Patrick Brammall

Patrick Brammall 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 Channel Ten's Offspring (2014–2016); and as Sergeant James Hayes in the ABC series Glitch (2015–2019). Alongside his wife Harriet Dyer, he is the co-creator, co-writer, and co-star of the comedy series Colin from Accounts (2022–present). He stars in the television series Evil (2019–2024) as Andy Bouchard.

Early life Patrick Brammall was born in Canberra. Born with the rare genetic disorder prune belly syndrome, his doctors initially did not expect the baby to 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.

Career

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 April 2025, the series would be renewed for a third season.

In July 2024, Brammall was announced as the lead role for the Apple TV+ series Last Seen.

In 2025, Brammall was nominated for a silver Logie award for his work on Colin from Accounts.

Brammall appeared in The Devil Wears Prada 2 as a love interest of Anne Hathaway's character Andrea Sachs. The film was released in May 2026.

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. In March 2021, Brammall and Dyer married five days after they became engaged. Brammall is infertile owing to a childhood illness, an experience which has influenced his writing on Colin from Accounts. They adopted a second daughter in February 2025.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2010 Griff the Invisible Tim 2014 Richard2015 Super Awesome! Fairfax Ward Ruben Guthrie Ruben Guthrie 2017 Fun Mom Dinner Kevin 2018 Overlord American Officer 2026 The Devil Wears Prada 2 Peter

Television

Production / writing