Phillip Robert Chancellor IV
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Actor History
Andrew Clark Rogers (1988)
Chuckie and Kenny Gravino (1988 to 1989)
Scott and Shaun Markley (1991 to 1993)
Thomas Dekker (1993)
Courtland Mead (1993 to 1995)
Alex D. Linz (1995)
Nicholas Pappone (1996 to 1999)
Penn Badgley (2000 to 2001)
John Driscoll (July 16, 2009 to present)
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Nicknames
Soccer Phillip (by Y&R Onliners to distinguish one from another)
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Lifeline
Born in 1988
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Occupation
Serving in the US Army in Iraq
Former student at Walnut Grove Academy
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Resides At
Iraq
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Marital Status
Single
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Past Marriages
None
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Relatives
Nina Webster (mother)
Phillip Chancellor III (father; deceased)
Florence Webster (grandmother)
Grandfather is unknown
Half-brother stolen at birth
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Children
None
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Flings & Affairs
Unknown
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Crimes Committed
None known
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Brief Character History
Nina Webster grew up poor in Detroit, raised by her mother Flo, a former prostitute who never knew who Nina's father was, just that he had a certain scar on his neck. As a teenager, Nina got pregnant, ran away from home, and her baby was kidnapped at birth.
Nina set her sights on her only friend Cricket's boyfriend, Phillip Chancellor III, heir to the Chancellor fortune. Nina got Phillip drunk, seduced him, and ended up pregnant. Phillip's mother, Jill, and Katherine Chancellor, disapproving of Nina, tried but failed to buy her off. Nina had a son, Phillip IV, and she and Phillip III married. Jill and Kay set Nina up by hiring handsome Jabot employee, Chase Benson, to seduce Nina and prove her an unfit mother. Their plan backfired. But Phillip III's drinking problem soon led to his death when his sports car slammed into a tree, and Nina inherited a sizable fortune.
Nina began an affair with Ryan McNeil, and when his marriage ended, Ryan moved in with Nina and young Phillip. Nina became pregnant, and he married her out of obligation. After Nina's miscarriage, Ryan realized he truly did love her, became a devoted father to Phillip, and encouraged Nina to get her college degree. Years later, Nina fell in love with novelist Cole Howard, who was married to Ryan's first wife Victoria. Cole's rejection caused Nina to suffer a nervous breakdown. She alienated Ryan, and after Ryan foiled Nina's suicide attempt, they were divorced.
Nina Webster began emerging as a strong, confident, independent woman, a more refined version of the feisty young Nina of the past. She began working on her first novel-the story of her youth and her stolen baby. During a romance with famous author Tomas Del Cerro who was her mentor, friend, and lover, Nina finished her book, "A Cry In Thin Air." But their romance fell apart, and Nina and her son Phillip moved to Los Angeles where she wrote the screenplay for a movie based on her book.
In 2006 we learned that Phillip III was switched at birth by his grandmother Katherine Chancellor, thus was no longer the biological Chancellor heir, but Katherine still considers him her grandson.
In November 2008, Nina returned to Genoa City from her home in LA to attend the funeral of Katherine Chancellor (who was not really dead, it was her doppelganger, Marge). When asked about her son Phillip IV, she said he was unable to attend, being in the Army in Iraq. During the reading of the will, Phillip inherited one quarter of one percent in trust, as did each of Kay's grandchildren.
Nina has returned to Genoa City to make a screenplay out of Katherine's book of memoirs, and with the help of Paul, is investigating Cane's story of being switched at birth with Phillip III. Nina is anxious to identify her son's father to find out if he had the gene to confirm or rule out his possible diagnosis of Huntington's disease.