Emmett J. Scanlan

Acting

Emmett J. Scanlan

Born January 31, 1979Dublin, Ireland46 credits

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

In the Grey

In the Grey

Movie

2026

A Woman of Substance
8.7

A Woman of Substance

TV

2026

How to Get to Heaven from Belfast
7.1

How to Get to Heaven from Belfast

TV

2026

MobLand
8.3

MobLand

TV

2025

A Working Man
6.7

A Working Man

Movie

2025

The Jester from Transylvania

The Jester from Transylvania

Movie

2024

Filmography

In the Grey
2026In the GreyMovie
A Woman of Substance
2026A Woman of Substanceas Adam FairleyTV
How to Get to Heaven from Belfast
2026How to Get to Heaven from Belfastas OwenTV
MobLand
2025MobLandas PaulTV
A Working Man
2025A Working Manas ViperMovie
The Jester from Transylvania
2024The Jester from Transylvaniaas Michael CunninghamMovie
Strangers
2024Strangersas TonyMovie
Rob Beckett's Smart TV
2024Rob Beckett's Smart TVas SelfTV
Argylle
2024Argylleas Handsome ManMovie
Fool Me Once
2024Fool Me Onceas Shane TessierTV
The Teacher
2022The Teacheras Tim OxleyTV
Lapwing
2021Lapwingas DavidMovie
The Tower
2021The Toweras DI Kieran ShawTV
Kin
2021Kinas Jimmy KinsellaTV
Here Are the Young Men
2021Here Are the Young Menas Homeless ManMovie
The Deceived
2020The Deceivedas MichaelTV
Gangs of London
2020Gangs of Londonas Jack O'DohertyTV
Treadstone
2019Treadstoneas SpencerTV
Butterfly
2018Butterflyas Stephen DuffyTV
Women on the Verge
2018Women on the Vergeas KieranTV
Safe
2018Safeas Josh MasonTV
Krypton
2018Kryptonas LoboTV
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
2018The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Canceras SelfTV
Derry Girls
2018Derry Girlsas MadstabTV
My Daughter Is Missing
2017My Daughter Is Missingas AlekMovie
The Green Rabbit & The Ice Cream Girl
2016The Green Rabbit & The Ice Cream Girlas GerryMovie
Breakdown
2016Breakdownas Connor MoranMovie
Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands
2016Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlandsas SkellanTV
No Offence
2015No Offenceas Andrew CurtisTV
A.D. The Bible Continues
2015A.D. The Bible Continuesas SaulTV
Constantine
2014Constantineas Jim CorriganTV
Blood
2014Bloodas GuyMovie
Guardians of the Galaxy
2014Guardians of the Galaxyas Head Riot GuardMovie
Peaky Blinders
2013Peaky Blindersas Billy GradeTV
The Fall
2013The Fallas Glenn MartinTV
In the Flesh
2013In the Fleshas Simon MonroeTV
The Inside
2012The Insideas HughieMovie
Charlie Casanova
2010Charlie Casanovaas Charlie CasanovaMovie
Lapse
2010Lapseas GuyMovie
Savage
2009Savageas JackoMovie
Once Upon a Time in Dublin
2009Once Upon a Time in Dublinas Jonnie LinskiMovie
Colour from the Dark
2008Colour from the Darkas LuigiMovie
Christian Blake
2008Christian Blakeas FloydMovie
S
2007Shatteredas Matt ConnollyMovie
M
2006MebollixMovie
Studs
2006Studsas JakeMovie