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“ | Son, I could shoot a fly off your head at 80 feet. | „ |
~ Phil boasting his shooting skills to Tommy Vercetti.
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Philip "Phil" Cassidy (born 1953) is a supporting character in the Grand Theft Auto series.
In Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, he was voiced by Gary Busey who has also portrayed the Millard Findlemeyer in The Gingerdead Man. In Grand Theft Auto III, he was voiced by Hunter Platin, who also voiced Curly Bob in the same game, The Psycho in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Piggsy in Manhunt.
Biography[]
Phil was the only son of the Cassidy family and had two sisters Louise and Mary Jo. He claims to be a military veteran, though in reality, he is an alcoholic weapons smuggler who was always rejected for duty.
He was disgusted by Marty Jay Williams' abuse of Louise and meets Victor Vance who got kicked out of the army thanks to Jerry Martinez . Phil becomes more sober as the story progress only to go back to his drunken state after Louise was killed by Armando Mendez. He later agrees to help Vic to distract the army so that he could hijack a military attack helicopter.
Two years later, he was recruited by Tommy Vercetti to rob a bank. Phil's position was to be the stick up man and things went fine at first. It all went downhill when one of the hostages pulled the alarm and Phil later killed him and the arriving SWAT team. He and Tommy escaped and enjoyed the loot they pulled. Phil then hires Tommy to eliminate several rival arms dealers. He later lost his arm after a bomb incident when he was drunk, but Tommy gets him medical assistance.
Phil is only seen once in Liberty City Stories, where he has set up shop in Staunton Island. Phil, after taking the Yakuza weapons shipment from Toni, remarks he should relocate his business to the port area.
In Grand Theft Auto III, Ray Machowski hires Claude to defend Phil's arms depot from the Colombian Cartel. Phil and Claude fight off the attackers, after which Phil praises Claude, claiming he may not have lost an arm in Nicaragua if Claude was with him.
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Trivia[]
- Phil was briefly mentioned in Manhunt, another Rockstar game, by a member of the Carcer City Police Department - "Promised my little boy I would take him to Cassidy's Bargain Firearms Emporium tomorrow".
- Save for VCS, Phil is the only source of purchasable heavy weapons in every game featuring him.
External Links[]
- Phil Cassidy on the Heroes Wiki