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Phillip "Phil" Mitchell is a long-running fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. He is played by Steve McFadden.
Phil first arrived in Albert Square in 1990, along with his brother, Grant, and sister, Sam.
He has at various times owned many businesses in the Square, including the Queen Vic, The Arches, Bridge Street Café and the Snooker Hall, and been married several times.
Phil has been described as a bully who uses his fists when he doesn't get what he wants. He has been involved in several of the show's biggest storylines, including Sharongate, in which he had an affair with his brother's wife, Sharon, and was subsequently beaten up by Grant, and, perhaps most notably, the "Who Shot Phil?" saga, when the character was gunned down. There was no shortage of suspects in this classic "whodunnit?" The culprit eventually turned out to be Phil's ex-girlfriend, Lisa. Also notable was the episode in which Phil and Grant's car plunged into the river Thames in 1999. The Mitchell brothers had fallen out after Grant slept with Phil's ex-wife Kathy (possibly in revenge for the "Sharongate" saga), and while fleeing in a getaway car from a "job" that had gone wromg, Phil confronted Grant and the two entered into a heated argument. Phil started shooting at the dashboard, causing Grant to lose control of the car, which plunged into the water. The brothers managed to escape the sinking vehicle, and Grant then fled to Brazil.
In 2003, Phil and Den Watts planned a robbery, but Den set Phil up (in revenge for treating Den's daughter, Sharon, so badly over the years and having his son Dennis beaten up) and he was arrested for armed robbery. He escaped and attacked Den on Christmas Day. Den, seeing no other option, gave Phil enough money to survive for a while on the run.
In 2005, Phil returned to Albert Square desperate for cash. In desperation, he attacked his old enemy, Ian Beale. Phil ran from the police, who by now were crawling around the Square, and he burst into the houses of Pat Evans, Ian Beale and the Fowlers in a bid to hide/ escape. In a stand-off outside the pub, he attacked a few policemen but was caught and remanded in custody.
On Monday 24th October, Phil returned to the Square on a permanent basis. The case of armed robbery had fallen through, after brother Grant (who also returned on the same night) used money to influence some of the witnessess involved. Peggy Mitchell had also employed the help of what was - according to Johnny Allen - one of the most crooked lawyers in London.
Phil and Grant then set about trying to prove the innocence of their sister, Sam, in the murder of Den Watts, who had in fact been killed by his wife Chrissie, who then framed Sam. The brothers still feel much resentment towards each other, but working together towards a common goal enabled the pair to build bridges and bury much of the past.
In 2005 it transpired that Phil had paid 27-year-old Juley Smith to begin a relationship with Johnny Allen's 17-year-old daughter Ruby.
Women
Phil has been with many Walford women and has been married three times.
He had an affair with Grant's wife, Sharon, which was uncovered two years after it had happened; he was briefly married to Romanian immigrant, Nadia Borovac, so that she could stay in the country. They divorced when Phil wanted to marry Kathy Beale, which he did.
He had a son, Ben, with Kathy in 1995. The marriage turned stormy when Phil became an alcoholic and turned violent towards his wife. He had an affair with another alcoholic, and Kathy walked out. She slept with his brother, Grant (partly as revenge for when Phil slept with Grant's wife years earlier), and had a fling with a vicar, Reverend Alex Healy. Kathy then fled to South Africa with Ben to live with her brother.
Phil had a rocky romance with Lisa Shaw, and towards the end, he became verbally abusive toward her. He had a one-night stand with Melanie Healy, Lisa's best friend, but Mel planned to marry Steve Owen, another nemesis of Phil's. After Phil broke up with Lisa, she started a relationship with his enemy, Mark Fowler, who deeply cared for her. Lisa found out she was pregnant with Phil's child, but in a bid to erase their past, she and Mark decided to pretend it was his. Lisa was still emotionally scarred by Phil, and she shot him, although he survived. He confronted her with the truth (he had seen her running after she fired the bullet), but instead of reporting her to the police, he decided to set up his arch-nemesis Dan Sullivan for the shooting, as he wanted to deal with Lisa in a more personal way. Lisa never truly loved Mark, and they both knew this; however, they married shortly after baby Louise's birth.
When Phil's ex-lover Sharon Watts returned, they gave their relationship another try and ran The Queen Victoria together. Phil wanted children, but Sharon revealed that she couldn't have them, and that baby Louise Fowler was really his daughter. This revelation ended Phil's relationship with Sharon, and he confronted Lisa about baby Louise, demanding that he become part of his child's life.
After just five months of marriage with Mark, Lisa began an affair with Phil. She moved in with him, and eventually Phil and the rest of the Mitchells slowly pushed Lisa away from her daughter until she was a virtual stranger. She realised that getting back with Phil was a huge mistake, and escaped with the baby to Portugal, with Phil in hot pursuit. Phil arrived back a month later with Louise, but not Lisa. Some residents suspected Phil of killing her.
Phil fell for manicurist Kate Tyler, but she was really an undercover cop called Kate Morton, who was investigating Lisa's disappearance (and possible death) in Portugal. After gaining a confession from Phil (that he mentally manipulated Lisa into handing over their daughter), Kate in turn admitted who she really was. She admitted that she was in love with Phil and would give up her job for him. Phil eventually forgave her, and they married. At their wedding, Kate threw the bouquet of flowers and none other than Lisa caught it. Lisa was no longer the shivering wreck she once was, and she made it clear that she wanted access to Louise. She planned to shoot Phil again, and finish the job, but she came to her senses just in time. When Phil was arrested for armed robbery, Kate left Phil and handed over Louise to Lisa, who fled Walford.
Phil returned to the square in late October 2005 with brother Grant, and released his sister from prison. He is now running The Queen Vic with mum Peggy.
Family
- Parents: Peggy Mitchell, Eric Mitchell (deceased)
- Siblings: Grant Mitchell, Sam Mitchell
- Children: Ben Mitchell, Louise Fowler
- Second cousin: Billy Mitchell
- Second cousin once removed/godson: Jamie Mitchell