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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1979-01-31 (46 years old)

Place of Birth

Dublin, Ireland

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

Acting

2025

A Working Man as Viper
MobLand as Paul

2024

Argylle as Handsome Man
Strangers as Tony
Fool Me Once as Shane Tessier

2022

2021

Lapwing as David
Here Are the Young Men as Homeless Man
The Tower as DI Kieran Shaw
Kin as Jimmy Kinsella

2020

The Jester from Transylvania as Michael Cunningham
Gangs of London as Jack O'Doherty
The Deceived as Michael

2019

Treadstone as Spencer

2018

Butterfly as Stephen Duffy
Derry Girls as Madstab
Safe as Josh Mason
Krypton as Lobo

2017

2016

Breakdown as Connor Moran

2015

2014

Guardians of the Galaxy as Head Riot Guard
Blood as Guy
Constantine as Jim Corrigan

2013

The Fall as Glenn Martin
The Fall as Glen Martin
In the Flesh as Simon Monroe
Peaky Blinders as Billy Grade

2012

The Inside as Hughie

2011

2010

Charlie Casanova as Charlie Casanova
Lapse as Guy

2009

Savage as Jacko

2008

2006

Studs as Jake

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Production

2012

The Inside as Executive Producer