Acting

Daniel MacPherson

Born 1980-04-25 · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Daniel Donald MacPherson (born 25 April 1980) is an Australian actor and television presenter, best known for his roles as Joel Samuels in Neighbours, Sergeant Samuel Wyatt in Sky and Cinemax's Strike Back, Whit Carmichael in the Shane Abbess sci-fi film Infini, and Arion Elessedil in The Shannara Chronicles. He has also co-hosted Dancing with the Stars for six years while simultaneously starring in a number of Australians dramas such as Wild Boys. MacPherson has a cameo role as Calvin's father in Ava DuVernay's A Wrinkle in Time.

Credits

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Beast
as Patton
2026
Land of Bad
as Colonel Duz Packett
2024
Poker Face
as Sam Levine
2022
Hopeful Romantic
as Chris
2022
Would I Lie to You?
as Self - Panelist
2022
Foundation
as Hugo Crast
2021
Bad Mothers
as Anton
2019
A Wrinkle in Time
as Calvin's Father
2018
Generational Sins
as Drew Caldwell
2017
Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child
as Kane Sommerville
2016
The Shannara Chronicles
as Arion Elessedil
2016
Infini
as Whit Carmichael
2015
Neighbours 30th: The Stars Reunite
as Self
2015
Let Go
as Mark
2014
Have You Been Paying Attention?
as Self - Guest Quizmaster
2013
The Cup
as Jason Oliver
2011
Wild Boys
as Jack Keenan
2011
Strike Back
as Sergeant Samuel Wyatt
2010
City Homicide
as Detective Senior Constable Simon Joyner
2007
Tripping Over
as Ned
2006
BlackJack: Dead Memory
as Craig
2006
Dancing with the Stars
as Self - Host
2004
Celebrities Under Pressure
2003
Neighbours Revealed
1999
Rove
as Self
1999
Sydney New Year's Eve
as Host
1996
Goosebumps
as Kid
1995
Neighbours
as Joel Samuels
1985
The Bill
as Cameron Tait
1984