Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
January 31, 1979
Place of Birth:
Dublin, Ireland
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Emmett 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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | A Working Man | Viper |
| 2024 | Argylle | Handsome Man |
| 2024 | Strangers | Tony |
| 2021 | Lapwing | David |
| 2021 | Here Are the Young Men | Homeless Man |
| 2020 | The Jester from Transylvania | Michael Cunningham |
| 2017 | My Daughter Is Missing | Alek |
| 2016 | Breakdown | Connor Moran |
| 2016 | The Green Rabbit & The Ice Cream Girl | Gerry |
| 2014 | Guardians of the Galaxy | Head Riot Guard |
| 2014 | Blood | Guy |
| 2012 | The Inside | Hughie |
| 2011 | Legends of Valhalla: Thor | Sindri |
| 2010 | Charlie Casanova | Charlie Casanova |
| 2010 | Lapse | Guy |
| 2009 | Savage | Jacko |
| 2009 | Once Upon a Time in Dublin | Jonnie Linski |
| 2008 | Colour from the Dark | Luigi |
| 2008 | Christian Blake | Floyd |
| 2006 | Studs | Jake |
| 2006 | Mebollix | |
| In the Grey |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | MobLand | Paul |
| 2024 | Fool Me Once | Shane Tessier |
| 2024 | Rob Beckett's Smart TV | Self |
| 2022 | The Teacher | Tim |
| 2021 | The Tower | DI Kieran Shaw |
| 2021 | Kin | Jimmy Kinsella |
| 2020 | Gangs of London | Jack O'Doherty |
| 2020 | The Deceived | Michael |
| 2019 | Treadstone | Spencer |
| 2018 | Butterfly | Stephen Duffy |
| 2018 | Women on the Verge | Kieran |
| 2018 | Derry Girls | Madstab |
| 2018 | Safe | Josh Mason |
| 2018 | Krypton | Lobo |
| 2016 | Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands | Skellan |
| 2015 | A.D. The Bible Continues | Saul |
| 2014 | Constantine | Jim Corrigan |
| 2013 | The Fall | Glenn Martin |
| 2013 | The Fall | Glen Martin |
| 2013 | In the Flesh | Simon Monroe |
| 2013 | Peaky Blinders | Billy Grade |