Michael Caton

Michael Caton is an Australian actor and comedian who has also worked as a television host. Born in Monto, Queensland, he had his first experience of acting at a boarding school in Gympie before growing up in Woolloongabba, Brisbane. In 1976 he took the role of Uncle Harry Sullivan in The Sullivans, a Channel 9 war drama, and he later appeared in Five Mile Creek from 1983 to 1985 and in the soap opera Chances in 1991 and 1992. His best known screen role is Darryl Kerrigan in the low budget hit The Castle (1997). On television he played Ted Taylor in the dramedy Packed to the Rafters, hosted the lifestyle programs Hot Property and Hot Auctions, and competed on Dancing with the Stars in 2005. He was inducted into the Australian Film Walk of Fame for his work in Australian film and television.