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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1980-04-25 (44 years old)

Place of Birth

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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

2024

Land of Bad as Colonel Duz Packett

2022

Poker Face as Sam Levine
Would I Lie to You? as Self - Panelist

2021

Foundation as Hugo Crast

2019

Bad Mothers as Anton

2018

A Wrinkle in Time as Calvin's Father

2017

Generational Sins as Drew Caldwell

2016

The Shannara Chronicles as Arion Elessedil

2015

Infini as Whit Carmichael

2014

Let Go as Mark

2011

The Cup as Jason Oliver
Wild Boys as Jack Keenan

2010

Strike Back as Sergeant Samuel Wyatt

2007

City Homicide as Detective Senior Constable Simon Joyner

2006

2004

Dancing with the Stars as Self - Host

2003

1999

Rove as Self

1995

Goosebumps as Kid

1985

Neighbours as Joel Samuels

1984

The Bill as Cameron Tait

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Beast In Me as Patton