Patrick James "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. Phelan blackmails both Owen and Gary Windass (Mikey North) into working for him for free, after Gary attacks him for making sexual advances towards his mother and Owen's girlfriend, Anna Windass (Debbie Rush). The character's first stint culminates in Phelan coercing Anna to have sex with him in exchange for relinquishing his torment of Gary and Owen. 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. He attempts to flee Weatherfield with his grandson Zack on the day of Robert Preston (Tristan Gemmill) and Michelle Connor's (Kym Marsh) wedding. Phelan shoots both Nicola and Michelle, before he is stabbed to death by Anna. 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).