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Emmett J. Scanlan

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Emmett J. Scanlan

Born Jan 31, 1979 · 47 years50 titles 23 movies · 27 TV
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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.

Also known as

Emmett John Scanlan · Emmett J Scanlan · Emmett Scanlan

Born

Jan 31, 1979

Dublin, Ireland

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

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Directing

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Writing

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Career timeline

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2006 2 title(s)

2007 1 title(s)

2008 2 title(s)

2009 2 title(s)

2010 2 title(s)

2012 1 title(s)

2013 3 title(s)

2014 3 title(s)

2015 2 title(s)

2016 3 title(s)

2017 2 title(s)

2018 6 title(s)

2019 1 title(s)

2020 2 title(s)

2021 5 title(s)

2022 1 title(s)

2024 5 title(s)

2025 2 title(s)

2026 3 title(s)

Undated 2 title(s)