Australian actor and television host

Daniel MacPherson

Daniel MacPherson is an Australian actor and television presenter, known for his roles as Joel Samuels in Neighbours, PC Cameron Tait in The Bill, Sergeant Samuel Wyatt in Sky and Cinemax's Strike Back, Whit Carmichael in the Shane Abbess sci-fi film Infini, Arion Elessedil in The Shannara Chronicles and Hugo Crast in the first filmed adaptation of Isaac Asimov's long running Foundation novel series, loosely adapted as Foundation. He also co-hosted Dancing with the Stars for six years while simultaneously starring in a number of Australian dramas such as Wild Boys.

Born

1980

April 25

Died

Living

Era

1980s

Country

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Key dates

1980 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

-404 Admiral Lysander and King Pausanias of Sparta blockade Athens and bring the Peloponnesian War to a successful conclusion.
775 The Battle of Bagrevand puts an end to an Armenian rebellion against the Abbasid Caliphate. Muslim control over the South Caucasus is solidified and its Islamization begins, while several major Armenian nakharar families lose power and their remnants flee to the Byzantine Empire.
799 After mistreatment and disfigurement by the citizens of Rome, Pope Leo III flees to the Frankish court of king Charlemagne at Paderborn for protection.
1464 A Yorkist army under the Baron Montagu defeats a Lancastrian army under the Duke of Somerset in the battle of Hedgeley Moor during the Wars of the Roses.

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The world in 1980

When Daniel arrived

april 12 The Americo-Liberian government of Liberia is violently deposed.
april 12 Transbrasil Flight 303, a Boeing 727, crashes on approach to Hercílio Luz International Airport in Florianópolis, Brazil. Fifty-five out of the 58 people on board are killed.
april 12 Canadian runner and athlete, Terry Fox begins his Marathon of Hope Run in St. John's, NF
april 18 The Republic of Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) comes into being, with Canaan Banana as the country's first President. The Zimbabwean dollar replaces the Rhodesian dollar as the official currency.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on April 25

Dominique Strauss-Kahn 1949– French economist, lawyer, and politician, French Minister of Finance Gedhun Choekyi Nyima 1989– the 11th Panchen Lama Jason Lee 1970– American skateboarder, actor, comedian and producer Jay Park 1987– American-South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer Johan Cruyff 1947–2016 Dutch footballer and manager (died 2016) Kojo Tovalou Houénou 1887–1936 Beninese lawyer and critic (died 1936) Maggie Rogers 1994– American musician Oliver Cromwell 1599–1658 English general and politician, Lord Protector of Great Britain (died 1658) Paul Mazursky 1930–2014 American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2014)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1980

Aaron Brown 1980–2024 American journalist and academic (born 1948) Anthony Minichiello 1980– Australian rugby league player Bijou Phillips 1980– American actress and model Bradley Wiggins 1980– English cyclist Byron Leftwich 1980– American football player and coach Clinton Toopi 1980– New Zealand rugby league player Cody Ross 1980– American baseball player Daniel Sedin 1980– Swedish ice hockey player D'banj 1980– Nigerian singer-songwriter and harmonica player

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