Patrick Brammall

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Patrick Brammall
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Brammall at the premiere of Ruben Guthrie in 2015
Born (1976-03-30) 30 March 1976 (age 47)
NationalityAustralian
Alma mater Victorian College of the Arts
Occupations
  • Actor
  • writer
Years active2001–present
Spouse(s)
Samantha Nield
(m. 2013,divorced)

(m. 2021)
Children1 [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).

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Early life

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.

Career

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]

Personal life

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]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2004HeartwormDanielShort
2007Prada HandbagBruceShort
2007HelpRichardShort
2009Being Carl WilliamsHostageShort
2010ShockDanShort
2010 Griff the Invisible Tim
2011dikRobertShort
2011Bars and ToneVinceShort
2012Dave's DeadDaveShort
2014 The Little Death Richard
2015Super Awesome!Fairfax Ward
2015 Ruben Guthrie Ruben Guthrie
2017 Fun Mom Dinner Kevin
2018Shakespeare in TokyoAnthony
Overlord American Officer

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2004 The Alice Matt MarioneTV film
2005-06 The Alice Matt MarioneMain role
2007 Home and Away Ethan BlackRegular role
2008 All Saints Theo Wellburn"The Hand You're Dealt"
2008 Canal Road Steve YunnaneMain role
2009 Rush Milos Fink"2.10"
2009 East West 101 Matt Johnson"Another Life"
2009I Can't Believe It's Not BetterFrank ForsytheTV film
2010HawkeKim BeazleyTV film
2010 The Librarians Stuart"Tsukiji"
2011 At Home With Julia Bernard"Citizens' Assembly"
2011Some Say LoveVarious"Pilot"
2012 Lowdown Clive McGann"Ben Behaving Badly"
2012 The Strange Calls Sgt. Neil LloydMain role
2012 A Moody Christmas Sean MoodyMain role
AACTA Award for Best Performance in a Television Comedy
2012StuffedMichaelTV short
2013 The Elegant Gentleman's Guide to Knife Fighting VariousMain cast
2013Power Games: The Packer-Murdoch Story [12] Rupert MurdochTV miniseries
2013–16 Upper Middle Bogan [13] Danny BrightMain role
2014 The Moodys [14] Sean MoodyMain role
2014–16 Offspring [15] Leo TaylorMain role
2015Strange CallsSgt. LloydTV film
2015–19 Glitch [16] [17] James HayesMain role
2015–16 No Activity [18] [19] HendyMain 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 LetdownDrug DealerTV short
Furst BornDannyTV film
2017 No Activity Detective Nick CullenMain role

US adaptation of Australian show he also starred in

2017–19 The Letdown [20] Scott5 episodes
2019-22 Evil Andy BouchardRecurring role
2020 Call Your Mother DannyMain role
2020-24 Bluey Uncle Rad (voice)3 episodes
2022 Summer Love Tomwriter and actor, Episode 1: "Jules and Tom & Jonah and Steph"
2022- Colin from Accounts [21] [22] GordonMain role; 8 episodes

Production / Writing

YearTitleRoleNotes
2022- Colin from Accounts Writer/Creator/EPS1,S2
2022Summer LoveWriter1 episode
2017-21No ActivityWriter/ EP31 episodes
2018No ActivityExecutive Producer1 episode
2014The Moody'sWriter1 episode
2013The Elegant Gentleman's Guide to Knife FightingWriter1 episode

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  11. "Harriet Dyer on Instagram: "International Daughter's Day feels as good a time as any to introduce our little Joni Jane Brooklyn Brammall. Born September 16 2021 and with us from her first moments thanks to her incredible birth mother. Special mention to Patty on this here daughter's day, I have been working and he has kept this whole show going. She struck gold with him. "Mother is a verb and if you do the verb you become the noun." - Ellen Burstyn on adoption. 💛"".
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