Acting
Daniel MacPherson
Born April 25, 1980 · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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
5.0 TMDB
A Wrinkle in Time
Calvin's Father
7.7 TMDB
Foundation
Hugo Crast
7.3 TMDB
Land of Bad
Colonel Duz Packett
7.0 TMDB
The Shannara Chronicles
Arion Elessedil
8.0 TMDB
Goosebumps
Kid
5.6 TMDB
Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child
Kane Sommerville
5.6 TMDB
Poker Face
Sam Levine
7.4 TMDB
Strike Back
Sergeant Samuel Wyatt
5.2 TMDB
Infini
Whit Carmichael
7.5 TMDB
Beast
Patton
6.1 TMDB
Neighbours
Joel Samuels
6.8 TMDB
The Bill
Cameron Tait
5.7 TMDB
The Cup
Jason Oliver
5.9 TMDB
City Homicide
Detective Senior Constable Simon Joyner
7.0 TMDB
Bad Mothers
Anton
7.3 TMDB
Have You Been Paying Attention?
Self - Guest Quizmaster
7.0 TMDB
Wild Boys
Jack Keenan
4.9 TMDB
Generational Sins
Drew Caldwell
5.5 TMDB
Dancing with the Stars
Self - Host
5.0 TMDB
BlackJack: Dead Memory
Craig
Filmography
- 2026BeastPattonMovie
- 2024Land of BadColonel Duz PackettMovie
- 2022Poker FaceSam LevineMovie
- 2022Hopeful RomanticChrisMovie
- 2022Would I Lie to You?Self - PanelistSeries
- 2021FoundationHugo CrastSeries
- 2019Bad MothersAntonSeries
- 2018A Wrinkle in TimeCalvin's FatherMovie
- 2017Generational SinsDrew CaldwellMovie
- 2016Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris ChildKane SommervilleMovie
- 2016The Shannara ChroniclesArion ElessedilSeries
- 2015InfiniWhit CarmichaelMovie
- 2015Neighbours 30th: The Stars ReuniteSelfMovie
- 2014Let GoMarkMovie
- 2013Have You Been Paying Attention?Self - Guest QuizmasterSeries
- 2011The CupJason OliverMovie
- 2011Wild BoysJack KeenanSeries
- 2010Strike BackSergeant Samuel WyattSeries
- 2007City HomicideDetective Senior Constable Simon JoynerSeries
- 2006Tripping OverNedSeries
- 2006BlackJack: Dead MemoryCraigMovie
- 2004Dancing with the StarsSelf - HostSeries
- 2003Celebrities Under PressureSeries
- 1999Neighbours RevealedSeries
- 1999RoveSelfSeries
- 1996Sydney New Year's EveHostSeries
- 1995GoosebumpsKidSeries
- 1985NeighboursJoel SamuelsSeries
- 1984The BillCameron TaitSeries