Daniel MacPherson
Acting
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.
Known for
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movieBeast
2026
Patton
movieLand of Bad
2024
Colonel Duz Packett
moviePoker Face
2022
Sam Levine
tvWould I Lie to You?
2022
Self - Panelist
tvFoundation
2021
Hugo Crast
tvBad Mothers
2019
Anton
movieA Wrinkle in Time
2018
Calvin's Father
movieGenerational Sins
2017
Drew Caldwell
movieScience Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child
2016
Kane Sommerville
tvThe Shannara Chronicles
2016
Arion Elessedil
movieInfini
2015
Whit Carmichael
movieLet Go
2014
Mark
tvHave You Been Paying Attention?
2013
Self - Guest Quizmaster
movieThe Cup
2011
Jason Oliver
tvWild Boys
2011
Jack Keenan
tvStrike Back
2010
Sergeant Samuel Wyatt
tvCity Homicide
2007
Detective Senior Constable Simon Joyner
tvDancing with the Stars
2004
Self - Host
tvRove
1999
Self
tvNeighbours
1985
Joel Samuels
tvThe Bill
1984
Cameron Tait