Emmett Scanlan
Acting1979Dublin, 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
Acting History
2026
2025
A Working Man
as Viper
MobLand
TVas Paul• 9 eps
2024
Argylle
as Handsome Man
Strangers
as Tony
The Jester from Transylvania
as Michael Cunningham
Fool Me Once
TVas Shane Tessier• 8 eps
Rob Beckett's Smart TV
TVas Self
2022
Derry Girls
TVas Madstab• 1 eps
The Teacher
TVas Tim Oxley
2021
Here Are the Young Men
as Homeless Man
Lapwing
as David
Kin
TVas Jimmy Kinsella• 16 eps
The Tower
TVas DI Kieran Shaw• 11 eps
2020
Gangs of London
TVas Jack O'Doherty• 5 eps
The Deceived
TVas Michael
2019
2018
2017
My Daughter Is Missing
as Alek
2016
Breakdown
as Connor Moran
Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands
TVas Skellan
2015
A.D. The Bible Continues
TVas Saul• 12 eps
No Offence
TVas Andrew Curtis• 1 eps
2014
2013
The Fall
TVas Glenn Martin / Glen Martin• 4 eps
In the Flesh
TVas Simon Monroe
2012
The Inside
as Hughie
The Inside
Executive Producer
2010
Lapse
as Guy
Charlie Casanova
as Charlie Casanova
2009
Savage
as Jacko
Once Upon a Time in Dublin
as Jonnie Linski
2008
Colour from the Dark
as Luigi
Christian Blake
as Floyd
2007
Shattered
as Matt Connolly