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.

Known For

Poker Face
Poker Face
Let Go
Let Go
Land of Bad
Land of Bad
Infini
Infini
Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child
Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child
Beast In Me
Beast In Me
Generational Sins
Generational Sins
BlackJack: Dead Memory
BlackJack: Dead Memory

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 Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child
as Kane Sommerville
2016 The Shannara Chronicles
as Arion Elessedil
2015 Infini
as Whit Carmichael
2015 Neighbours 30th: The Stars Reunite
as Self
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 Tripping Over
as Ned
2006 BlackJack: Dead Memory
as Craig
2004 Dancing with the Stars
as Self - Host
2003 Celebrities Under Pressure
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