TV icon totally unrecognisable two decades after big soap roles

He stars in a new action film (Picture: Stan)

A former star of The Bill and Neighbours looks totally unrecognisable in his new film role.

Daniel MacPherson, who is 46, became a well-known face in soapland thanks to his roles as PC Cameron Tait in popular police-based drama The Bill, and Joel Samuels in Australian show Neighbours.

Joel lived in Ramsay Street from the late 90s until 2002, when he decided to move away and work as a marine biologist. During what was thought to be Neighbours’ final ever episode in 2022, Daniel reprised his role as Joel.

His The Bill character Cameron worked at Sun Hill from 2003 until his exit in 2007. In the four year period he was on our scre...