
Daniel MacPherson
Acting
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.
TV Shows(16)

Would I Lie to You?
Self - Panelist
2022

Foundation
Hugo Crast
2021

Bad Mothers
Anton
2019

The Shannara Chronicles
Arion Elessedil
2016

Wild Boys
Jack Keenan
2011

Strike Back
Sergeant Samuel Wyatt
2010

City Homicide
Detective Senior Constable Simon Joyner
2007

Tripping Over
Ned
2006

Dancing with the Stars
Self - Host
2004
Celebrities Under Pressure
2003
Neighbours Revealed
1999

Rove
Self
1999
Sydney New Year's Eve
Host
1996

Goosebumps
Kid
1995

Neighbours
Joel Samuels
1985

The Bill
Cameron Tait
1984
Movies(11)

Beast
Patton
2026

Land of Bad
Colonel Duz Packett
2024

Poker Face
Sam Levine
2022

A Wrinkle in Time
Calvin's Father
2018

Generational Sins
Drew Caldwell
2017

Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child
Kane Sommerville
2016

Infini
Whit Carmichael
2015

Neighbours 30th: The Stars Reunite
Self
2015

Let Go
Mark
2014

The Cup
Jason Oliver
2011

BlackJack: Dead Memory
Craig
2006