
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.

Beast
2026 · as Patton

Land of Bad
2024 · as Colonel Duz Packett

Poker Face
2022 · as Sam Levine

A Wrinkle in Time
2018 · as Calvin's Father

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

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