Pat Phelan (Coronation Street)

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 he soon goes into business with as part of a revenge plot. He departed on 14 April 2014.

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.

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; alongside the likes of Alan Bradley (Mark Eden) and Richard Hillman (Brian Capron).