
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.
Known For

2026
Beast
2026 · movie

2021
Foundation
2021 · tv

1985
Neighbours
1985 · tv

2010
Strike Back
2010 · tv

1984
The Bill
1984 · tv

1995
Goosebumps
1995 · tv

2016
The Shannara Chronicles
2016 · tv

2013
Have You Been Paying Attention?
2013 · tv

2024
Land of Bad
2024 · movie

2007
City Homicide
2007 · tv

1999
Rove
1999 · tv

2004
Dancing with the Stars
2004 · tv

2022
Poker Face
2022 · movie

2018
A Wrinkle in Time
2018 · movie

2019
Bad Mothers
2019 · tv

2006
Tripping Over
2006 · tv

2016
Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child
2016 · movie

2011
The Cup
2011 · movie

2011
Wild Boys
2011 · tv

2015
Infini
2015 · movie

2022
Would I Lie to You?
2022 · tv

2017
Generational Sins
2017 · movie

2015
Neighbours 30th: The Stars Reunite
2015 · movie

2014
Let Go
2014 · movie

2006
BlackJack: Dead Memory
2006 · movie