Brydon Coverdale

Brydon Coverdale (born 19 September 1981) is an Australian quiz personality best known for being one of the "chasers" on "The Chase Australia", where he is nicknamed "The Shark".
Coverdale grew up in Camperdown in Victoria. In later life he moved to the city to study journalism. He is a fan of sport, particularly cricket. Prior to "The Chase Australia", Coverdale appeared on several other Australian quiz programs, including "Million Dollar Minute" where he won $307,000 in 2014. He became the first grand champion of "Pass the Buck" where he won $38,788 in 2002. He also won a total of $32,000 on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?", appeared on "The Weakest Link" in 2001, "Deal or No Deal" in 2005 and was a quarter-finalist on "Letters and Numbers" in 2011. He has also appeared on "Sale of the Century" and "Wheel of Fortune".
Coverdale is a reporter and assistant editor at "ESPNcricinfo", a news website exclusively for cricket.
On 5 October 2013, Coverdale married Zoe in Eltham, Melbourne, Australia. They have a daughter named Heidi and a son, Fletcher.
Coverdale also runs a blog named DadReads, discussing children's books he has read to his children.