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Daniel MacPherson

Daniel MacPherson

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.

Filmography
Beast poster
Beast
2026 • Patton
Land of Bad poster
Land of Bad
2024 • Colonel Duz Packett
Poker Face poster
Poker Face
2022 • Sam Levine
A Wrinkle in Time poster
A Wrinkle in Time
2018 • Calvin's Father
Generational Sins poster
Generational Sins
2017 • Drew Caldwell
Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child poster
Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child
2016 • Kane Sommerville
Infini poster
Infini
2015 • Whit Carmichael
Neighbours 30th: The Stars Reunite poster
Neighbours 30th: The Stars Reunite
2015 • Self
Let Go poster
Let Go
2014 • Mark
The Cup poster
The Cup
2011 • Jason Oliver
BlackJack: Dead Memory poster
BlackJack: Dead Memory
2006 • Craig