Emmett Scanlan

Personal Info

Birthday

January 31, 1979

(46 years old)

Place of Birth

Dublin, Ireland

Also Known As

Emmet J. Scanlan

Emmett John Scanlan

Emmett J Scanlan

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

Peaky Blinders

MobLand

A Working Man

Gangs of London

Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands

Constantine

Guardians of the Galaxy

The Fall

Filmography

2025
A Working Man
as Viper
2024
Strangers
as Tony
Argylle
as Handsome Man
2021
Lapwing
as David
Here Are the Young Men
as Homeless Man
2020
The Jester from Transylvania
as Michael Cunningham
2017
My Daughter Is Missing
as Alek
2016
The Green Rabbit & The Ice Cream Girl
as Gerry
Breakdown
as Connor Moran
2014
Blood
as Guy
Guardians of the Galaxy
as Head Riot Guard
2012
The Inside
as Hughie
2010
Charlie Casanova
as Charlie Casanova
Lapse
as Guy
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
2006
Studs
as Jake