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