Steve Robert McFadden ( né Reid; born 20 March 1959) is an English actor. He is best known for his role as Phil Mitchell in the BBC One soap opera EastEnders, which he has played since 1990. He was also the presenter of the game show Britain's Hardest.

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Christian Clarke ( 10 November 2011) - Breaks into Christian and Syed Masood’s home and attempts to beat Christian to death with a baseball bat, after his underage son Ben told him Christian sexually assaulted him, but Phil stops when Ben admits he lied. McFadden then made an appearance in the film Kevin & Perry Go Large (2000), [4] and starred in an episode of the BBC anthology series Murder in Mind in 2001. He left EastEnders in late 2003 for a one-year break to concentrate on pantomimes. His character was written out of the series after being framed for an armed robbery by Den Watts (played by Leslie Grantham), and going on the run after breaking out of prison. McFadden decided to lose weight for the storyline by going on a crash diet, saying that food would not be one of Phil's priorities.

Stella Crawford ( 20 July 2007) - Tries to strangle Stella for abusing his son Ben, but is unable to catch her.

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Heather Trott ( 19 March 2012) (association) - After Ben Mitchell killed her, Phil disposed of the evidence and made it look like Heather had been killed in burglary, that had gone wrong. Right now, there are endless roles in this storyline that he could play, so we wouldn’t rule it out… Mum of 'EastEnders' actor Steve's new baby calls time on their relationship". Hello Magazine. 15 September 2009 . Retrieved 20 April 2020. As of 2023 Phil has the highest number of cliffhangers/ Doof-Doofs of any character in EastEnders history with 356, ahead of Sharon Watts (247) and Ian Beale (221).Despite splitting up Phil allows Kat and her family to stay at His house and secretly signs the house over to Her. He gives his business to ex wife Sharon to look after as He believes Ben could not handle the business due to his mental state, Sharon agrees to look after the business's but says no later on, So Phil signs his business to Kat, Kat's son Tommy tells Phil that he is being bullied, Phil promises to protect Tommy. O'Carroll, Lisa (16 September 2014). "EastEnders star Steve McFadden settles News of the World damages claim". The Guardian . Retrieved 17 September 2014. When Phil is discharged from Hospital Sharon tells him that the baby Denise Fox has given birth to is his son after Sharon had overheard Denise telling Shirley Phil is the father of her baby, Phil does not remember his one night stand with Denise due to being really drunk. Phil goes to the Hospital and learns Denise is giving the baby up for adoption, Phil begs Denise to reconsider but eventually agrees to let the baby go.