Pat Phelan (Coronation Street)
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Pat Phelan is a fictional character from the British soap opera Coronation Street, portrayed by Connor McIntyre. He made his first appearance during the episode broadcast on 2 October 2013. The character was introduced as an acquaintance of builder Owen Armstrong (Ian Puleston-Davies), who he soon goes into business with as part of a revenge plot. He departed on 14 April 2014.
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Pat Phelan | |||||||||||||||
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Coronation Street character | |||||||||||||||
Portrayed by | Connor McIntyre | ||||||||||||||
Duration | 2013–2014, 2016–2018 | ||||||||||||||
First appearance | Episode 8226 2 October 2013 (2013-10-02) | ||||||||||||||
Last appearance | Episode 9471 1 June 2018 (2018-06-01) | ||||||||||||||
Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||||||
Introduced by | Stuart Blackburn | ||||||||||||||
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The character was reintroduced on 19 January 2016. Producers established a romantic relationship between Phelan and Eileen Grimshaw (Sue Cleaver), whom he later marries. He also commits a series of crimes, which include creating a fraudulent property scheme, causing the death of Michael Rodwell (Les Dennis), kidnapping Andy Carver (Oliver Farnworth) and Vinny Ashford (Ian Kelsey), framing Anna for pushing Seb Franklin (Harry Visinoni) off a ladder, and murdering Andy and later also Luke Britton (Dean Fagan). Phelan's long-lost daughter Nicola Rubinstein (Nicola Thorp) was introduced in 2017, a development that continues exploration of the character's background.[1]
Phelan's crimes are exposed in March 2018 and during a confrontation with Eileen, he falls into the sea and is presumed dead. Phelan returns as part of a series of special post-watershed episodes. During the character's second stint, he was named one of the best soap villains of all time and in the programme itself;[2] alongside the likes of Alan Bradley (Mark Eden) and Richard Hillman (Brian Capron).[3]