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.

Filmography 29

Movies (12)

Beast
2026
Patton
Land of Bad
2024
Colonel Duz Packett
Poker Face
2022
Sam Levine
Hopeful Romantic
2022
Chris
A Wrinkle in Time
2018
Calvin's Father
Generational Sins
2017
Drew Caldwell
Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child
2016
Kane Sommerville
Infini
2015
Whit Carmichael
Neighbours 30th: The Stars Reunite
2015
Self
Let Go
2014
Mark
The Cup
2011
Jason Oliver
BlackJack: Dead Memory
2006
Craig

Shows (17)

Would I Lie to You?
2022
Self - Panelist
Foundation
2021
Hugo Crast
Bad Mothers
2019
Anton
The Shannara Chronicles
2016
Arion Elessedil
Have You Been Paying Attention?
2013
Self - Guest Quizmaster
Wild Boys
2011
Jack Keenan
Strike Back
2010
Sergeant Samuel Wyatt
City Homicide
2007
Detective Senior Constable Simon Joyner
Tripping Over
2006
Ned
Dancing with the Stars
2004
Self - Host
Celebrities Under Pressure
2003
Neighbours Revealed
1999
Rove
1999
Self
Sydney New Year's Eve
1996
Host
Goosebumps
1995
Kid
Neighbours
1985
Joel Samuels
The Bill
1984
Cameron Tait