EastEnders legend Steve McFadden is 61-years-old and was born on 20 March 1959. The doctor tells his family that he needs an urgent liver transplant and that if Phil continues to drink, he will be dead within 12 months. In response, she makes a deal with Phil for her daughters' sake and the two later begin an affair. They soon clash, however, when it becomes clear that Carl plans to usurp Phil as the square's reigning hardman. After agreeing to drop the truth, Phil denies speaking to Mark. Die Serie wurde . Following Danielle's funeral, Peggy asks Phil to kill Archie so they could get justice for Danielle and Ronnie. Phil finds Louise but she tells him to leave. Phil and Dennis waste no time in becoming enemies, clashing when Dennis punches Phil in The Queen Vic. [9] Equally the ceaseless degradation of Lisa showed a particularly malicious side to the character. Ben is left furious at Phil and Kathy is eventually forced to tell Ben that Willmott-Brown has raped her. She is later hospitalized with a ruptured spleen, leaving Phil distraught though he later admits to Shirley that he arranged for the men to scare Sharon at the bar, but believed the bodyguards that he hired for her would have protected her and did not realize that she would be hurt. Furious at this, she and Louise flee to Portugal with Jamie reluctantly assisting her after growing uncomfortable with Phil's violent tendencies. Of particular note is an episode where Phil attends Alcoholics Anonymous (February 1997), an "alien and uncomfortable arena" where he was forced to talk about his condition, expose his vulnerability and reveal the basis of his problem the physical abuse he'd received from his father and his fear that he will do the same. [1], Phil is a consistent and central character in the satirical McFadden's Cold War collages by Cold War Steve. The repercussions of Phil's betrayal contributed to many subsequent storylines involving the Mitchell brothers during the 1990s. However, Callum reveals to Ben that he had been collecting evidence on Phil for the police to send Phil down, as a way to keep Ben out of prison for a heist carried out by the Mitchell's in 2020. He does so, and Sharon punches him and insists she will divorce him. Phil and Sharon are told Lisa switched cabs and find Lisa's flat, which is empty. [22] In July 2004, it was announced that McFadden had delayed his return. The fight spills into the cabin and the wheel of the boat is knocked, steering it into a port in the River Thames causing the boat to crash and sink. Writer Jacquetta May, who once played Rachel Kominski in the show, evaluated the episode in an article about social realism, education and the moral messages within EastEnders storylines, commenting: "The episode blames his destructiveness on the 'male' response to self-hate: violence. Lisa is paranoid that Phil is having an affair and accuses Mel of being his other woman, which she is not, at that point. After this, it is revealed Kat Slater (Jessie Wallace) is in the Arches, waiting for Phil as they sleep together. [5] Kathy agrees to marry Phil in 1994, despite discovering that he torched a vehicle in a car lot owned by Frank Butcher (Mike Reid) to secure an insurance scam, accidentally killing a homeless boy trapped inside. Before fleeing with the recording, Phil learns from Johnny that Ian is Chrissie's mystery buyer for the pub; he and Billy confront Ian, while Grant helps Sharon and Dennis look for Chrissie. EastEnders' Kush Kazemi (played by Davood Ghadami) decided to flee Walford with Whitney Dean (Shona McGarty) and his son Arthur Fowler after grassing on Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden), Ben . EastEnders cast 2023 The full present regular cast for EastEnders can be found below. It is at this point where Sharon's adoptive brother, Dennis Rickman (Nigel Harman), arrives in Walford. As Christmas approaches in December 2009, Phil and Peggy are horrified to learn that Archie has extorted the pub from them after he formed a relationship with Janine and the two conspired to have Ian collaborate with them particularly when Phil gave Ian a loan and gets beaten up as a result of not being able to pay it back. Sharon agrees to help Phil fight for his son. His shape, skills in stage fighting and a variety of sports including boxing, football and karate made him an ideal choice to play one of Walford's latest "tough-men. Dennis is killed in the boat crash. Kathy and Phil eventually sort out their differences, up to the point where they get married and Kathy later gives birth to their son Ben (Matthew Silver). This results in Ian being attacked by an unknown assailant. He is the fianc of Kat Slater and is portrayed by Steve McFadden. Carl is unfazed by Phil's threats for retribution and gloats that he has contacts inside prison who can harm Ben if Phil does anything to him. EastEnders spoilers: Furious Phil Mitchell demands Gray Atkins sets him free after being arrested. Ben signs the paperwork for the garage when Phil decides to hand it over to him and Sharon is left stunned when he decides to give Jay the car lot land, as it is worth more than the garage. Phil was gunned down outside his home in March 2001 in a "Dallas-style" whodunnit mystery. This prompts Archie to confront Phil over his behaviour. After being unsure Ben and Callum eventually marry without Phil present, however, Phil later confronts Callum on the square after the wedding about his involvement with the police's plan to take down Phil. Among other deeds, Ben sends Denise Fox (Diane Parish) evidence that Phil supplied the cut-and-shut car responsible for her ex-husband, Kevin Wicks' (Phil Daniels), death in 2008. Soon afterwards, Phil recoups his alcoholism upon struggling to cope with his turbulent relationships with Stella and Suzy up to the point where he nearly takes his frustrations out of Ben. [26] In the storyline, Phil gains custody of Louise after she is dropped off in Walford by an unseen person, however, Peggy eventually returns Louise to Lisa after Phil punches his mother in the face. However, on their wedding day, Phil is unhappy when Lisa reappears demanding access to Louise. Phil is undecided until Lorna stops him going after Kathy by locking herself in his bathroom and attempts suicide. EastEnders spoilers: Phil Mitchell takes drastic action after kidnapping son Raymond. Jay has a visit from his police public protection officer, who says Jay will have to move out as Louise is underage. Ben refuses to have any contact with his family until his release. Picture: BBC This prompts Phil and Grant to confront Johnny, warning him to stay away from Peggy under the threat of further violence. A furious Ben tries to suffocate Phil but is stopped by Sharon. When Phil discovers Glenda is also having an affair with his enemy Ian, he threatens to tell Ian's wife Jane Beale (Laurie Brett), unless he pays him 5,000. He gets the name of Louise's school before Peggy tells him that her cancer has returned and she is dying. However, Phil's squabbling with Grant allows Johnny to capture them and Johnny orders Jake's brother Danny Moon (Jake Maskall) to kill the brothers. Lisa agrees until some of Phil's relatives, assuming she is the nanny, start talking about how unstable Louise's mother is. He has played the role of Phil Mitchell since 1990 when he arrived in Walford with brother Grant (Ross Kemp) and mum . [4] Phil undergoes surgery, which stirs remorse in Grant. The Mitchell brothers quickly became two of the soap's most popular characters and storylines involving them began to dominate the programme. [50] Additionally, the show was criticised for turning the brothers into a comical farce by incorporating uncharacteristic humour into their dialect, which was described as "cringeworthy". The police, Phil and Sharon discuss Lisa being traced through her cash withdrawals in Castle Point and that she has a mental health team. There, Phil discovers Ben's current boyfriend Luke Browning (Adam Astill) is Willmott-Brown's son when he finds a photo of them. During Phil and Kathy's engagement party, Grant plays an audio cassette recording of Sharon admitting to the affair. Phil accepts, and helps Aidan recruit a crew for the heist; Mick and Vincent join the pair along with their new friend, Keanu Taylor (Danny Walters). When Phil and Den cross paths with each other, they quickly become enemies, although Den manages to feign an admiration for Phil as part of his bid to bring about his downfall. 10 Sep 2021 EastEnders spoilers follow. When Grant returns to Walford again, he accuses Phil of killing Peggy and still orders him to return all of the money Phil owes to him. Phil returns to the Square to rescue his family from a "shock crisis". As time goes on, however, Phil becomes depressed and turns to alcohol which causes him to develop an addiction. Depressed, Phil embarks on a sexual relationship with drug addict Rainie Cross (Tanya Franks) and begins to use crack cocaine developing an addiction. When Phil gets home, he finds that Shirley knows the truth about Heather's death. Phil finds Louise (now played by Tilly Keeper) at her school and he gives her money to support her future. Danny previously appeared in James' vlog where he hinted that he'd get James a job on EastEnders in 2021. . Executive producer Louise Berridge went on to say that she was "looking forward to Steve returning in 2004". Phil's bullying of Ian almost costs him his life: when Ian finds Phil having a heart attack, he threatens to let him die but helps Phil for Ben's sake. Jay attempts to confront Phil about why he is receiving the car lot and Phil admits he killed his biological father, Jase Dyer, who died in the car lot fire when Phil torched it 23 years previously in an insurance scam. "); developing an addiction to crack cocaine that sparks the events of The Queen Vic Fire Week; his ongoing struggle to bond with his children Ben (Max Bowden) and Louise (Tilly Keeper), and discovering that his wife Sharon has had an affair with and later fallen pregnant by his daughter Louise's fianc Keanu Taylor (Danny Walters). Before Kathy returns to South Africa, she asks Phil to go with her but he declines as Grant has planned an armed robbery and Phil refuses to let him do the job alone. Phil's former prison cellmate, Aidan Maguire (Patrick Bergin), arrives in Walford and tells Phil that he is planning a robbery and promises to give Phil half of the money if he participates. Whitney instead accidentally runs over Kat and drives off, after this Phil stays in hospital with Kat until she recovers. [41] In 2011 McFadden was nominated for 'Best Actor' at the British Soap Awards 2011 for playing Phil. When Jay returns, Sharon allows him back into the Mitchell household, and when Phil is discharged and returns home, he eventually allows Jay to live there. It's his history". Later on, Phil learns that Dennis has previously been involved in Dalton's criminal organization The Firm. When Phil learns that Max has taken over The Arches, he promises revenge and blames Sharon for the loss of the business. Phil is told by Ian that Ben has died after a homophobic attack following a night out, however this turns out to be Paul, Ben's boyfriend. 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