His film and television credits include the 1999 James Bond film The World Is Not Enough, Crown Court, Boys from the Blackstuff, The Professionals, Enemy at the Door, Minder, Bergerac, The New Statesman, Between the Lines, Bramwell, Cracker, Dalziel and Pascoe, Heartbeat, Sleepers, Spooks, Midsomer Murders, Hustle, Waking the Dead, Wallis & Edward, A Touch of Frost, Cold Blood, Burn Up, Lewis, Houdini, United, and The Last Front.

[5] Calder's other television credits include Crown Court,[6] Boys from the Blackstuff,[6] The Professionals,[6] Enemy at the Door, Minder,[6] Bergerac, The New Statesman, Between the Lines,[6] Bramwell,[6] Cracker,[6] Dalziel and Pascoe,[6] Heartbeat,[6] Sleepers,[6] Spooks, Midsomer Murders,[6] Hustle,[6] Waking the Dead,[6] Wallis & Edward,[6] A Touch of Frost, Cold Blood,[6] Burn Up,[6] Lewis,[6] and Houdini.

[10] In 1979, Calder appeared in a public information film as a crime prevention officer, asking people to consider how they would get into their own home if they lost their keys.

The PIF, which was used to encourage people to make their homes secure, and to contact their crime prevention officer for advice, ran until at least 1985.

[11] In October 2016, Calder played Gus, in The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures by Tony Kushner at the Hampstead Theatre.