Daniel MacPherson
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.
Movie Appearances
Poker Face
as Sam Levine
2022
Let Go
as Mark
2014
Land of Bad
as Colonel Duz Packett
2024
Infini
as Whit Carmichael
2015
Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child
as Kane Sommerville
2016
Beast
as Patton
2026
Neighbours 30th: The Stars Reunite
as Self
2015
A Wrinkle in Time
as Calvin's Father
2018
Generational Sins
as Drew Caldwell
2017
BlackJack: Dead Memory
as Craig
2006
The Cup
as Jason Oliver
2011
TV Appearances
The Bill
as Cameron Tait
1984
Tripping Over
as Ned
2006
Neighbours
as Joel Samuels
1985
Goosebumps
as Kid
1995
Rove
as Self
1999
The Shannara Chronicles
as Arion Elessedil
2016
Celebrities Under Pressure
2003
Neighbours Revealed
1999
Wild Boys
as Jack Keenan
2011
Foundation
as Hugo Crast
2021
Would I Lie to You?
as Self - Panelist
2022
Strike Back
as Sergeant Samuel Wyatt
2010