
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.

Land of Bad
Colonel Duz Packett
2024

Poker Face
Sam Levine
2022

Would I Lie to You?
Self - Panelist · (1 episode)
2022

Foundation
Hugo Crast · (10 episodes)
2021

Bad Mothers
Anton · (8 episodes)
2019

A Wrinkle in Time
Calvin's Father
2018

Generational Sins
Drew Caldwell
2017

Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child
Kane Sommerville
2016

The Shannara Chronicles
Arion Elessedil · (8 episodes)
2016

Infini
Whit Carmichael
2015

Let Go
Mark
2014

Beast In Me
Patton

Neighbours 30th: The Stars Reunite
Self
2015

The Cup
Jason Oliver
2011

Wild Boys
Jack Keenan · (13 episodes)
2011

Strike Back
Sergeant Samuel Wyatt · (30 episodes)
2010

City Homicide
Detective Senior Constable Simon Joyner · (56 episodes)
2007

Tripping Over
Ned · (6 episodes)
2006

BlackJack: Dead Memory
Craig
2006

Dancing with the Stars
Self - Host · (71 episodes)
2004
Celebrities Under Pressure
(1 episode)
2003
Neighbours Revealed
(6 episodes)
1999

Rove
Self · (1 episode)
1999

Goosebumps
Kid · (2 episodes)
1995

Neighbours
Joel Samuels · (1161 episodes)
1985

The Bill
Cameron Tait · (1227 episodes)
1984