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

A Wrinkle in Time

as Calvin's Father

Foundation

as Hugo Crast

Land of Bad

as Colonel Duz Packett

The Shannara Chronicles

as Arion Elessedil

Goosebumps

as Kid

Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child

as Kane Sommerville

Infini

as Whit Carmichael

Strike Back

as Sergeant Samuel Wyatt

Poker Face

as Sam Levine

Neighbours

as Joel Samuels