Emmett J. Scanlan
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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.
Filmography
Guardians of the Galaxy
as Head Riot Guard
A Working Man
as Viper
Argylle
as Handsome Man
Here Are the Young Men
as Homeless Man
Strangers
as Tony
Colour from the Dark
as Luigi
My Daughter Is Missing
as Alek
Breakdown
as Connor Moran
Savage
as Jacko
The Inside
as Hughie
Studs
as Jake
Charlie Casanova
as Charlie Casanova
Lapwing
as David
Lapse
as Guy
Once Upon a Time in Dublin
as Jonnie Linski
Christian Blake
as Floyd
Blood
as Guy
The Jester from Transylvania
as Michael Cunningham