Joey Bragg

Early life and education Bragg was born Joseph Franklin Bragg on July 20, 1996 in Union City, California to Melanie and Ken Bragg. He has one brother named Jack. He went to James Logan High School and graduated in 2014. He is Jewish.

Career Bragg has a successful stand-up comedy career. He made his feature film debut in the comedy film Fred 3: Camp Fred directed by Jonathan Judge, which was released on July 28, 2012. That same year, he played the role of Karl in the Disney XD film Gulliver Quinn. He made his television debut in the sketch-comedy reality series AwesomenessTV in the episode "Random Thoughts by JoJo", based on the YouTube channel of the same name and is created by Brian Robbins.

Bragg was cast to play the main role in the Disney Channel comedy series Liv and Maddie with Dove Cameron, in which he played the main role of Joey Rooney, which aired from 2013 to 2017. In 2015, Bragg starred alongside Sean Giambrone in the Disney XD film Mark & Russell's Wild Ride, in which he played the lead character as Mark. On the same year, he starred with Nash Grier and Cameron Dallas in the sports comedy-drama film The Outfield, where he played the lead role of Austin York. In 2018, Bragg played the role of Richard in the comedy drama film Reach starring Garrett Clayton. On the same year, he was cast in the comedy film Father of the Year with David Spade, Nat Faxon and Matt Shively, which was released on July 20, 2018 by Netflix.

In 2021, Bragg was cast to play the main role of Freddie Raines in the sitcom Call Your Mother alongside Kyra Sedgwick, Rachel Sennott, Austin Crute, Emma Caymares and Patrick Brammall; the series aired from January 13 to May 19, 2021 on ABC.

In 2023, Bragg starred in the comedy drama movie Sid is Dead alongside Mary Stuart Masterson, Carla Gallo, G Hannelius and Jack Griffo, which was released on April 28, 2023.

Filmography + Television and film roles Year Title Role Notes 2012 Fred 3: Camp Fred Magoo Television film The OD Peculiar Boy Short film Gulliver Quinn Karl Unsold television pilot (Disney XD) Bits and Pieces Sticky Television film 2013 AwesomenessTV Episode: "Random Thoughts by JoJo" 2013–2017 Liv and MaddieJoey Rooney Main role 2014 Jessie Joey Rooney Episode: "Jessie's Aloha-holidays with Parker and Joey" 2015 The Hotwives of Las Vegas Teenager Episode: "Labor of Love" Mark & Russell's Wild Ride Mark Wellner Television film (Disney XD) The Outfield Austin York Direct-to-video film 2016 Criminal Minds Kyle Ecklund Episode: "The Anti-Terror Squad" Foursome Stan Episode: "After Shocker" 2017 Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later Seth 3 episodes 2017–2019 Betch Various 5 episodes 2018 Hacking High School Jake Episode: "Sex Issues" Love Daily Ben Episode: "Soulmate Psychic" The Thundermans Balfour/The Gamer Episode: "The Thunder Games" Father of the Year Ben originally titled Who Do You Think Would Win? Reach Richard Post-production film 2020 4/20 Josh Kaleesian the Comweedian 2021 Call Your Mother Freddie Raines Main role 2022 That Girl Lay Lay Phone Repair Guy 2 episodes The Storyteller Series Sam Kelly Episode: "A Thing of Beauty"; Podcast series 2023 Sid Is Dead Sid Sandagger 2024 The Thundermans Return Balfour appears in a deleted scene 2025 A Breed Apart Vince Vertura 2025 Let's Call the Whole Thing Off Jacob 2026 The Comeback Johnny Episode: "Valerie Gets a New Chapter"