts|format=dmy|6 April 2013}} || [Duke of York's Theatre](/source/Duke_of_York's_Theatre), London
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy|March 22, 2016}} – {{dts|format=dmy|May 1, 2016}} || [Ed Mirvish Theatre](/source/Ed_Mirvish_Theatre), Toronto<ref>[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.</ref>
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy|11 May 2016}} – {{dts|format=dmy|12 June 2016}} || [Brooklyn Academy of Music](/source/Brooklyn_Academy_of_Music), New York<ref>[https://www.bam.org/media/6231921/Judas_Kiss.pdf ''The Judas Kiss''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415064208/https://www.bam.org/media/6231921/Judas_Kiss.pdf |date=15 April 2023 }} (theatre program). [Brooklyn Academy of Music](/source/Brooklyn_Academy_of_Music). 11 May – 12 June 2016.</ref>
|- id="My Eyes Went Dark"
| {{dts|format=dmy|2015}} <!-- – {{dts|format=dmy|}} --> || rowspan=3 | ''[My Eyes Went Dark](/source/Matt_Wilkinson_(actor))''&nbsp;<ref>[http://www.timeout.com/london/theatre/my-eyes-went-dark ''My Eyes Went Dark'' – Daisy Bowie-Sell, Timeout, 28 August 2015]</ref><ref>[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]</ref> || rowspan=3 | Nikolai Koslov ||  rowspan=3 | {{sortname|Matt|Wilkinson|dab=actor}} || [Finborough Theatre](/source/Finborough_Theatre), London
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy|2016}} || [Traverse Theatre](/source/Traverse_Theatre%2C_Edinburgh), Edinburgh
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy|2017}} || [59E59 Theaters](/source/59E59_Theaters), New York
|- id="The Mistress Contract"
| {{dts|format=dmy|2019}} – {{dts|format=dmy|}} || ''{{sortname|The|Mistress Contract}}''&nbsp;<ref>[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]</ref><ref name=CV/> ||  || {{sortname|Eve|Nicol}} || [Tron Theatre](/source/Tron_Theatre), Glasgow
|-
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0531229}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110124203953/http://www.bbc.co.uk/robertburns/works/readers/cal_macaninch/ Works of Robert Burns, as read by MacAninch]

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