Portrait of Daniel MacPherson

Daniel MacPherson

Acting

Biography

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.

Born: April 25, 1980

Place of Birth: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Filmography

2024
Land of Bad

as Colonel Duz Packett

2022
Poker Face

as Sam Levine

2022
Would I Lie to You?

as Self - Panelist

2021
Foundation

as Hugo Crast

2019
Bad Mothers

as Anton

2018
A Wrinkle in Time

as Calvin's Father

2017
Generational Sins

as Drew Caldwell

2016
The Shannara Chronicles

as Arion Elessedil

2015
Infini

as Whit Carmichael

2014
Let Go

as Mark

2011
The Cup

as Jason Oliver

2011
Wild Boys

as Jack Keenan

2010
Strike Back

as Sergeant Samuel Wyatt

2007
City Homicide

as Detective Senior Constable Simon Joyner

2006
2004
1999
Rove

as Self

1995
1985
Neighbours

as Joel Samuels

1984
The Bill

as Cameron Tait

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Beast In Me

as Patton