Patrick Brammall Biography

Patrick Brammall (born 30 March 1977) is an Australian actor. He is best known for his roles as Sean Moody in the ABC comedy A Moody Christmas; as Leo Taylor in Season 5 of the Channel Ten series, Offspring; and as Sergeant James Hayes in the ABC series Glitch.

Early life

Brammall was born in Canberra. 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.

Career

Patrick Brammall graduated from VCA in 2001. 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.

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.

Personal life

Brammall first met his future wife Samantha Nield on the set of TV series The Alice, where she was a member of the crew. The couple eventually married in 2013, but are now divorced.

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	'	Richard
2015	Super Awesome!	Fairfax Ward
2015	Ruben Guthrie	Ruben Guthrie
2017	Fun Mom Dinner	Kevin
2018	Shakespeare in Tokyo	Anthony

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	'	Matt Marione	TV film
2005-06	'	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	'	Stuart	"Tsukiji"
2011	At Home With Julia	Bernard	"Citizens' Assembly"
2011	Some Say Love	Various	"Pilot"
2012	Lowdown	Clive McGann	"Ben Behaving Badly"
2012	'	Sgt. Neil Lloyd	Main role
2012	'	Sean Moody	Main role AACTA Award for Best Performance in a Television Comedy
2012	Stuffed	Michael	TV short
2013	'	Various	Main cast
2013	Power Games: The Packer-Murdoch Story	Rupert Murdoch	TV miniseries
2013-16	Upper Middle Bogan	Danny Bright	Main role
2014	'	Sean Moody	Main role
2014-16	Offspring	Leo Taylor	Main role
2015	Strange Calls	Sgt. Lloyd	TV film
2015-17	Glitch	James Hayes	Main role
2015-16	No Activity	Hendy	Main role AACTA Award for Best Performance in a Television Comedy
2016	Life in Pieces	Clinton	"Party Lobster Gym Sale"
2016	New Girl	Dusty Sand	"Road Trip"
2016	Comedy Showroom: The Letdown	Drug Dealer	TV short
2016	Furst Born	Danny	TV film
2017	No Activity	Det. Nick Cullen	Main role
2017	The Letdown	Scott	2 episodes