Emmett J. Scanlan

Acting · Born 1979-01-31 · Dublin, Ireland

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

• In the Grey (2026)
• A Working Man (2025)
• Argylle (2024)
• Strangers (2024)
• The Jester from Transylvania (2024)
• Lapwing (2021)
• Here Are the Young Men (2021)
• My Daughter Is Missing (2017)
• Breakdown (2016)
• The Green Rabbit & The Ice Cream Girl (2016)
• Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
• Blood (2014)
• The Inside (2012)
• Charlie Casanova (2010)
• Lapse (2010)
• Savage (2009)
• Once Upon a Time in Dublin (2009)
• Colour from the Dark (2008)
• Christian Blake (2008)
• Shattered (2007)
• Studs (2006)
• Mebollix (2006)
• A Woman of Substance (2026)
• How to Get to Heaven from Belfast (2026)