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.

Filmography

• 2026Beast — Patton
• 2024Land of Bad — Colonel Duz Packett
• 2022Hopeful Romantic — Chris
• 2022Poker Face — Sam Levine
• Foundation — Hugo Crast
• Bad Mothers — Anton
• 2018A Wrinkle in Time — Calvin's Father
• 2017Generational Sins — Drew Caldwell
• 2016Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child — Kane Sommerville
• The Shannara Chronicles — Arion Elessedil
• 2015Infini — Whit Carmichael
• 2014Let Go — Mark
• 2011The Cup — Jason Oliver
• Wild Boys — Jack Keenan
• Strike Back — Sergeant Samuel Wyatt
• City Homicide — Detective Senior Constable Simon Joyner
• 2006BlackJack: Dead Memory — Craig
• Tripping Over — Ned
• Celebrities Under Pressure
• Neighbours Revealed
• Sydney New Year's Eve — Host
• Goosebumps — Kid
• Neighbours — Joel Samuels
• The Bill — Cameron Tait

Appearances as themselves (5)

• Would I Lie to You? — Self - Panelist
• 2015Neighbours 30th: The Stars Reunite — Self
• Have You Been Paying Attention? — Self - Guest Quizmaster
• Dancing with the Stars — Self - Host
• Rove — Self