Michael Beckley (born 1963) is an Australian actor primarily of theatre and television soap . He is probably best known for playing Rhys Sutherland, the patriarch of a new family that arrived in Summer Bay, along with wife Shelley (Paula Forrest) and there three daughters Danni, Kirsty and Jade (played by Tammin Sursok, Christie Hayes and Kate Garven respectively) in series Home and Away. Since leaving the soap he has worked extensively in theatre both in Australia and the UK. He now resides in Sydney, Australia.