He was best known for his roles in television soap operas, including playing Shane Parrish in Home and Away from 1992 to 1996 and Troy Miller in Neighbours from 2011 to 2012.

He also starred in crime drama Underbelly: The Golden Mile, after having a smaller role in the previous series Brummer and Home and Away co-star Melissa George, who portrayed his partner and later screen wife Angel Parrish, were promoted as a soap super couple in the early 1990s.

Brummer went on to appear in the hospital drama Medivac, the pay-TV series Shark Bay[1] and had a guest role in The Man from Snowy River in 1996.

His mother told Sydney-based radio station 2Day FM in 2007 that he was working as a window-cleaner between acting roles.

[14] For his portrayal of Shane Parrish on Home and Away, Brummer won two Logie Awards for Most Popular Actor in 1995 and 1996.