Acting

Emmett J. Scanlan

Born 1979-01-31 · 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.

Credits

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