Actor
Daniel MacPherson
Born April 25, 1980 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia11 films
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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First watchLand of Bad20247.3as Colonel Duz PackettWhen a Delta Force special ops mission goes terribly wrong, Air Force drone pilot Reaper has 48 hours to remedy what has devolved into a wild rescue operation.View filmEssential films
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11 films as actor- 2026BeastPatton
- 2024Land of BadColonel Duz Packett
- 2022Poker FaceSam Levine
- 2022Hopeful RomanticChris
- 2018A Wrinkle in TimeCalvin's Father
- 2017Generational SinsDrew Caldwell
- 2016Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris ChildKane Sommerville
- 2015InfiniWhit Carmichael
- 2014Let GoMark
- 2011The CupJason Oliver
- 2006BlackJack: Dead MemoryCraig