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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

26

Gender

Male

Birthday

1980-04-25 (45 years old)

Place of Birth

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Also Known As

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

Acting

Poker Face

2022

Poker Face

as

Sam Levine

Let Go

2014

Let Go

as

Mark

Land of Bad

2024

Land of Bad

as

Colonel Duz Packett

Infini

2015

Infini

as

Whit Carmichael

Beast In Me

Beast In Me

as

Patton

A Wrinkle in Time

2018

A Wrinkle in Time

as

Calvin's Father

Generational Sins

2017

Generational Sins

as

Drew Caldwell

The Cup

2011

The Cup

as

Jason Oliver

The Bill

The Bill

as

Cameron Tait

Neighbours

Neighbours

as

Joel Samuels

Rove

Rove

as

Self

The Shannara Chronicles

The Shannara Chronicles

as

Arion Elessedil

Wild Boys

Wild Boys

as

Jack Keenan

Foundation

Foundation

as

Hugo Crast

Would I Lie to You?

Would I Lie to You?

as

Self - Panelist

Strike Back

Strike Back

as

Sergeant Samuel Wyatt

City Homicide

City Homicide

as

Detective Senior Constable Simon Joyner

Production

Crew

Directing