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.
Filmography
MobLand
2025 · 8.6
Peaky Blinders
2013 · 8.5
Derry Girls
2018 · 8.1
Guardians of the Galaxy
2014 · 7.9
A Woman of Substance
2026 · 7.8
Gangs of London
2020 · 7.8
Constantine
2014 · 7.7
The Fall
2013 · 7.7
Kin
2021 · 7.6
In the Grey
2026 · 7.5
No Offence
2015 · 7.5
A.D. The Bible Continues
2015 · 7.5
Once Upon a Time in Dublin
2009 · 7.5
In the Flesh
2013 · 7.2
Fool Me Once
2024 · 7.2
Treadstone
2019 · 7.1
Krypton
2018 · 7.1
How to Get to Heaven from Belfast
2026 · 7.1
Safe
2018 · 6.9
Lore
2017 · 6.9
The Tower
2021 · 6.8
A Working Man
2025 · 6.7
Lapwing
2021 · 6.4
The Teacher
2022 · 6.3
Butterfly
2018 · 6.1
Argylle
2024 · 6.0
Strangers
2024 · 5.8
My Daughter Is Missing
2017 · 5.8
Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands
2016 · 5.4
Here Are the Young Men
2021 · 5.3
The Deceived
2020 · 5.2
Studs
2006 · 5.2
Women on the Verge
2018 · 5.0
Breakdown
2016 · 5.0
Savage
2009 · 5.0
Colour from the Dark
2008 · 4.8
Charlie Casanova
2010 · 4.2
The Inside
2012 · 3.4
Christian Blake
2008 · 3.0
Lapse
2010 · 2.7
Blood
2014 · 1.0
Echoes
2026 · 0.0
An Impossible Way to Die
— · 0.0
The Jester from Transylvania
2024 · 0.0
The Green Rabbit & The Ice Cream Girl
2016 · 0.0
Mebollix
2006 · 0.0
Shattered
2007 · 0.0