Known for
Acting
Credits
26
Gender
Man
Birthday
25 Apr 1980 (44)
Place of birth
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Also known as
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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
Acting roles
| Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
|---|---|---|
| — | A Taste for Blood | Patton |
| 2024 | Land of Bad | Colonel Duz Packett |
| 2022 | Poker Face | Sam Levine |
| 2022 | Would I Lie to You? | Self - Panelist |
| 2021 | Foundation | Hugo Crast |
| 2019 | Bad Mothers | Anton |
| 2018 | A Wrinkle in Time | Calvin's Father |
| 2017 | Generational Sins | Drew Caldwell |
| 2016 | The Shannara Chronicles | Arion Elessedil |
| 2016 | Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child | Kane Sommerville |
| 2015 | Infini | Whit Carmichael |
| 2015 | Neighbours 30th: The Stars Reunite | Self |
| 2014 | Let Go | Mark |
| 2011 | The Cup | Jason Oliver |
| 2011 | Wild Boys | Jack Keenan |
| 2010 | Strike Back | Sergeant Samuel Wyatt |
| 2007 | City Homicide | Detective Senior Constable Simon Joyner |
| 2006 | BlackJack: Dead Memory | Craig |
| 2006 | Tripping Over | Ned |
| 2004 | Dancing with the Stars | Self - Host |
| 2003 | Celebrities Under Pressure | |
| 1999 | Rove | Self |
| 1999 | Neighbours Revealed | |
| 1995 | Goosebumps | Kid |
| 1985 | Neighbours | Joel Samuels |
| 1984 | The Bill | Cameron Tait |