Patrick Brammall
Brammall at the premiere of Ruben Guthrie in 2015
Born (1976-03-30) 30 March 1976 (age 47)
NationalityAustralian
Alma materVictorian 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).

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

Year Title Role Notes
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

Television

Year Title Role Notes
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

Production / Writing

Year Title Role Notes
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

References

  1. ^ "Baby news! Australian actors Harriet Dyer and Patrick Brammall are parents".
  2. ^ a b c Cuthbertson, Ian (9 September 2017). "Patrick Brammall: 'I wasn't expected to live much beyond a few months'". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  3. ^ Hogan, Jill (27 May 2014). "Canberra's Patrick Brammall joins Offspring". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  4. ^ a b Duck, Shiobhan (17 October 2014). "Offspring star Patrick Brammall opens up about making women laugh and swoon". Herald Sun. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  5. ^ Griff the Invisible. Cast & Crew Bios. Tim – Patrick Brammall Archived 22 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine. grifftheinvisible.com
  6. ^ Patrick Brammall. Australianstage.com.au (2011-09-26). Retrieved on 2013-08-05.
  7. ^ https://if.com.au/binge-orders-patrick-brammall-and-harriet-dyer-rom-com-colin-from-accounts/
  8. ^ https://if.com.au/binge-confirms-second-season-of-colin-from-accounts/
  9. ^ Moustafa, Abi (August 2017). "Love Child star Harriet Dyer confirms relationship with Offspring's Patrick Brammell". Who. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  10. ^ "Patrick Brammall popped the question AND married Harriet Dyer all in a whirlwind five-day vacation".
  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. 💛"".
  12. ^ https://tvtonight.com.au/2013/05/cameras-roll-on-power-games.html
  13. ^ https://tvtonight.com.au/2016/03/filming-underway-on-upper-middle-bogan-3.html
  14. ^ https://tvtonight.com.au/2013/09/cameras-roll-on-the-moodys.html
  15. ^ https://tvtonight.com.au/2016/04/offspring-cast-confirmed.html
  16. ^ https://tvtonight.com.au/2017/01/new-cast-join-glitch.html
  17. ^ https://tvtonight.com.au/2018/09/cameras-roll-on-final-season-for-glitch.html
  18. ^ https://tvtonight.com.au/2015/05/stan-announces-first-local-commission-no-activity.html
  19. ^ https://tvtonight.com.au/2018/09/cast-returns-for-no-activity-the-night-before-christmas.html
  20. ^ https://tvtonight.com.au/2018/10/cameras-roll-on-season-2-of-the-letdown.html
  21. ^ https://tvtonight.com.au/2022/03/filming-underway-on-colin-from-accounts.html
  22. ^ https://tvtonight.com.au/2023/12/cameras-roll-on-colin-from-accounts-s2.html

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