Person

Daniel MacPherson

Acting · Born 1980-04-25 · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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.

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  Foundation

  Hugo Crast

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  Beast

  Patton

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  Neighbours

  Joel Samuels

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  Goosebumps

  Kid

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  Strike Back

  Sergeant Samuel Wyatt

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  The Bill

  Cameron Tait

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  Land of Bad

  Colonel Duz Packett

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  Rove

  Self

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  The Shannara Chronicles

  Arion Elessedil

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  Have You Been Paying Attention?

  Self - Guest Quizmaster

• 2026BeastPatton
• 2024Land of BadColonel Duz Packett
• 2022Poker FaceSam Levine
• 2022Hopeful RomanticChris
• 2022Would I Lie to You?Self - Panelist
• 2021FoundationHugo Crast
• 2019Bad MothersAnton
• 2018A Wrinkle in TimeCalvin's Father
• 2017Generational SinsDrew Caldwell
• 2016Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris ChildKane Sommerville
• 2016The Shannara ChroniclesArion Elessedil
• 2015InfiniWhit Carmichael
• 2015Neighbours 30th: The Stars ReuniteSelf
• 2014Let GoMark
• 2013Have You Been Paying Attention?Self - Guest Quizmaster
• 2011The CupJason Oliver
• 2011Wild BoysJack Keenan
• 2010Strike BackSergeant Samuel Wyatt
• 2007City HomicideDetective Senior Constable Simon Joyner
• 2006Tripping OverNed
• 2006BlackJack: Dead MemoryCraig
• 2004Dancing with the StarsSelf - Host
• 2003Celebrities Under Pressure
• 1999Neighbours Revealed
• 1999RoveSelf
• 1996Sydney New Year's EveHost
• 1995GoosebumpsKid
• 1985NeighboursJoel Samuels
• 1984The BillCameron Tait