Patrick Brancato is an Award Winning Actor. He has won 8 Best Actor Awards for the short A Fresh Start. The film was also a nominee in the New York International Festival, Cannes Shorts, Cannes World Film Festival & Paris Film Awards. He just finished up filming the feature film Dominic Bane where he played TSGT Wilkynson. Patrick was also nominated for an Arty award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Biff Loman in Death of a Salesman. The Daily Republic stated that “Patrick Brancato as the Lomans’ older son Biff, who had a commanding stage presence and delivered on the complicated relationship with his father.” He was also a lead in the play She Hates Coffee, where one reviewer says “Brancato, who does bring a welcome commitment to his role as Tony, has a long center stage speech detailing to the audience how now that he is successful, he is looking to find a better class of romantic one-night stands, and about how none of the women that they meet can meet this standard.” He has also voiced various characters in the Audio Dramas Restless Shores, Shamus & Hot Copy Radio Theater. After graduating college, he performed in Les Miserable alongside members of the Broadway and Nat’l Touring Cast in a special engagement with the Fresno Grand Opera; he was cast as Joly, the Pimp, Convict 3 and was also in the Ensemble. He has performed Off Broadway in the shows: Stone Soup, the Musical, A Christmas Carol, God And My Gay Ass and The Circle of Eyes. Patrick made his Amazon Prime debut in the series #LoveMyRoomie. He has also appeared in two episodes of SNL in the musical parodies World Peace Rap and Spirituality Rap alongside Beck Bennett, Kyle Mooney, Chris Pine, Amy Schumer and Kacey Musgraves. Patrick also sings Country music and has three singles and a Christmas cover on Spotify under the stage name Pat Michaels.
During the pandemic, Patrick took Jo Kelly’s 33 Day Reset Journey and her Purposeful Actor Workshop. He is also a graduate of Manhattan School of Music with a BM in Classical Vocal Performance. Patrick has taken classes with Penny Templeton, Maggie Flanigan, Charlie Sandlan, Lou Gonzalez and Carolyn Marlow. He studied voice with Kurt Robinson, Neil Rosenshein, Richard DeRosa and W. David – Marc Finley. Patrick has also taken Dance Classes from Broadway Dance Center and Steps on Broadway.
Patrick enjoys doing improv and sketches which can be found on Instagram, Tiktok & Youtube.