
Emmett J. Scanlan
Department: Acting
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.
Known For

Lapwing
2021

Colour from the Dark
2008

Savage
2009

Studs
2006

Charlie Casanova
2010

Once Upon a Time in Dublin
2009

The Inside
2012

Guardians of the Galaxy
2014

Argylle
2024

A Working Man
2025

In the Grey
2026

Breakdown
2016

Strangers
2024

Lapse
2010

My Daughter Is Missing
2017

Christian Blake
2008

The Green Rabbit & The Ice Cream Girl
2016

Here Are the Young Men
2021

Blood
2014

The Jester from Transylvania
2024

Mebollix
2006

Shattered
2007

Butterfly
2018

Constantine
2014

Women on the Verge
2018

A.D. The Bible Continues
2015

The Tower
2021

The Fall
2013

The Fall
2013

Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands
2016

Derry Girls
2018

Safe
2018

In the Flesh
2013

Krypton
2018

Treadstone
2019

Peaky Blinders
2013

Fool Me Once
2024

Gangs of London
2020

The Deceived
2020

The Teacher
2022

Kin
2021

MobLand
2025

Rob Beckett's Smart TV
2024

A Woman of Substance
2026

No Offence
2015

How to Get to Heaven from Belfast
2026

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
2018