Emmett J. Scanlan

Known for: Acting

Born: 1979-01-31 (age 47)

From: Dublin, Ireland

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 (50)

MOVIE★ 7.3
In the Grey
2026
as Mick Dunne
TV★ 8.3
A Woman of Substance
2026
as Adam Fairley
TV★ 7.0
How to Get to Heaven from Belfast
2026
as Owen
TV★ 8.3
MobLand
2025
as Paul
MOVIE★ 6.7
A Working Man
2025
as Viper
MOVIE
The Jester from Transylvania
2024
as Michael Cunningham
MOVIE★ 5.8
Strangers
2024
as Tony
TV★ 5.4
Rob Beckett's Smart TV
2024
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.0
Argylle
2024
as Handsome Man
TV★ 7.1
Fool Me Once
2024
as Shane Tessier
TV★ 6.1
The Teacher
2022
as Tim Oxley
MOVIE★ 6.4
Lapwing
2021
as David
TV★ 6.8
The Tower
2021
as DI Kieran Shaw
TV★ 7.0
Blankety Blank
2021
as Self - Panellist
TV★ 7.7
Kin
2021
as Jimmy Kinsella
MOVIE★ 5.4
Here Are the Young Men
2021
as Homeless Man
TV★ 5.1
The Deceived
2020
as Michael
TV★ 7.8
Gangs of London
2020
as Jack O'Doherty
TV★ 7.1
Treadstone
2019
as Spencer
TV★ 5.9
Butterfly
2018
as Stephen Duffy
TV★ 6.0
Women on the Verge
2018
as Kieran
TV★ 6.9
Safe
2018
as Josh Mason
TV★ 7.1
Krypton
2018
as Lobo
TV★ 7.1
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
2018
as Self - Guest
TV★ 8.1
Derry Girls
2018
as Madstab
TV★ 6.9
Lore
2017
as William Burke
MOVIE★ 5.8
My Daughter Is Missing
2017
as Alek
MOVIE
The Green Rabbit & The Ice Cream Girl
2016
as Gerry
MOVIE★ 5.0
Breakdown
2016
as Connor Moran
TV★ 5.4
Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands
2016
as Skellan
TV★ 7.5
No Offence
2015
as Andrew Curtis
TV★ 7.5
A.D. The Bible Continues
2015
as Saul
TV★ 7.8
Constantine
2014
as Jim Corrigan
MOVIE★ 1.0
Blood
2014
as Guy
MOVIE★ 7.9
Guardians of the Galaxy
2014
as Head Riot Guard
TV★ 8.5
Peaky Blinders
2013
as Billy Grade
TV★ 7.7
The Fall
2013
as Glenn Martin
TV★ 7.2
In the Flesh
2013
as Simon Monroe
MOVIE★ 3.5
The Inside
2012
as Hughie
MOVIE★ 4.2
Charlie Casanova
2010
as Charlie Casanova
MOVIE★ 2.7
Lapse
2010
as Guy
MOVIE★ 5.0
Savage
2009
as Jacko
MOVIE★ 7.5
Once Upon a Time in Dublin
2009
as Jonnie Linski
MOVIE★ 4.8
Colour from the Dark
2008
as Luigi
MOVIE★ 3.0
Christian Blake
2008
as Floyd
MOVIE
Shattered
2007
as Matt Connolly
MOVIE
Mebollix
2006
MOVIE★ 5.2
Studs
2006
as Jake
MOVIE
Echoes
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TV
An Impossible Way to Die
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