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Phantom Zone

Phantom Zone, also called Ghost Zone or Still Zone, is DC Comics' otherdimensional Kryptonian prison, debuting in Adventure Comics #283 (April 1961); inmates exist bodiless and ageless, watching but unable to touch the physical world, and General Zod is its most famous prisoner.

Phantoms (film)

Phantoms is a 1998 American horror film directed by Joe Chappelle, adapted by Dean Koontz from his 1983 novel, and starring Peter O'Toole, Rose McGowan, and Ben Affleck.

Pharma (TV series)

Pharma (ഫാർമ) is a 2025 Malayalam Hotstar Specials web series directed by P. R. Arun, starring Nivin Pauly as medical rep K.P. Vinod who exposes a drug company; 8 episodes, JioHotstar, December 19, 2025.

Phase IV

Phase IV (1974) is Saul Bass's only feature film, a science fiction horror work in which cosmic radiation gives an Arizona ant colony collective intelligence; it flopped, won Trieste's Grand Prix, and its cut ending resurfaced in 2012.

Phata Poster Nikhla Hero

Phata Poster Nikhla Hero (फटा पोस्टर निकला हीरो) is a 2013 Hindi action comedy directed by Rajkumar Santoshi, starring Shahid Kapoor and Ileana D'Cruz; a Tips Films production released 20 September 2013 that flopped at the box office.

Phenomena (film)

Phenomena (aka Creepers) is Dario Argento's 1985 Italian supernatural giallo starring Jennifer Connelly as a sleepwalking girl who communicates with insects, helping Donald Pleasence's entomologist hunt a killer at a Swiss boarding school; released in 116, 110, and 83-minute cuts.

Phenomenon (film)

Phenomenon is a 1996 American romantic fantasy drama directed by Jon Turteltaub, written by Gerald Di Pego, and starring John Travolta as a mechanic who gains genius-level intelligence and telekinetic powers.

Phera (2026 film)

Phera (ফেরা), 2026 Bengali drama directed by Pritha Chakraborty, starring Sanjay Mishra in his Bengali debut as Pannalal and Ritwick Chakraborty as son Palash; released 29 May 2026 by Nandy Movies, 139 minutes, UA 13+.

Phffft

Phffft (1954 film), an American romantic comedy directed by Mark Robson, starring Judy Holliday and Jack Lemmon as a divorced couple, from George Axelrod's play, released by Columbia November 10, 1954.

Phi Phong: The Blood Demon

Phi Phong: The Blood Demon (Phí Phông: Quỷ Máu Rừng Thiêng) is a 2026 Vietnamese folk-horror film by Đỗ Quốc Trung about a blood-drinking highland demon; it became Vietnam's highest-grossing horror film at over 201 billion VND.

Phia Saban

Phia Saban (born 1998) is an English actress, a Guildhall School graduate, known as Queen Helaena Targaryen in House of the Dragon, Lady Aelfwynn in The Last Kingdom, and Solange in The Maids at the Donmar Warehouse.

Phil Cornwell

Phil Cornwell, Philip Cornwell, English actor, comedian, impressionist, and writer born 1957 in Southend, Essex; known for Stella Street, Dave Clifton in I'm Alan Partridge, Dead Ringers, Spitting Image, and voicing Gorillaz's Murdoc Niccals.

Phil Coulson

Phil Coulson (フィル・コールソン) is a fictional S.H.I.E.L.D. agent in Marvel Comics and the MCU, played by Clark Gregg from Iron Man (2008). Killed by Loki in The Avengers, he was secretly revived to lead Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and is the only character in MCU film, TV, shorts, and comics.

Phil Daniels

Phil Daniels (born 1958, Islington, London) is an English actor known for Jimmy in Quadrophenia (1979), Scum, Blur's Parklife narration, EastEnders' Kevin Wicks, Chicken Run, and House of the Dragon's Maester Gerardys; distinct from the 1890-born Canadian Justice Weekly founder of the same name.

Phil Davis (actor)

Phil Davis (Philip Davis), English actor, director, writer and narrator born 1953 in Grays, Essex; known for Quadrophenia, Mike Leigh's High Hopes and Vera Drake (BIFA Best Actor, BAFTA nomination), Whitechapel, Bleak House, and directing I.D. (1995).

Phil Dunster

Phil Dunster is an English actor trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Olivier-nominated for Pink Mist (2016), best known as Jamie Tartt on Ted Lasso (2023 Emmy nomination), now starring as Archie in HBO's Rooster and cast as Eret in live-action How to Train Your Dragon 2.

Phil Gallagher

Phil Gallagher is a British children's TV presenter, actor, and writer, best known as CBeebies' Mister Maker since 2007; BAFTA-nominated, Canterbury Christ Church alumnus, live-tour performer.

Phil Harris

Phil Harris, also known as Wonga Philip Harris, was an American bandleader and actor. He gained fame through his radio work and voicing Baloo in The Jungle Book (1967).

Phil Hartman

Phil Hartman (Philip Edward Hartmann, 1948-1998), Canadian-American comedian and graphic artist; SNL cast member 1986-1994 known as "The Glue," voice of Troy McClure and Lionel Hutz on The Simpsons, Bill McNeal on NewsRadio; killed in 1998 murder-suicide.

Phil Keoghan

Phil Keoghan (Philip John Keoghan, born 1967, New Zealand) is the host and producer of CBS's The Amazing Race since 2001, a ten-time Emmy winner, Tough as Nails co-creator, MNZM honoree, and long-distance cyclist.

Phil LaMarr

Phil LaMarr (Phillip LaMarr, born 1967) is an American actor and comedian, an original MADtv cast member, Marvin in Pulp Fiction, and the voice of Samurai Jack, Hermes Conrad, Green Lantern John Stewart, and Static.

Phil Lord and Christopher Miller

Phil Lord and Christopher Miller are an American writer-director-producer duo behind Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, The Lego Movie, the Jump Street films, the Academy Award-winning Spider-Verse franchise, and 2026's Project Hail Mary; they were fired from Solo: A Star Wars Story.

Phil Margera

Phil Margera, born Phillip Ron Margera in 1957, is an American reality television personality known as Bam Margera's father on Jackass and Viva La Bam.

Phil McGraw

Phil McGraw (Dr. Phil), born 1950 in Vinita, Oklahoma, is an American TV personality and clinical psychologist (Ph.D., North Texas) who hosted the syndicated Dr. Phil talk show for 21 seasons and now hosts Dr. Phil Primetime on Merit Street Media.

Phil Mitchell

Phil Mitchell (Phillip James Mitchell) is a fictional EastEnders character played by Steve McFadden since 20 February 1990; brother of Grant and Sam, five-times married, alcoholic, and the soap's second-longest-serving character after Ian Beale.

Phil Morris (actor)

Phil Morris (born 1959, Iowa City, Iowa) is an American actor, son of Greg Morris; known as Jackie Chiles on Seinfeld, Grant Collier in the 1988-90 Mission: Impossible revival, and the voice of Vandal Savage and Doc Saturday.

Phil of the Future

Phil of the Future is a Disney Channel sitcom (2004–2006, 43 episodes, created by Tim Maile and Douglas Tuber) about the Diffy family from 2121 stranded in 2004 after a time machine malfunction, starring Ricky Ullman, Alyson Michalka, Amy Bruckner, Craig Anton, and Lise Simms.

Phil Silvers

Phil Silvers (Philip Silver, 1911–1985), American comedian nicknamed the King of Chutzpah, starred as con-man Master Sergeant Ernie Bilko on CBS's The Phil Silvers Show (1955–1959), winning two Emmys and two Tonys.

Phil Tippett

Phil Tippett (born 1951, Berkeley) is an Oscar-winning visual effects artist and stop-motion animator, co-developer of go motion at ILM for Star Wars, founder of Tippett Studio (Jurassic Park dinosaurs), and director of Mad God; his Berkeley studio closed in 2026 after bankruptcy.

Philadelphia (film)

Philadelphia (1993), Jonathan Demme's legal drama written by Ron Nyswaner, stars Tom Hanks as Andrew Beckett, a lawyer with AIDS suing his firm, with Denzel Washington; first major Hollywood AIDS film, two Oscars, National Film Registry 2025.