
Daniel MacPherson
Born
1980-04-25
Place of birth
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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

A Wrinkle in Time
Calvin's Father

Foundation
Hugo Crast

Land of Bad
Colonel Duz Packett

The Shannara Chronicles
Arion Elessedil

Goosebumps
Kid

Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child
Kane Sommerville

Poker Face
Sam Levine

Strike Back
Sergeant Samuel Wyatt

Infini
Whit Carmichael

Neighbours
Joel Samuels

The Bill
Cameron Tait

The Cup
Jason Oliver

City Homicide
Detective Senior Constable Simon Joyner

Bad Mothers
Anton

Wild Boys
Jack Keenan