Daniel MacPherson
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as Patton Beast Released
April 10, 2026 ActionDrama
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.
Filmography
A Wrinkle in Time
as Calvin's Father
Land of Bad
as Colonel Duz Packett
Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child
as Kane Sommerville
Poker Face
as Sam Levine
Infini
as Whit Carmichael
The Cup
as Jason Oliver
Beast
as Patton
Generational Sins
as Drew Caldwell
BlackJack: Dead Memory
as Craig
Let Go
as Mark