Acting · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Born April 25, 1980
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.
MovieBeast
2026
as Patton
MovieLand of Bad
2024
as Colonel Duz Packett
MoviePoker Face
2022
as Sam Levine
MovieHopeful Romantic
2022
as Chris
TVWould I Lie to You?
2022
as Self - Panelist
TVFoundation
2021
as Hugo Crast
TVBad Mothers
2019
as Anton
MovieA Wrinkle in Time
2018
as Calvin's Father
MovieGenerational Sins
2017
as Drew Caldwell
MovieScience Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child
2016
as Kane Sommerville
TVThe Shannara Chronicles
2016
as Arion Elessedil
MovieInfini
2015
as Whit Carmichael
MovieNeighbours 30th: The Stars Reunite
2015
as Self
MovieLet Go
2014
as Mark
TVHave You Been Paying Attention?
2013
as Self - Guest Quizmaster
MovieThe Cup
2011
as Jason Oliver
TVWild Boys
2011
as Jack Keenan
TVStrike Back
2010
as Sergeant Samuel Wyatt
TVCity Homicide
2007
as Detective Senior Constable Simon Joyner
TVTripping Over
2006
as Ned
MovieBlackJack: Dead Memory
2006
as Craig
TVDancing with the Stars
2004
as Self - Host
Celebrities Under Pressure
2003
Neighbours Revealed
1999
TVRove
1999
as Self
Sydney New Year's Eve
1996
as Host
TVGoosebumps
1995
as Kid
TVNeighbours
1985
as Joel Samuels
TVThe Bill
1984
as Cameron Tait
