Emmett J. Scanlan
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances

Lapwing
as David
2021

Colour from the Dark
as Luigi
2008

Savage
as Jacko
2009

Studs
as Jake
2006

Charlie Casanova
as Charlie Casanova
2010

Once Upon a Time in Dublin
as Jonnie Linski
2009

The Inside
as Hughie
2012

Guardians of the Galaxy
as Head Riot Guard
2014

Argylle
as Handsome Man
2024

A Working Man
as Viper
2025

In the Grey
2026

Breakdown
as Connor Moran
2016

Strangers
as Tony
2024

Lapse
as Guy
2010

My Daughter Is Missing
as Alek
2017

Christian Blake
as Floyd
2008

The Green Rabbit & The Ice Cream Girl
as Gerry
2016

Here Are the Young Men
as Homeless Man
2021

Blood
as Guy
2014

The Jester from Transylvania
as Michael Cunningham
2024
TV Appearances

Butterfly
as Stephen Duffy
2018

Constantine
as Jim Corrigan
2014

Women on the Verge
as Kieran
2018

A.D. The Bible Continues
as Saul
2015

The Tower
as DI Kieran Shaw
2021

The Fall
as Glenn Martin
2013

The Fall
as Glen Martin
2013

Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands
as Skellan
2016

Derry Girls
as Madstab
2018

Safe
as Josh Mason
2018

In the Flesh
as Simon Monroe
2013

Krypton
as Lobo
2018
