Brendan Brady

Brendan Seamus Brady is the son of Seamus Brady, and the paternal half-brother of Cheryl Brady. He is also the estranged husband of Eileen Brady, with whom he shares three children: Niamh (deceased), Declan and Paddy.
Brendan arrived in the village im August 2010, telling Cheryl that he had caught Eileen in bed with another man. Cheryl had been interested in purchasing nightclub The Loft, so Brendan arranged for Danny Houston to be a silent partner. After sending away his ex-boyfriend Macca, Brendan developed feelings for Ste Hay, but remained conflicted over his sexuality. However, when Danny revealed that he'd killed Brendan's late boyfriend Vinny and threatened to harm Ste, Brendan beat him to death with a hammer. Warren Fox, who witnessed the incident, assisted with the cover-up. Brendan discovered that Rae Wilson had fallen pregnant by Ste and ended their 'relationship', seen by Mitzeee Minniver.
Wanting to cover up his homosexuality, Brendan agreed to manage Mitzeee's modelling career if she posed as his girlfriend. After Warren told Ste the truth about Danny's death, Brendan hired Rebecca Massey to scam £200,000 out of Warren, which he used to buy a 49% share of Cheryl's nightclub Chez Chez. He reconciled with Ste, but began physically abusing him when Ste told Declan that Brendan was gay. After befriending Lynsey Nolan, Brendan discovered that she was being stalked by Silas Blissett and threatened him. Silas retorted by framing Brendan for Rae's murder, but he was released when Silas was outed as a serial killer by Lynsey.
After Warren's imprisonment for the murder of Louise Summers in 2008, Brendan became a father figure to Warren's son Joel Dexter. He also befriended his prison cellmate Simon Walker when he was left homeless. After committing a string of crimes with Joel and Walker, Brendan discovered that Walker was an undercover detective wanting revenge for his brother's death. Walker took Ste at gunpoint, but Riley Costello was accidentally shot dead instead, and Walker disappeared.
In September 2012, Brendan visited his terminally ill grandmother Flo Brady. She planned to leave him the family holiday home in her will so he could burn it down, revealing that she knew that Seamus had sexually abused Brendan. In a fit of rage, Brendan killed Flo in a bear hug before unintentionally gutting the house in an explosion. A few months later, Seamus showed up in the village. His arrival coincided with the return of Walker. Brendan killed Walker during a fight on a railway line, and covered for Seamus's death when Cheryl shot him dead for abusing Brendan. After a failed attempt at suicide by cop, Brendan was taken to prison.
==Biography==
===1980-2010: Life Before Hollyoaks===
Brendan was born to Seamus Brady and an unnamed mother. When Brendan was young, his father left his mother for another woman, and they had a child, Brendan's half-sister Cheryl. The siblings properly met when Brendan was eight and Cheryl was six, and they began to form a loving, powerful and protective bond, with Cheryl looking to her big brother as her hero. As a child, Brendan was repeatedly sexually abused by his father. This trauma shaped his entire life; he grew up broken, troubled, confused and violent. Cheryl knew nothing of her brother's trauma and grew up thinking their father was perfect.
In what was likely an effort to repress any developing and confusing homosexual feelings (possibly complicated by his trauma, upbringing and strong Catholic faith), Brendan tried to live what he thought was a normal life. He married Eileen, and they had three children together. Their first-born child, Niamh, sadly passed away as a baby shortly after being baptised. The couple later birthed Declan and Padraig. Brendan and Eileen's marriage would last for at least ten years before Eileen discovered he had been unfaithful with a man — implied to be her nephew. Brendan likely embarked on numerous sexual liaisons with men during this marriage.
Roughly ten years before April 2011, Brendan and his friend Pete went on a camping trip. Brendan got drunk and tried to initiate amorous relations with Pete in his tent. When Pete rejected his advances, Brendan felt shame and attempted to escape the situation by driving away. A concerned Pete got in the car and tried to take the wheel. In Brendan's drunken state, he crashed the car into a lorry. Brendan and Pete both survived; however, Pete was left paralysed.
Brendan had a romance with Vinny, who was later murdered by Brendan's associate, Danny Houston. Brendan would not discover that Danny was responsible for Vinny's death until November 2010, when Danny told Brendan that Vinny made a pass at him, which he did not take kindly to.
===2010: Villainous Antics and Sexuality===
Brendan arrived in Hollyoaks after giving Mercedes and Malachy Fisher a lift to the ferry port in Belfast. Brendan decided to tag along on the rest of their journey and surprised Cheryl, who was thrilled to see her big brother. Malachy, however, seemed concerned by Brendan's presence. When Cheryl probed Brendan on how his wife Eileen and the kids were, he initially dodged the subject; however, he later told her that Eileen had cheated on him, which enraged Cheryl, who previously held Eileen in high regard. Cheryl introduced Brendan to her current home and invited him to stay.
As Brendan settled into life in Hollyoaks, he arranged for a silent partner, Danny Houston, to aid Cheryl in purchasing The Loft. Cheryl renamed her club Chez Chez, and Brendan saw a golden opportunity in helping her run it. Brendan immediately clashed with the caterer Ste Hay, assaulting him on the club's opening night when he tried to blackmail Brendan into giving him a job. Brendan was frustrated when Ste later secured a job at Chez Chez and attempted to make his job unbearable. 
In September 2010, Brendan began lining up a mule to transport drugs to or from Barcelona. He lined up Cindy Cunningham, Amy Barnes and Carmel Valentine as potential oblivious carriers under the guise of a romantic getaway, settling with Carmel. Later in the month, Brendan's ex-wife Eileen visited Hollyoaks on a detour from a wedding in Manchester. She informed Brendan that their son Declan's balance problems had worsened, and they must pay for a private specialist. Eileen shared her appreciation for all the money he had been sending them; however, she insisted more was needed to cover the specialist, which she had already booked, owing to a cancellation. Brendan tried to arrange another trip to Barcelona with Carmel to raise more funds. Ste had worked out what was happening and showed concern for Carmel, and the two men bonded over their approaches to fatherhood. Brendan clarified that he didn't like drugs and didn't care if people were stupid enough to take them as long as he and his family were safe. After Cheryl confronted Eileen about her cheating, it became apparent that Brendan had cheated, not Eileen. Eileen didn't want to dent the halo Cheryl had put over his head by telling her the truth.
While Brendan starts the job, he gets off on the wrong foot with employee Ste Hay and the two have a tiny feud going on, with the two always getting one up on one another. Brendan eventually gets tired of Ste's remarks and eventually threatens him. However when Ste stands up to him, Brendan kisses Ste and the two have sex. Ste feels like Brendan should be open about being gay but he refuses and hits Ste on more than one occasion. This is eventually discovered by Ste's ex Amy Barnes who encourages Ste to seek help and report Brendan for domestic abuse. Brendan makes Ste get a girlfriend in order to cover their tracks but he takes a major disliking to Ste's 'girlfriend' Rae Wilson. Brendan tries to make Ste jealous by dating India Longford. Brendan tries to make Amy not tell anyone about him and Ste, and while Amy occasionally sticks up for herself she is always left uneasy by Brendan's presence. Amy does her best however to support Ste to make sure he is safe and away from Brendan, and remains quiet about the situation to Rae.
Brendan's long lost gangster friend Danny Houston arrives in October 2010 when his sister Cheryl needs help in buying the local club. A conversation is overheard by Carl Costello and when he hears Danny's name, he recognises it and approaches Malachy Fisher to warn him that Danny is dangerous and shouldn't be trusted. Malachy approaches Brendan about Danny and is left more worried when Brendan tells him to back off. Later Brendan is made manager of the club, not long after Danny and Cheryl go into business. Brendan does a lot of dealings for Danny including trying to get Carmel Valentine to smuggle drugs to Barcelona, but Carmel was told by Ste (who Brendan was sleeping with) not to go.
Things take a massive turn when Warren Fox returns. Feeling threatened by his return, Danny orders Brendan to get rid of Warren. At first Brendan doesn't want to do it so Danny brings his loved ones into it, however Brendan does not back down. Brendan is taken back by Danny's confession that he spiked Brendan's ex lover Vinny's drink, that led to a car crash killing him. Shocked, Brendan at first plans to get rid of Warren but the two strike up a deal to make Danny sign his half of the club over to Warren and let Warren deal with Danny afterwards. Brendan asks Danny to come to the club to meet him however he is only met by Warren, who demands the papers for him to sign for Brendan's side of the club. When Brendan comes down, they both confess to stitching Danny up. Danny signs his share over to Warren then walks up to Brendan and threatens Ste. In a fit of rage at the threats, Brendan headbutts Danny and then beats him with a hammer killing him. Warren, who witnessed Brendan doing so, pulled Brendan away and confirms Danny is dead. The two men decide to get rid of the body but before doing so Brendan plants Warren's bank card in Danny's suit pocket, trying to set Warren up for the murder since that was the original plan all along.
===2011: Feud with Warren Fox, Ste and Accusation of murders===
Brendan started 2011 trying to work out who Warren really is. He eventually discovers that Warren is helping Theresa McQueen against previous convict Kyle Ryder after Warren enlists men to free Kyle from hospital after Kyle is beaten up in prison by someone who owed Warren a favour. Brendan then later poses as Warren in order to see what Warren is up to. He eventually finds out that Warren is protecting Theresa's secret that she shot and killed Calvin Valentine from Kyle. Brendan pays Kyle for more information. However, eventually Kyle kidnaps Theresa and is shot and killed by Warren. 
During his time trying to work out Warren, Brendan still has an ongoing feud with Rae Wilson who is with Ste. Rae threatens Brendan countless times that she will tell Warren that Brendan is gay to make him back off. Rae later tells Warren anyway. However Warren is seen uncaring of the fact Brendan is gay. Warren is later arrested for Danny's murder after Warren's credit card was found in deceased Danny Houston's suit pocket, which Brendan put there after killing him back in December 2010. This isn't enough evidence to get Warren charged and after realising the truth, as revenge, Warren tells Ste that Brendan was the one who killed Danny in order to protect Ste. Brendan is furious when he finds out Warren has told Ste so later the two men come to blows, however after a long fight the two men call it a truce and shake hands. Ste is left feeling unsafe now knowing what Brendan is fully capable of, after Brendan confesses to the murder when Ste confronts him. He later attacks Brendan from behind with a baseball bat which hospitalized Brendan putting him in a coma. Cheryl at first thinks Warren is the culprit, however when Brendan wakes up he tells her it was Ste but that he deserved it and that he is gay, shocking Cheryl.
By April, Brendan finds out that Warren has business on the side that's earning him £3,200,000 so Brendan hires a female named Rebecca Massey who is told by Brendan to pose as 'Jenny Houston' in order to try and make Warren believe that she's in fact Danny's sister. Instead, Warren threatens to kill Rebecca making her back off but Brendan manages to locate the money. Warren clicks on that Brendan is the one behind everything so he threatens to out him as being gay or kill Ste. Brendan calls Warren's bluff and outs himself as gay when he kisses Ste in a packed Chez Chez, in which Brendan later buys 49% of the club with the £200,000 he stole off Warren, infuriating him. After Brendan finally came out, he wanted him and Ste to be a couple, however Ste has a new boyfriend, Noah Baxter. Brendan continues to do his best to split Ste and Noah up, with him trying to seduce Noah which works as Ste catches him, but Ste and Noah see through Brendan's scheming and continue their relationship. Brendan is jealous to find Ste and Noah are planning on moving to Newcastle, but in the end Noah leaves and Ste stays. 
Brendan again finds Warren keeping secrets from him so he enlists the help of Dodger Savage, who was working for Warren at the time, to get the pin of Warren's safe. Dodger manages to do so just to find there isn't any money there. Brendan and Warren come to the conclusion it was Dodger leading them to confront him but end up clearing his name. Later Brendan is caught sleeping with Ste when his ex-wife Eileen walks in on the pair. Eileen angrily asks Brendan what he is doing and states that if their children ever find out she will stop him from seeing them. Eileen then reveals that she's visiting because she wants Brendan to look after their son Declan while she goes away. Brendan agrees to do so and lies to Ste telling him he wants to go to Florida with Ste. However he changes his mind and decides to go to Blackpool with Declan instead. 
When Brendan returns he begins to support a scared and timid Lynsey Nolan who is being harassed and stalked by serial killer Silas Blissett. Ste also returns from Florida and tells Declan his father is gay. Brendan punches Ste, threatening him to stay away, however Declan sees what happened and Ste threatens to go the police. Brendan eventually goes on to open up to Ste about his childhood and that his father used to physically abuse him, often while drunk. After this however Brendan goes on to decide he wants to be in a relationship with a woman and starts to charm his way around Lynsey who is still in an ongoing feud with Silas. When Brendan sees how scared Lynsey is he breaks into The Dog to confront Silas and threatens him that if he ever catches him around Lynsey he will kill him, Silas seems very reserved to Brendan's threat. Brendan orders Ste to look after Lynsey while he is away and Rae takes a disliking to how Ste does everything Brendan tells him to do. Angry Rae vents to Silas, who encourages Rae to stand up to Brendan, without Rae realising he is after revenge on Brendan. Brendan is then met with Rae at his and Lynsey's house and after a brief argument with Ste, shouts at the top of her voice “Brendan is gay” which Declan hears. Brendan is furious to discover Rae's meddling and confronts her in an aggressive manner as villagers watch on, with Brendan threatening to kill her if she goes anywhere near Declan again. 
Brendan receives texts from Rae, but unbeknown to him it's Silas using her phone after Silas murdered Rae in an attempt to get Brendan out the way so he can focus on scaring Lynsey. Brendan falls for this and goes to see Rae but comes across a car with him receiving the text "check the boot". Brendan opens the car boot and sees Rae's corpse, as he does this the police arrive and arrest Brendan for Rae's murder. All evidence points to Brendan, with the texts, the earlier threats, and the DNA when Brendan touched Rae's body to see who it is. Brendan is charged for her murder and is sent to prison. 
While inside Brendan asks Warren to give him an alibi for not just Rae's murder but him being investigated for the other two victims of Silas India Longford and Rebecca Massey, Warren tells Brendan that he will give him an alibi if he signs his share of the club over to Warren. Brendan laughs it off but sees how serious Warren is when Brendan is reminded he had a motive and a connection for every single one of those girls. Brendan refuses and puts his foot down, leading Brendan to be beaten up by Warren's connections inside on a near daily basis. Brendan is eventually released after Silas is caught but does not return to Hollyoaks for three weeks. When Brendan does eventually return he discovers that Warren has a long lost son, Joel Dexter. Brendan tells Warren he wants to call a 'truce' as he's sick of looking over his shoulder but Brendan plans to get dirt on Warren and eventually overhears a conversation between Nancy and Mitzeee that Warren is suspected of killing his ex, Louise Summers, on their wedding day. Brendan sees this as an opportunity to dig for information and asks Mitzeee to help him. At first Mitzeee does not play ball but eventually tells Brendan she can't stand being around Warren and wants to help bring him down. Brendan then puts her to the task to get Warren to take her to where Louise is buried. 
Unaware that Warren wants him dead Brendan still does his best to dig and dig, but when Warren wants to move to America, Brendan puts pressure on Mitzeee to get Warren to take her to where Louise is buried. On the night it finally happens Brendan puts a plan into action but Joel pulls a gun out on him ready to shoot Brendan, as Warren discovered what he and Mitzeee were up to. Brendan reminds Joel that Louise was pregnant. Brendan then arrives to where Warren is after tracking Mitzeee's phone on a phone tracker. Holding the gun Joel pulled out on him, Brendan gives Warren the impression that he killed Joel in self defence which makes Warren angry enough to tackle Brendan to the ground. The two fight, with Brendan coming off worse, but as Warren is about to finish him off Joel comes to Brendan's aid by knocking Warren out from behind. The police arrive and arrest Warren and Brendan gets his final taunt in as Warren is put in the back of a police car and finally sent to prison. 
===2011-2012: More Ste, Joel, Walker, and Seamus===
After Warren's arrest, Brendan gets rid of all Warren's records involving the club. Brendan shows no respect to Joel for helping him get rid of Warren and even taunts Joel over betraying him after a brief confrontation. Joel leaves and Brendan carries on running the club with Cheryl but Joel returns in February and reveals that he visited Warren in prison where Warren signed over his half of the club to Joel. Brendan is furious and a mini feud between the two ensues, but Brendan starts to warm to Joel and starts to guide him and the two start somewhat of a friendship while working together. Brendan tries to test Joel's loyalty when he gets a contact of his, Dave, to scare Joel but Dave tells Brendan that Joel has definitely got what it takes to be involved with him. Brendan continues to try to look out for Ste and when Brendan witnesses Joel push Ste over in The Shop, Brendan attacks Joel and threatens that he will kill him if he ever touches Ste again. Brendan offers Ste a loan deal to help Ste open up a delicatessen. Brendan is conned by Ste to think they're a couple so he will sign it over for free, this works but Brendan is unhappy with Ste playing games. 
Brendan's old cellmate from prison Simon Walker arrives in Hollyoaks. Brendan offers Walker to stay with him until he finds his own place, but unknown to Brendan, Walker has a bag full of cash. When Brendan finds this out he attacks Walker and kicks him out for lying to him but the two make up. Brendan is torn between Walker and Joel as the two don't see eye to eye. Later, a job involving Sampson ends with Joel getting stabbed, so as revenge Brendan pays Sampson a visit with Walker. They beat up him and his men off screen. Brendan and Joel forgive and forget and things go back to normal for a few weeks, with Brendan even briefly helping Mitzeee come to terms that she was set up by Mercedes McQueen. Brendan starts to receive alarming texts from Sampson that Joel has been kidnapped and put in the back of a van with a grenade attached to him. Brendan retrieves Walker and they manage to track Joel down where they find out the grenade was a fake. Brendan returns to The Loft with the two men and things get heated. Brendan rushes off home but is stopped in his tracks when he finds Lynsey dead on the sofa, shocked Brendan carries Lynsey's lifeless body out of his home into the middle of the village. Onlookers witness Lysney being pronounced dead by Dr. Browning. Brendan is questioned by the police since he moved her body but is released. Brendan assumes that Sampson killed Lynsey as a way to get back at Brendan, and not taking any chances on any more loved ones, Brendan takes Cheryl away to their home country Ireland for her own safety. 
Brendan returns when he receives a call from Walker that Sampson has trashed the club once more. Cheryl starts demanding to know what's going on and Brendan tells Cheryl that Lynsey was murdered by Sampson to get back at him. Shocked Cheryl decides not to speak to Brendan. Brendan manages to track down Sampson's main man and holds him hostage. Brendan is told by him that Sampson is planning a heist for millions, Brendan and Walker manage to take over the heist themselves but things take a turn when Walker shoots a policeman (non-fatally). The two men are eventually caught and sent to prison where Brendan ends up getting himself in fights, but the two men are eventually released. Before the heist Brendan's son Declan returns and moves to Hollyoaks for the summer holidays. 
Brendan finds out that Joel's estranged stepfather, Mick Cornus, is back in Joel's life. After finding out Mick was abusive to Joel, Brendan's efforts to protect him end with Mick violently assaulting Joel with a crow bar. In response, the two kidnap Mick, beat him up, and hang him from a lighthouse where Brendan accidentally pushes him off and seemingly to his death. Mick survives the fall but is finished off without Walker knowing it's Brendan or Joel. Brendan then savagely disposes of Mick's body by cutting it up, but Cheryl walks in and is disgusted. Brendan visits his grandmother, Flo Brady, during all this drama and is left heartbroken when he discovers that she knew and didn't stop her son from sexually abusing Brendan when he was young. Brendan feel betrayed but hugs Flo, killing her in the process when he purposely suffocates her. Brendan also discovers that Walker is an undercover cop who is attempting to bring him down. Flo's house explodes and Brendan is taken to hospital. Walker reveals to Brendan that he is the reason his brother Cam Walker is dead as Brendan sold him some dodgy drugs. Brendan is told by Walker that he is going to destroy him by hurting his loved ones. Brendan encounters Walker again the next day when he arrives home and is shocked when Walker reveals he knows who Lyndsey's killer is. Brendan then vows he's going to kill Walker. Brendan begins to avidly keep an eye on his loved ones such as Cheryl, Declan, and Ste, due to the threats from Walker. Walker returns to play games with Brendan and eventually Brendan tracks him down holding Ste at gun point. Brendan and Walker go on to struggle with the gun, with a shot being fired by Walker which results in Riley Costello being shot. Brendan is left shocked and Walker flees the scene. Riley later dies in hospital. Brendan is left even more distraught when Walker rings him to tell him he has Declan. Brendan tracks Declan down but Walker is long gone. Brendan vows he is going to end Walker if he ever sees him again. 
Brendan and Ste start to grow closer but when Doug returns from America, he and Ste are set to get married. Brendan confesses to Doug that he killed Danny Houston in order to protect Ste, but Doug does not go to the police and keeps the recording. Brendan is beside himself when he learns Ste has been involved in an accident and is heartbroken to see him on life support. Brendan starts to comfort Doug and makes a deal with God that if Ste survives he will leave him be and get on with his life. Ste survives and Brendan accepts he will now back off from Ste. Brendan goes to live in Dublin and meets a former Hollyoaks resident, John Paul McQueen, who has recently come out of his relationship with Craig Dean. Brendan is tracked down by Ste and they have a heart to heart and eventually get together, but Brendan is shocked when he returns to Hollyoaks to discover his father, Seamus, has arrived in Hollyoaks. 
===2013: Final Dance===
Brendan starts 2013 by offering Joel a deal that he will buy Joel's half of the club if Joel kills Seamus for him. Joel agrees but Brendan is furious when Seamus survives the encounter of being attacked by Joel. in response Brendan attacks Joel and takes back the money he paid Joel when he was led to believe Joel killed Seamus. Brendan later finds both Joel and Bart McQueen attempting to take the money back so he threatens both and even attacks Joel, but lets them live on the condition that they don't return to Hollyoaks as he will kill them if he ever sees them again. Brendan then focuses on his new life with Ste and his kids, Leah and Lucas. Brendan gets close with the children and earns the nickname "Daddy Brendan". His relationship with Ste is on the rise but Brendan has to put up with Seamus' catty homophobic remarks and Doug returns from America which makes for testing time for their relationship. Brendan drinks his sorrows away and confesses to Mitzeee that Seamus sexually abused and beat him as a child. This revelation shocks Mitzeee and she tells him he should tell Ste about it, Brendan disagrees. 
A young guy introduces himself after Brendan's revelation as Kevin Foster. Brendan secretly takes a liking to Kevin's confident attitude thus employs him to work for him at the club. Kevin becomes the new barman, however things take an unexpected twist when it's revealed Kevin is in fact working for Walker who has returned to Hollyoaks without Brendan or anyone else knowing. After many attempts to get Brendan put behind bars Walker forces Kevin to accuse him of sexual assault after beating him up. Brendan is later accused of just that and is furious with Kevin and offers to pay him to leave Hollyoaks but punches him for the trouble caused. Brendan eventually finds out who Kevin really is and that Walker is back after eight weeks when a drugged up Maxine Minniver tells him Walker has returned. Brendan is shocked by the revelation and hurries to his loved ones to see if they are safe. Earlier Brendan had punched Ste for saying Brendan is like his father so with no time to lose Brendan and Cheryl attempt to find Ste. They find him but Cheryl is shocked to learn Brendan beat up Ste and not Walker. 
Brendan returns home after making up with Ste where Walker is waiting armed with a gun and Seamus tied up. Walker knocks Brendan unconscious and also ties him up next to Seamus. Brendan is beside himself when Walker tells him he captured Cheryl and Ste and locked them both in a trailer with no oxygen supply. Brendan is given the opportunity to kill Seamus when Walker gives him a crow bar but as Brendan prepares to do it he is stopped in his tracks when Seamus says sorry for everything he had done to him as a child. Brendan then decides to attack Walker instead. Walker manages to escape but is caught by the police. Brendan is pleased that Ste and Cheryl have been found thanks to Nate and Darren. Brendan also feels he may accept and move on after Seamus' apology, however Brendan's celebrations are cut short when the police tell him that Walker has managed to escape. 
Brendan sets the trailer Walker was staying in alight as a gesture he is ready for Walker. Brendan is approached by Texas Longford who encountered Walker at the grave yard with the message Walker wants to meet at the church, Brendan arrives at the church where he eventually sees Walker, and a car chase ensues with them eventually meeting on some train tracks. The two men taunt one another briefly before having a fight which ends with Brendan killing Walker when he kicks Walker into an oncoming train. With Walker now dead Brendan opens up to Ste and tells him the truth about what Seamus actually did to him. Ste is shocked but vows to love and support Brendan no matter what. Seamus later shows his true colours to Brendan again in the club and Brendan is heart wrenched. Seamus attacks Brendan, punching him to the ground, and Brendan is a quivering wreck as Seamus goes to attack Brendan further. Cheryl shoots him in the back, killing her father, as she had seen a taped confession on her laptop which was left by Walker. Brendan tells Cheryl that he is going to tell the police he killed his father to save her from going to prison and confesses to the murders of: Danny Houston, Flo Brady, Mick Cornus and Simon Walker. Cheryl and Brendan have a tearful heart to heart before Brendan attempts suicide with armed police who where called due to two gunshots being heard. Brendan again confesses to all his crimes, only this time adding Seamus, before opening fire and is shot. Brendan manages to survive the shooting and is taken to hospital where he tells Ste goodbye and that he changed everything for him. Brendan is last seen being put in a cell with it closing in on him. 
==Kill Count==
===Murders/Manslaughters=== 
#Danny Houston, 28th December 2010 - Beaten to death with a hammer after Danny threatened to kill Ste Hay.
#Flo Brady, 21st September 2012 - Suffocated in a bear hug after discovering that she knew of the abuse he endured at the hands of his father.
#Simon Walker, 19th March 2013 - Kicked in front of a train during a showdown.
===Connected Murders and Deaths===
#Cameron Walker, 14th September 2012 - Supplied Cameron with tainted ecstasy pills, causing severe brain damage and Cameron's eventual death.
#Mick Cornus, 19th September 2012 - Kidnapped Mick in revenge for his physical abuse towards Joel Dexter. Mick fell from a lighthouse during a scuffle with Brendan and Joel, and was presumed dead. Simon Walker later killed Mick by suffocating him in plastic, and Brendan dismembered his body.
===Attempted Murders=== 
#Warren Fox, 27th December 2010 - Prepared to bludgeon him with a crowbar on the orders of Danny Houston but was talked down by Warren.
#Warren Fox, 22nd March 2011 - Prepared to bludgeon him with a paperweight but was talked down by Warren.
#Mick Cornus, 18th September 2012 - Gave him a serious beating but was stopped froom killing him by Joel Dexter.
#Seamus Brady, 4th January 2013 - Ordered Joel to kill him. Joel beat Seamus with a baseball bat, hid his body in a shed in the woods and set it ablaze. Seamus managed to escape the burning shed alive.
#Joel Dexter, 9th January 2013 - Prepared to strike Joel with a bar stool but changed his mind.
#Simon Walker, 18th March 2013 - Attempted to shoot Walker after being kidnapped by him, but Walker managed to escape before a shot could be fired.
== Appendices ==
=== Residences ===
=== Employment History ===
== Background Information ==
*Dublin-born Actor Emmett J. Scanlan was cast as Brendan as per a recommendation by casting director Dorothy Andrew. Producer Paul Marquess had wanted an actor from Belfast but was so impressed by Scanlan that Brendan's backstory was changed to have him be Cheryl Brady's Dublin-born half-brother. Scanlan was originally signed on a six-month contract, which was extended.
*Scanlan initially grew Brendan's iconic moustache to play the title character in Terry McMahon's Charlie Casanova.
*In February 2011, Brendan mentioned that he had been married to Eileen ten years. It was also implied that their son Declan Brady was born in wedlock. However, Declan was aged up from previous mentions upon his arrival in August 2011, with no clarification if Brendan and Eileen's year of marriage had also been retconned.
*Scanlan decided to quit the role of Brendan in 2012. His decision was announced in January 2013 and his exit scenes aired in March 2013. In May 2018, Scanlan revealed that he had asked producers to kill his character off, but they refused.
== Introduction Sequence ==
*2010-2011: Brendan stands in a room of candles stroking his moustache. He quickly turns away and does a small spin.
*2011-2013: Brendan throws a handful of cards: a falling ace of spades transitions to the Hollyoaks logo
== Quotes ==
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== See Also ==
*List of appearances
*Brady family
==Gallery==
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File:Soaps-hollyoaks-brendan-brady-simon-walker-fight-3.jpg|Brendan and Walker moments Before he kills him by kicking him in front of an oncoming Train putting an end to their explosive Rivalry.
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