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

Lapwing
Lapwing
Colour from the Dark
Colour from the Dark
Savage
Savage
Studs
Studs
Charlie Casanova
Charlie Casanova
Once Upon a Time in Dublin
Once Upon a Time in Dublin
The Inside
The Inside

Filmography

2025 MobLand
as Paul
2025 A Working Man
as Viper
2024 Strangers
as Tony
2024 Rob Beckett's Smart TV
as Self
2024 Argylle
as Handsome Man
2024 Fool Me Once
as Shane Tessier
2022 The Teacher
as Tim Oxley
2021 Lapwing
as David
2021 The Tower
as DI Kieran Shaw
2021 Kin
as Jimmy Kinsella
2021 Here Are the Young Men
as Homeless Man
2020 The Deceived
as Michael
2020 Gangs of London
as Jack O'Doherty
2020 The Jester from Transylvania
as Michael Cunningham
2019 Treadstone
as Spencer
2018 Butterfly
as Stephen Duffy
2018 Women on the Verge
as Kieran
2018 Safe
as Josh Mason
2018 Krypton
as Lobo
2018 Derry Girls
as Madstab