Emmett Scanlan
Acting • Born 1979-01-31
Biography
Emmett J. Scanlan is an Irish actor from Dublin. He is best known for playing the villain Brendan Brady in Hollyoaks. He is currently filming BBC2 drama The Fall in 2013-2014 and hitman movie Breakdown in which he appears alongside Craig Fairbrass, James Cosmo, Bruce Payne, Olivia Grant and Tamer Hassan. Scanlan recently finished filming BBC3 In The Flesh Series 2, and Guardians of the Galaxy.
Filmography
46 credits
Lapwing
Movie • 2021
David
Colour from the Dark
Movie • 2008
Luigi
Savage
Movie • 2009
Jacko
Studs
Movie • 2006
Jake
Charlie Casanova
Movie • 2010
Charlie Casanova
Once Upon a Time in Dublin
Movie • 2009
Jonnie Linski
The Inside
Movie • 2012
Hughie
Guardians of the Galaxy
Movie • 2014
Head Riot Guard
Argylle
Movie • 2024
Handsome Man
A Working Man
Movie • 2025
Viper
In the Grey
Movie • 2026
Breakdown
Movie • 2016
Connor Moran
Strangers
Movie • 2024
Tony
Lapse
Movie • 2010
Guy
My Daughter Is Missing
Movie • 2017
Alek
Christian Blake
Movie • 2008
Floyd
The Green Rabbit & The Ice Cream Girl
Movie • 2016
Gerry
Here Are the Young Men
Movie • 2021
Homeless Man
Blood
Movie • 2014
Guy
The Jester from Transylvania
Movie • 2024
Michael Cunningham
Mebollix
Movie • 2006
Shattered
Movie • 2007
Matt Connolly
Butterfly
TV • 2018
Stephen Duffy
Constantine
TV • 2014
Jim Corrigan
Women on the Verge
TV • 2018
Kieran
A.D. The Bible Continues
TV • 2015
Saul
The Tower
TV • 2021
DI Kieran Shaw
The Fall
TV • 2013
Glenn Martin
The Fall
TV • 2013
Glen Martin
Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands
TV • 2016
Skellan
Derry Girls
TV • 2018
Madstab
Safe
TV • 2018
Josh Mason
In the Flesh
TV • 2013
Simon Monroe
Krypton
TV • 2018
Lobo
Treadstone
TV • 2019
Spencer
Peaky Blinders
TV • 2013
Billy Grade
Fool Me Once
TV • 2024
Shane Tessier
Gangs of London
TV • 2020
Jack O'Doherty
The Deceived
TV • 2020
Michael
The Teacher
TV • 2022
Tim Oxley
Kin
TV • 2021
Jimmy Kinsella
MobLand
TV • 2025
Paul
Rob Beckett's Smart TV
TV • 2024
Self
A Woman of Substance
TV • 2026
Adam Fairley
No Offence
TV • 2015
Andrew Curtis
How to Get to Heaven from Belfast
TV • 2026
Owen