Person
Emmett J. Scanlan
Acting · Born 1979-01-31 · Dublin, Ireland
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
Peaky Blinders
Billy Grade
MobLand
Paul
In the Grey
Mick Dunne
A Working Man
Viper
Krypton
Lobo
Guardians of the Galaxy
Head Riot Guard
Gangs of London
Jack O'Doherty
Fool Me Once
Shane Tessier
The Fall
Glenn Martin
Constantine
Jim Corrigan
Filmography
- 2026In the GreyMick Dunne
- 2026A Woman of SubstanceAdam Fairley
- 2026How to Get to Heaven from BelfastOwen
- 2025MobLandPaul
- 2025A Working ManViper
- 2024The Jester from TransylvaniaMichael Cunningham
- 2024StrangersTony
- 2024Rob Beckett's Smart TVSelf
- 2024ArgylleHandsome Man
- 2024Fool Me OnceShane Tessier
- 2022The TeacherTim Oxley
- 2021LapwingDavid
- 2021The TowerDI Kieran Shaw
- 2021Blankety BlankSelf - Panellist
- 2021KinJimmy Kinsella
- 2021Here Are the Young MenHomeless Man
- 2020The DeceivedMichael
- 2020Gangs of LondonJack O'Doherty
- 2019TreadstoneSpencer
- 2018ButterflyStephen Duffy
- 2018Women on the VergeKieran
- 2018SafeJosh Mason
- 2018KryptonLobo
- 2018The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To CancerSelf - Guest
- 2018Derry GirlsMadstab
- 2017LoreWilliam Burke
- 2017My Daughter Is MissingAlek
- 2016The Green Rabbit & The Ice Cream GirlGerry
- 2016BreakdownConnor Moran
- 2016Beowulf: Return to the ShieldlandsSkellan
- 2015No OffenceAndrew Curtis
- 2015A.D. The Bible ContinuesSaul
- 2014ConstantineJim Corrigan
- 2014BloodGuy
- 2014Guardians of the GalaxyHead Riot Guard
- 2013Peaky BlindersBilly Grade
- 2013The FallGlenn Martin
- 2013In the FleshSimon Monroe
- 2012The InsideHughie
- 2010Charlie CasanovaCharlie Casanova
- 2010LapseGuy
- 2009SavageJacko
- 2009Once Upon a Time in DublinJonnie Linski
- 2008Colour from the DarkLuigi
- 2008Christian BlakeFloyd
- 2007ShatteredMatt Connolly
- 2006Mebollix
- 2006StudsJake
- —Echoes
- —An Impossible Way to Die
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