Acting

Emmett J. Scanlan

Born 1979-01-31 · Dublin, Ireland27 series32 films

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.

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Acting

2026A Woman of SubstanceAdam Fairley8 ep.
2026How to Get to Heaven from BelfastOwen8 ep.
2025MobLandPaul19 ep.
2024Rob Beckett's Smart TVSelf1 ep.
2024Fool Me OnceShane Tessier8 ep.
2022The TeacherTim Oxley4 ep.
2021The TowerDI Kieran Shaw11 ep.
2021Blankety BlankSelf - Panellist1 ep.
2021KinJimmy Kinsella16 ep.
2020The DeceivedMichael4 ep.
2020Gangs of LondonJack O'Doherty5 ep.
2019TreadstoneSpencer3 ep.
2018ButterflyStephen Duffy3 ep.
2018Women on the VergeKieran6 ep.
2018SafeJosh Mason8 ep.
2018KryptonLobo3 ep.
2018The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To CancerSelf - Guest1 ep.
2018Derry GirlsMadstab1 ep.
2017LoreWilliam Burke1 ep.
2016Beowulf: Return to the ShieldlandsSkellan3 ep.
2015No OffenceAndrew Curtis1 ep.
2015A.D. The Bible ContinuesSaul12 ep.
2014ConstantineJim Corrigan3 ep.
2013Peaky BlindersBilly Grade3 ep.
2013The FallGlenn Martin16 ep.
2013In the FleshSimon Monroe6 ep.
—An Impossible Way to Die6 ep.

Guest appearances

2026Blankety BlankSelf - Panellist1 ep.
2026The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To CancerSelf - Guest1 ep.
2026How to Get to Heaven from BelfastOwen8 ep.
2025The 1% ClubSelf - Contestant1 ep.
2025MobLandPaul9 ep.
2020Gangs of LondonJack O'Doherty5 ep.
2025Rob Beckett's Smart TVSelf1 ep.
2022Derry GirlsMadstab1 ep.
2019Peaky BlindersBilly Grade3 ep.
2019TreadstoneSpencer3 ep.
2019KryptonLobo3 ep.
2018LoreWilliam Burke1 ep.
2013The FallGlen Martin, Glenn Martin5 ep.
2016Beowulf: Return to the ShieldlandsSkellan3 ep.
2015No OffenceAndrew Curtis1 ep.
2014ConstantineJim Corrigan3 ep.

Also known as: Emmett John Scanlan · Emmett J Scanlan · Emmett Scanlan