Patrick Brammall | |
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Born | Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia | 30 March 1976
Nationality | Australian |
Alma mater | Victorian College of the Arts |
Occupations |
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Years active | 2001–present |
Spouse(s) | Samantha Nield (m. 2013,divorced) |
Children | 1 [1] |
Patrick Brammall (born 30 March 1976) is an Australian actor and writer. He is best known for his roles as Sean Moody in the ABC comedy A Moody Christmas ; as Leo Taylor in Series 5 of Channel Ten's Offspring; and as Sergeant James Hayes in the ABC series Glitch. [2] Alongside his wife Harriet Dyer, he is the co-creator, co-writer, and co-star of the comedy series Colin from Accounts (2022).
Brammall was born in Canberra. [3] He was born with the rare genetic disorder prune belly syndrome and his doctors did not think he would survive. He underwent several operations and spent quite a lot of time in and out of hospital during the first 10 years of his life. [2] [4] He attended St Thomas the Apostle Catholic Primary School in Kambah and secondary at Marist College Canberra.
Patrick Brammall graduated from Victorian College of the Arts in 2001. [5] His breakthrough role was in the 2004 television movie The Alice , which led to a starring role in the spin-off series in 2005. He also had a starring role in television series Canal Road in 2008. This was followed by many roles in television series, short films and theatre. [6]
In 2010, he played Griff's brother Tim in the gentle comedy Griff the Invisible .
In 2012, Brammall had a starring role in two ABC comedy series – The Strange Calls as Sgt Neil Lloyd, and A Moody Christmas as Sean Moody (for which he won the AACTA Award for Best Performance in a Television Comedy). In 2013, Brammall reprised the role of Sean Moody for the eight-part series, The Moodys . He also wrote episode 5 of the series, and was consequently nominated for an Australian Writers' Guild award for Best Narrative Comedy.
In 2013 he acted in The Elegant Gentleman's Guide to Knife Fighting , a sketch comedy show for the ABC, before going on to play Rupert Murdoch in the Nine Network miniseries, Power Games: The Packer-Murdoch War , which went to air in September 2013.
Brammall also has a starring role in the ABC comedy series Upper Middle Bogan as Danny Bright, which premiered in August 2013. The second season premiered in October 2014.
In 2014, Brammall joined the main cast of the Network Ten series Offspring , playing the role of midwife Leo Taylor. He also has a co-starring role in the Josh Lawson written and directed comedy feature, The Little Death .
In 2015, he starred in both the film Ruben Guthrie and the Stan series No Activity .
In 2020, Brammall voiced Bandit's brother Rad on Bluey .
In 2022, Brammall starred, wrote and produced Binge/Foxtel comedy Colin from Accounts [7] season 1 and in 2024 it was announced that it would go ahead for season 2. [8]
Brammall met his first wife Samantha Nield on the set of TV series The Alice , where she was a member of the crew. The couple married in 2013, but were divorced as of September 2017. [2] [4] In August 2017, Brammall was reported to be dating actress Harriet Dyer. [9] In March 2021, Brammall and Dyer married five days after they became engaged. [10] The couple adopted their first child, a daughter, in 2021. [11]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2004 | Heartworm | Daniel | Short |
2007 | Prada Handbag | Bruce | Short |
2007 | Help | Richard | Short |
2009 | Being Carl Williams | Hostage | Short |
2010 | Shock | Dan | Short |
2010 | Griff the Invisible | Tim | |
2011 | dik | Robert | Short |
2011 | Bars and Tone | Vince | Short |
2012 | Dave's Dead | Dave | Short |
2014 | The Little Death | Richard | |
2015 | Super Awesome! | Fairfax Ward | |
2015 | Ruben Guthrie | Ruben Guthrie | |
2017 | Fun Mom Dinner | Kevin | |
2018 | Shakespeare in Tokyo | Anthony | |
Overlord | American Officer |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2004 | The Alice | Matt Marione | TV film |
2005-06 | The Alice | Matt Marione | Main role |
2007 | Home and Away | Ethan Black | Regular role |
2008 | All Saints | Theo Wellburn | "The Hand You're Dealt" |
2008 | Canal Road | Steve Yunnane | Main role |
2009 | Rush | Milos Fink | "2.10" |
2009 | East West 101 | Matt Johnson | "Another Life" |
2009 | I Can't Believe It's Not Better | Frank Forsythe | TV film |
2010 | Hawke | Kim Beazley | TV film |
2010 | The Librarians | Stuart | "Tsukiji" |
2011 | At Home With Julia | Bernard | "Citizens' Assembly" |
2011 | Some Say Love | Various | "Pilot" |
2012 | Lowdown | Clive McGann | "Ben Behaving Badly" |
2012 | The Strange Calls | Sgt. Neil Lloyd | Main role |
2012 | A Moody Christmas | Sean Moody | Main role AACTA Award for Best Performance in a Television Comedy |
2012 | Stuffed | Michael | TV short |
2013 | The Elegant Gentleman's Guide to Knife Fighting | Various | Main cast |
2013 | Power Games: The Packer-Murdoch Story [12] | Rupert Murdoch | TV miniseries |
2013–16 | Upper Middle Bogan [13] | Danny Bright | Main role |
2014 | The Moodys [14] | Sean Moody | Main role |
2014–16 | Offspring [15] | Leo Taylor | Main role |
2015 | Strange Calls | Sgt. Lloyd | TV film |
2015–19 | Glitch [16] [17] | James Hayes | Main role |
2015–16 | No Activity [18] [19] | Hendy | Main role AACTA Award for Best Performance in a Television Comedy |
2016 | Life in Pieces | Clinton | "Party Lobster Gym Sale" |
New Girl | Dusty Sand | "Road Trip" | |
Comedy Showroom: The Letdown | Drug Dealer | TV short | |
Furst Born | Danny | TV film | |
2017 | No Activity | Detective Nick Cullen | Main role US adaptation of Australian show he also starred in |
2017–19 | The Letdown [20] | Scott | 5 episodes |
2019-22 | Evil | Andy Bouchard | Recurring role |
2020 | Call Your Mother | Danny | Main role |
2020-24 | Bluey | Uncle Rad (voice) | 3 episodes |
2022 | Summer Love | Tom | writer and actor, Episode 1: "Jules and Tom & Jonah and Steph" |
2022- | Colin from Accounts [21] [22] | Gordon | Main role; 8 episodes |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2022- | Colin from Accounts | Writer/Creator/EP | S1,S2 |
2022 | Summer Love | Writer | 1 episode |
2017-21 | No Activity | Writer/ EP | 31 episodes |
2018 | No Activity | Executive Producer | 1 episode |
2014 | The Moody's | Writer | 1 episode |
2013 | The Elegant Gentleman's Guide to Knife Fighting | Writer | 1 episode |
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