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

Beast

Foundation

Neighbours

The Bill

Goosebumps

Strike Back

The Shannara Chronicles

Have You Been Paying Attention?

All Movies (12)

• Beast2026 · as Patton
• Land of Bad2024 · as Colonel Duz Packett
• Poker Face2022 · as Sam Levine
• Hopeful Romantic2022 · as Chris
• A Wrinkle in Time2018 · as Calvin's Father
• Generational Sins2017 · as Drew Caldwell
• Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child2016 · as Kane Sommerville
• Infini2015 · as Whit Carmichael
• Neighbours 30th: The Stars Reunite2015 · as Self
• Let Go2014 · as Mark
• The Cup2011 · as Jason Oliver
• BlackJack: Dead Memory2006 · as Craig

All TV Shows (17)

• Would I Lie to You?2022 · as Self - Panelist
• Foundation2021 · as Hugo Crast
• Bad Mothers2019 · as Anton
• The Shannara Chronicles2016 · as Arion Elessedil
• Have You Been Paying Attention?2013 · as Self - Guest Quizmaster
• Wild Boys2011 · as Jack Keenan
• Strike Back2010 · as Sergeant Samuel Wyatt
• City Homicide2007 · as Detective Senior Constable Simon Joyner
• Tripping Over2006 · as Ned
• Dancing with the Stars2004 · as Self - Host
• Celebrities Under Pressure2003
• Neighbours Revealed1999
• Rove1999 · as Self
• Sydney New Year's Eve1996 · as Host
• Goosebumps1995 · as Kid
• Neighbours1985 · as Joel Samuels
• The Bill1984 · as Cameron Tait