Pat Phelan

Biography

Pat Phelan is a fictional character from the British ITV 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 later goes into business partnership with Phelan that soon turns out to be part of the latter's revenge plot against both Owen and his protégé Gary Windass (Mikey North) over a £4,000 debt they forced him to repay. The storyline led to Gary's mother Anna Windass (Debbie Rush), also Owen's romantic partner, getting raped by Phelan after he coerced her into sleeping with him in exchange for ending his blackmail threat against her family. He then departed on 14 April 2014. The character was reintroduced on 19 January 2016. His reign of terror continued as Phelan clashed with archenemies Anna and Gary once more, during which he establishes a romantic relationship with their next-door neighbour Eileen Grimshaw (Sue Cleaver) and later ends up marrying her. He also commits a number of crimes, which include conning several residents out of their money in a fraudulent property scheme; causing the death of Eileen's boyfriend Michael Rodwell (Les Dennis); blackmailing and then murdering Michael's surrogate son Andy Carver (Oliver Farnworth) after holding him captive in a basement for several months; kidnapping his former partner-in-crime Vinny Ashford (Ian Kelsey) and having him killed by Andy on the same night of the latter's murder; killing Andy's best-friend Luke Britton (Dean Fagan); and getting Anna wrongfully jailed after successfully framing her for injuring their mutual acquaintance Seb Franklin (Harry Visinoni) in a ladder accident. Phelan's long-lost daughter Nicola Rubinstein (Nicola Thorp) was introduced in 2017, a development that continues exploration of the character's background; their father-daughter bond ended when Nicola discovered her father's true nature, including t

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