EastEnders star, Steve McFadden has wowed audiences in an entirely different role (stock) (Image: Mike Marsland/WireImage)

Fans of EastEnders have been singing the praises of one of the soap's most prominent actors after seeing him take on a vastly different character. Steve McFadden first appeared on the BBC programme in 1990 and has remained a near-constant fixture on British television ever since .

As businessman hard-man Phil Mitchell, Steve has tackled some of the show's most frank storylines over three decades, exploring dark themes such as alcohol dependency, addiction, criminality and extramarital affairs. Given this history, audiences were calling the actor a "genius" after he stepped onto the stage this week to demonstrate his versatility . Indeed, Steve has been cast

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