Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
April 25, 1980
Place of Birth:
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Land of Bad | Colonel Duz Packett |
| 2022 | Poker Face | Sam Levine |
| 2018 | A Wrinkle in Time | Calvin's Father |
| 2017 | Generational Sins | Drew Caldwell |
| 2016 | Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child | Kane Sommerville |
| 2015 | Infini | Whit Carmichael |
| 2015 | Neighbours 30th: The Stars Reunite | Self |
| 2014 | Let Go | Mark |
| 2011 | The Cup | Jason Oliver |
| 2006 | BlackJack: Dead Memory | Craig |
| Beast In Me | Patton |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Would I Lie to You? | Self - Panelist |
| 2021 | Foundation | Hugo Crast |
| 2019 | Bad Mothers | Anton |
| 2016 | The Shannara Chronicles | Arion Elessedil |
| 2011 | Wild Boys | Jack Keenan |
| 2010 | Strike Back | Sergeant Samuel Wyatt |
| 2007 | City Homicide | Detective Senior Constable Simon Joyner |
| 2006 | Tripping Over | Ned |
| 2004 | Dancing with the Stars | Self - Host |
| 2003 | Celebrities Under Pressure | |
| 1999 | Rove | Self |
| 1999 | Neighbours Revealed | |
| 1995 | Goosebumps | Kid |
| 1985 | Neighbours | Joel Samuels |
| 1984 | The Bill | Cameron Tait |