Acting · Dublin, Ireland · Born January 31, 1979
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.
MovieIn the Grey
2026
as Mick Dunne
TVA Woman of Substance
2026
as Adam Fairley
TVHow to Get to Heaven from Belfast
2026
as Owen
TVMobLand
2025
as Paul
MovieA Working Man
2025
as Viper
MovieThe Jester from Transylvania
2024
as Michael Cunningham
MovieStrangers
2024
as Tony
TVRob Beckett's Smart TV
2024
as Self
MovieArgylle
2024
as Handsome Man
TVFool Me Once
2024
as Shane Tessier
TVThe Teacher
2022
as Tim Oxley
MovieLapwing
2021
as David
TVThe Tower
2021
as DI Kieran Shaw
TVBlankety Blank
2021
as Self - Panellist
TVKin
2021
as Jimmy Kinsella
MovieHere Are the Young Men
2021
as Homeless Man
TVThe Deceived
2020
as Michael
TVGangs of London
2020
as Jack O'Doherty
TVTreadstone
2019
as Spencer
TVButterfly
2018
as Stephen Duffy
TVWomen on the Verge
2018
as Kieran
TVSafe
2018
as Josh Mason
TVKrypton
2018
as Lobo
TVThe Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
2018
as Self - Guest
TVDerry Girls
2018
as Madstab
TVLore
2017
as William Burke
MovieMy Daughter Is Missing
2017
as Alek
MovieThe Green Rabbit & The Ice Cream Girl
2016
as Gerry
MovieBreakdown
2016
as Connor Moran
TVBeowulf: Return to the Shieldlands
2016
as Skellan
TVNo Offence
2015
as Andrew Curtis
TVA.D. The Bible Continues
2015
as Saul
TVConstantine
2014
as Jim Corrigan
MovieBlood
2014
as Guy
MovieGuardians of the Galaxy
2014
as Head Riot Guard
TVPeaky Blinders
2013
as Billy Grade
TVThe Fall
2013
as Glenn Martin
TVIn the Flesh
2013
as Simon Monroe
MovieThe Inside
2012
as Hughie
MovieCharlie Casanova
2010
as Charlie Casanova
MovieLapse
2010
as Guy
MovieSavage
2009
as Jacko
MovieOnce Upon a Time in Dublin
2009
as Jonnie Linski
MovieColour from the Dark
2008
as Luigi
MovieChristian Blake
2008
as Floyd
Shattered
2007
as Matt Connolly
Mebollix
2006
MovieStuds
2006
as Jake
Echoes
An Impossible Way to Die
