[1] His television career began in 1998, as business manager Oscar Henry in the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street.
[1] In 2000, Brown played the "self-absorbed" Performance Arts Teacher Brent Townsend-Ross in the Network Ten sitcom Sit Down, Shut Up.
[7][8] The actor played the male lead role of John alongside actress Emmeline Hawthorne in the 2003 film Orphans and Angels.
[9] Brown won the "Special Jury Prize - Digital Feature" accolade at the 2003 New Zealand Film Awards for his role in Orphans and Angels.
[7] In September 2014, Brown performed the main role in the stage production of Bent at the Theatre Works in St Kilda, Victoria.