Patrick Brammall

Patrick 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. He attended St Thomas the Apostle Catholic Primary School in Kambah and secondary at Marist College Canberra.Brammall graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts in 2001. His breakthrough role was in the 2004 television film The Alice, which led to a starring role in the spin-off series in 2005. He also had a starring role in the 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 comedy-drama film 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. Also 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 had 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 and Stripe's brother Radley on the television series Bluey. In 2022, Brammall starred, wrote and produced Binge/Foxtel comedy Colin from Accounts, In 2024, it was announced that a second season would go ahead. In July 2024, Brammall was announced as the lead role for the Apple TV series The Dispatcher.