83 Facts About Brendan Brady

Brendan Brady is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Emmett J Scanlan.

Brendan Brady is easily recognised by his famous horseshoe moustache.

Brendan Brady is the older half-brother of already established character Cheryl Brady.

Brendan Brady made his final appearance on 22 March 2013, Along with Cheryl Brady.

Details of the character of Brendan Brady were first hinted in April 2010, when Marquess referred to Brendan Brady as a "very nasty man" appearing from Cheryl's past.

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Brendan Brady is Cheryl's half-brother… and Cheryl won't hear a bad word against him.

Brendan Brady is without doubt a sociopathic, self-loathing, homophobic gay man and that in itself is a fascinating attraction for any actor to play.

Brendan Brady sees Steven as a young, vulnerable guy who has no male friends, who hasn't had a father figure, and who — like Brendan — is a father himself.

In September 2010, Kieron Richardson announced an upcoming gay plot featuring his character Ste Hay and Brendan Brady, claiming the pair would embark on an "unusual friendship".

Meanwhile, Scanlan admitted he was glad Brendan Brady is becoming "a complex character" and "not a gratuitous soap villain, but a multi-layered character with depth, a troubled past and an unsure future".

Brendan Brady is compelled to manipulate and control everyone who crosses his path.

Brendan Brady first arrives during a fight between Mercedes Fisher and Cheryl.

Brendan Brady holds Cheryl back, and introduces himself as Cheryl's brother.

Brendan Brady tells her he has a friend called Danny Houston who could help out.

Brendan Brady begins working as a manager at Chez Chez after Cheryl goes into partnership with Danny.

Brendan Brady befriends Carmel Valentine, and plans to use her to smuggle drugs into the country from Barcelona.

Ste convinces Carmel not to go, but when Brendan Brady decides to take Ste's ex-girlfriend Amy Barnes, Ste convinces Carmel to go ahead with the holiday after all.

Brendan Brady reveals that their son Declan is ill and needs money for specialist treatment.

When Ste overhears Brendan Brady talking to Veronica, he confronts him as to why he was trying to end Ste and Rae's relationship.

Brendan Brady invites Jacqui McQueen to lunch with him and Danny.

Brendan Brady assumes that he and Jacqui have a relationship, however seems angered when Jacqui does not show interest.

Brendan Brady violently begins trashing the office when Macca ends the phone call and when he notices Ste, he tells him to leave.

Ste questions whether Brendan Brady is avoiding him, however Brendan Brady tells him to lock the door to the cellar so they are alone.

Brendan Brady later manipulates Ste into telling Cheryl that he was mugged.

Brendan Brady later tells Ste that it was all his fault and manages to get Ste into bed yet again.

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Amy tells Ste that she thinks Brendan Brady started the fire and decides to move away for her own safety.

When Rae goes to an abortion clinic, Brendan Brady manages to stop her and reveals that his first child Niamh died at birth.

Brendan Brady reveals his father left his mother for Cheryl's mother.

Warren realises that Brendan Brady has set him up and so reveals to Ste that Brendan Brady killed Danny Houston to protect him.

Cheryl overhears Brendan Brady telling old friend Pete Hamill he did steal from the club.

Brendan Brady then goes out of his way to split them up, first by attempting to seduce Noah.

However, Brendan Brady goes out of his way to get Ste back, eventually telling Ste he loves him.

Brendan Brady revels it is a misunderstanding, and Eileen warns Brendan Brady that if the children find out, she will ban him from seeing them.

Desperate to keep Ste as well though, Brendan Brady agrees to go to Florida with him, but at the last minute, bottles it, heading to Blackpool with Declan instead.

Ste threatens to go to the police, and gets as far as the police station before Brendan Brady stops him, telling him about life growing up with his father.

Ste tells Brendan Brady to tell Declan the truth, and Brendan Brady agrees to do so, but changes his mind later.

Brendan Brady decides that he wants to be in a relationship with a woman, and sees a vulnerable Lynsey as the perfect one.

Brendan Brady makes his move on her, but is quickly rebuffed, and as the pair argue over the coming days, are unaware they are being watched by a camera Silas has hidden in the flat.

However Brendan Brady confesses to Lynsey that she might be right about Silas and tells her that he saw Silas watching her as she left.

Brendan Brady then confesses to his son that he is gay and that is why he left his mother.

Silas leaves a note on the car telling Brendan Brady to go to the woods, and Brendan Brady assumes this note is from Lynsey, who earlier told him she was meeting someone from an online chatroom.

Brendan Brady then goes to the woods to look for her, but she is not there.

At that moment, the police arrive and arrest Brendan Brady, having been tipped off by Silas and suspecting Brendan Brady of Rae's murder and the murders of India Longford and Rebecca Massey previously.

Brendan Brady is then visited by Cheryl and Warren, who say they will find a way to show the police that he is innocent.

When Brendan Brady refuses to hand over his part of the club, Warren orders his friends inside to beat Brendan Brady up.

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Brendan Brady offers to give Ste and Doug a business loan for a deli.

When Brendan Brady arrives at Chez Chez to find it trashed by Samson he clashes with Walker.

Cheryl screams over her body, while Brendan Brady is still in shock, assuming that Sampson murdered Lynsey.

Brendan Brady takes Cheryl to Ireland in an attempt to keep her safe.

When Walker and Brendan Brady perform the heist, it all goes wrong and they only just escape the police after Walker shoots a cop.

Brendan Brady then meets Cheryl and his Nana in Southport, and learns that his Nana is dying.

Brendan Brady wants to visit her old holiday home one last time, and this makes Brendan noticeably uneasy.

Brendan Brady tries to apologise and asks him if that is the reason he is gay.

Brendan Brady tells her that she took his children, Ste and his sister away because she did nothing.

Brendan Brady is visibly unhinged and when she tries to hug him, he smothers her against his chest, crying over her body afterwards.

Just before the house explodes, Brendan Brady finds out that Walker is a cop.

Brendan Brady survives the explosion, and once partially better, spends his time trying to save his loved ones: Ste, Cheryl and Declan, from the wrath of Walker.

Brendan Brady is reluctant but goes along with it, looking visibly upset when his childhood is brought up.

Cheryl tells the story of how they met when Brendan Brady ran away at her birthday party and stole all the attention on himself.

Brendan Brady realizes he needs to fix himself and leave immediately, moving into a nearby church, focusing on God to fix him.

In Dublin Brendan Brady is unable to spend time with his family, who tell him they want nothing to do with him at the train station.

Brendan Brady convinces him that God would forgive him for breaking his promise and Brendan leaves to find Steven.

Unfortunately, their happiness is short lived as Brendan's evil father Seamus Brady who abused him as a child arrives at the Bradys' front door step.

Ste and Brendan Brady then spend Christmas and New Years together with Ste's children Leah and Lucas as Brendan Brady tries to forget about his dad.

Brendan Brady offers to buy Joel out of his half of the club if Joel kills Seamus to which Joel eventually begrudgingly agrees.

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At first Brendan Brady is finally at peace with the knowledge that his father is gone but unfortunately Joel's not a very good murderer.

Brendan Brady then punched Joel as revenge and took back the money.

Ste and Brendan Brady's relationship is tested several times during the next week but they pull through.

Brendan Brady decides that he doesn't want to stay in the house with Seamus anymore and moves out of his Cheryl's flat.

Brendan Brady turns up to Ste's with a bag in hand and the pair move in together.

Brendan Brady is shown with a beard and going through pictures of Brendan, Ste and Seamus in his home, an abandoned trailer beneath an overpass.

Brendan Brady goes looking for him and, outside the deli, proclaims his pain and undying love to Ste.

Brendan Brady takes him back to the flat, where Cheryl, Ste and Brendan prepare to leave.

Brendan Brady goes back to his flat to find Seamus where he finds him tied up with Walker standing over him with a gun.

Brendan Brady gives Brendan a steel pipe and tells him to kill his father.

Brendan Brady sends her back to Hollyoaks with a message for Brendan to meet him at the church.

Brendan Brady pushes Walker into a moving train, instantly killing him.

Brendan Brady convinces Cheryl to claim it was Brendan Brady that fired the gun, he exits the club onto the balcony where he is surrounded by armed police.

Brendan Brady raises the gun toward them in an attempt at suicide.

Brendan Brady went on to win "Best Newcomer" and "Villain of the Year".

Brendan Brady was nominated in the category of "Serial Drama Performance" at the 2012 National Television Awards.

Brendan Brady later received a "Best Actor" nomination at the 2012 TV Choice Awards.

Brendan Brady gave credit to the show for its slow build up over a few months.