Phil Coulson

## Biography

### Early Life: 1964-1982

The only child of Robert and Julie Coulson, Phil was raised Catholic but the family would only attend Mass on Christmas and Easter. Throughout his childhood, Phil always wanted a sibling but his parents were perfectly content with having just one child. In an attempt to get him to stop pestering them and give him a hobby, Phil was introduced to Captain America comics and collector's cards by his father. That was the start of Phil's interest in Steve Rogers. He would read and watch anything that had to do with the hero's life and wartime career.

Phil's father died of cancer when Phil was just eleven years old. While going through his father's personal belongings, Phil found a vintage Captain America collector's card signed by Cap himself. He asked his mother about this, but she didn't know anything about how her husband had gotten the card. This mystery only furthered Phil's interest in Steve Rogers for the next seven years. He researched all he could, but most of the information was classified, which meant Phil had hit a dead end, unless....

### West Point: 1982-1986

After his high school graduation, Phil decided to attend West Point with the goal of pursuing a career in military intelligence. He also wanted to be every bit the patriot his hero Captain America had been.

On his first day at West Point, Phil was ecstatic when he was roomed with my son, Nicholas Fury, Jr. Naturally, during his years of intense study of Captain America, Phil had also learned pretty much everything there was to know about my WWII career. The two became good friends rather quickly, and Nicky even nicknamed Phil "Cheese" for his friend's nerdy and "cheesy" personality.

### Agent Coulson: 1986-2009

I met Phil in person while attending his and my son's graduation. Despite my son not having much to say to me, Phil asked me a million questions. I answered what I could on the condition that he look after my son for me.

After West Point, both Nicky and Phil were selected to undergo various special forces training. During this time I used my vast connections to keep an eye on both of them, and I was so impressed with what I was told and saw, that once their training was completed, I pulled some strings and got them both gigs as SHIELD agents.

Phil turned out to be a great agent. One of his first operations saw him paired with agent Melinda May, and the two have been close friends ever since. Another op led to Phil recruiting Clint Barton to SHIELD.

I have recently tasked Phil with going undercover as the new principal at a certain high school in order to keep an eye an eye on a certain student.

## SHIELD Analysis

* **Marksmanship:** Phil has mastered the use of various handguns, rifles, and various other types of firearms.
* **Martial Artist:** Phil is an expert in both unarmed and armed combat.
* **Weaponsmaster:** Phil is proficient with wielding blades, knives, and other weapons.

* **Strategy:** Phil is a skilled strategist.

* **Espionage Training:** Phil has extensive training in covert operations.
* **History:** Phil is a world-class expert in all things Captain America. By extension, he is also an expert on World War 2 and a number of other subjects relative to the life of Steve Rogers.
* **Military Training:** Phil has training as a paratrooper, Army Ranger, demolitions expert, and vehicle specialist. He also has extensive special forces training.

* **Linguistics:** Phil is fluent in several languages, including French, German, Italian, Chinese, among others.
* **Vehicle Operation:** Phil is proficient in operating several vehicles, including personal jetpacks.

## Trivia and Notes

### Notes

* Phil Coulson is a character originating from the *Marvel Cinematic Universe / Marvel Comics.*