
Daniel MacPherson
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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.
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Beast (2026)
as Patton

Land of Bad (2024)
as Colonel Duz Packett

Poker Face (2022)
as Sam Levine

Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child (2016)
as Kane Sommerville

A Wrinkle in Time (2018)
as Calvin's Father

Infini (2015)
as Whit Carmichael

The Cup (2011)
as Jason Oliver

Generational Sins (2017)
as Drew Caldwell

Neighbours 30th: The Stars Reunite (2015)
as Self

BlackJack: Dead Memory (2006)
as Craig

Let Go (2014)
as Mark

Hopeful Romantic (2022)
as Chris





