Daniel MacPherson

Known for: Acting

Born: 1980-04-25 (age 46)

From: 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.

Filmography (29)

MOVIE★ 6.3
Beast
2026
as Patton
MOVIE★ 7.3
Land of Bad
2024
as Colonel Duz Packett
MOVIE★ 5.6
Poker Face
2022
as Sam Levine
MOVIE
Hopeful Romantic
2022
as Chris
TV★ 3.2
Would I Lie to You?
2022
as Self - Panelist
TV★ 7.7
Foundation
2021
as Hugo Crast
TV★ 7.0
Bad Mothers
2019
as Anton
MOVIE★ 5.1
A Wrinkle in Time
2018
as Calvin's Father
MOVIE★ 4.9
Generational Sins
2017
as Drew Caldwell
MOVIE★ 5.6
Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child
2016
as Kane Sommerville
TV★ 6.9
The Shannara Chronicles
2016
as Arion Elessedil
MOVIE★ 5.2
Infini
2015
as Whit Carmichael
MOVIE★ 0.5
Neighbours 30th: The Stars Reunite
2015
as Self
MOVIE
Let Go
2014
as Mark
TV★ 7.9
Have You Been Paying Attention?
2013
as Self - Guest Quizmaster
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Cup
2011
as Jason Oliver
TV★ 7.0
Wild Boys
2011
as Jack Keenan
TV★ 7.4
Strike Back
2010
as Sergeant Samuel Wyatt
TV★ 5.9
City Homicide
2007
as Detective Senior Constable Simon Joyner
TV
Tripping Over
2006
as Ned
MOVIE★ 6.0
BlackJack: Dead Memory
2006
as Craig
TV★ 5.5
Dancing with the Stars
2004
as Self - Host
TV
Celebrities Under Pressure
2003
TV
Neighbours Revealed
1999
TV★ 7.5
Rove
1999
as Self
TV
Sydney New Year's Eve
1996
as Host
TV★ 8.0
Goosebumps
1995
as Kid
TV★ 6.1
Neighbours
1985
as Joel Samuels
TV★ 6.8
The Bill
1984
as Cameron Tait