Phillip Coulson

"Ms. Foster I'm agent Coulson with S.H.I.E.L.D."

- Phil Coulson

Phil Coulson is an espionage agent working for S.H.I.E.L.D.

The Incredible Hulk: The Fury Files
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Iron Man
"This isn't my first rodeo, Mr. Stark."

- Phil Coulson

As an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., Coulson attempted to set up meetings with Tony Stark regarding his abduction and subsequent "rescue" in Afghanistan, but Stark refused, instead Coulson received information from Pepper Potts about Obadiah Stane's involvement in Tony's kidnapping and attempted homicide. Coulson and four other agents tried to arrest Stane, but their efforts were thwarted by the Iron Monger Armor. Coulson later derived a cover story for Stark, one which Stark refused to use.

Iron Man: Fast Friends
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Iron Man 2: Phil Coulson Agent of SHIELD
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Iron Man 2
"If you try to escape, or play any sort of games with me, I will taze you and watch "Supernanny" while you drool into the carpet."

- Phil Coulson

Nick Fury put Agent Coulson in charge of guarding Stark, making sure he didn't leave his house.

Later, Coulson went down to Stark's workshop and found a prototype of Captain America's shield in Howard Stark's casket, Stark took the shield and used it to balance the machine he was building. Coulson was assigned to a different mission so bid farewell to Stark. He then headed to New Mexico where S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents were searching for something, he contacted Fury and told him "we have found it", "it" being Thor's hammer Mjolnir.

A Funny Thing Happened on the way to Thor's Hammer
"Tell them those Tae-Bo tapes really paid off."

- Phil Coulson

While going to New Mexico, Coulson stopped in a service station to buy some snacks and fill his car with gas. While he was in the shop, two robbers threatened the clerk with shotguns. Coulson intervened, passing them his car keys, but as he showed them his gun they panicked, as he slid the gun towards them, he quickly knocked both of them unconscious using his S.H.I.E.L.D. training. After, he proceeded to the counter and bought his snacks, paid, told the clerk to keep the change and then left.

Thor
"Sir. We found it."

- Phil Coulson

Upon arriving in the deserts of New Mexico, Agent Coulson along with a unit of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents set up a perimeter and a base of operations around the crater site containing Mjolnir.

Coulson then gathered all of Jane Foster and her scientific team's research that was related to the hammer. When Thor attempted to reclaim Mjolnir by infiltrating the base and managed to single-handedly take out a dozen S.H.I.E.L.D. agents with various fighting styles. Coulson observed from a distance before asking Clint Barton to prepare to take action if necessary. After Thor failed to remove Mjolnir, Coulson interrogated him about his identity and training, believing him to be a warrior of some type despite Thor refusing to answer his questions. Thor's interrogation was interrupted when Erik Selvig appeared and informed Coulson that Thor is actually Donald Blake a member of his scientific staff. An agent confirmed it by running a background check in the computer database and turns up a falsified document created by Jane of Thor assuming the identity of Dr. Donald Blake. Coulson went along with the charade but assigned agents to follow them believing they knew more than they were letting on.

When an agent discovered the coordinates of another potential crater site that appeared to having an exact signature match to Mjolnir, Agent Coulson and a unit of agents went to investigate and find The Destroyer armor. One agent asked Coulson if the armor belonged to Tony Stark. Coulson replied that Stark doesn't tell him anything; he tried to address the armor but it attacked them.

Coulson managed to survive the attack from The Destroyer and watched as Thor regained his powers. Coulson confronted Thor who offered his services in protecting Earth under the sole condition that Coulson returned all of Jane's research and equipment. Coulson agreed to Thor's terms and requested that they be debriefed before Thor flew upwards with Jane in his arms.

Fury Big Week
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Black Widow Strikes
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The Consultant
Jasper Sitwell met with Coulson in a cafe. Coulson had been informed that the Government wanted to free Emil Blonsky, considering him a war hero, who destroyed half a city just because he was attacked by The Hulk. The two were tasked with preventing Blonsky's release, and decided to send a consultant to talk to General Ross and convince him not to free the Abomination, someone so irritating and annoying that Ross would be forced to give up his plans. Unwillingly, Coulson accepted to send Tony Stark, The Avengers's consultant.

The Avengers
"So that's what it does."

- Phil Coulson

When a threat to the world required the formation of a team of Super Heroes to defeat it, Coulson took on the task of assembling Nick Fury's Avengers as just another day at the office.

He managed to convince Tony Stark to join the team, with the help of Pepper Potts, whom he befriended during his assignment to Stark. Back on the Helicarrier, Coulson was more than happy to meet his all-time hero, Captain America, who had joined the Avengers Initiative on Fury's invitation. Coulson asked Rogers to sign some vintage collectible sticker cards he'd gathered in around two years, stressing the fact that Rogers had always been a model for him.

After the team's first mission, Coulson told Fury that the team was not prepared to face the common menace, and that they needed to be motivated some way. Stark managed to capture Loki Laufeyson and bring him to the S.H.I.E.L.D Helicarrier, when a brainwashed Clint Barton attacked and Loki was able to break free. Coulson reached Loki's prison, only to find the villain out of his cage, and Thor trapped in his place. The agent threatened Loki with a weapon, Coulson's Revenge, created from The Destroyer's body, but the Asgardian teleported and stabbed him in the back. Laying on the floor, Coulson was powerless to prevent Thor's expulsion from the Helicarrier, but managed to land a blow on Loki with the Revenge. Later, when the battle was over and lost, Fury reached Coulson just in time to hear his last words. As he died, Coulson suggested Fury used his death to motivate the Avengers into working together as a team.

Character traits

 * In the films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Agent Coulson is generally depicted as a supporting character of the protagonists and used to represent S.H.I.E.L.D.'s presence in the plots of the films, to the point that Clark Gregg has described Coulson as "the S.H.I.E.L.D. agent". However, in the "Marvel One-Shots", Coulson is given "a chance to stand in his own spotlight for once", when the character is put in a position where there is an imminent threat and no superheroes around. The decision to give more focus to Coulson was "a natural" for "Marvel One-Shot" co-producer Brad Winderbaum.
 * Gregg has stated, "I think of Agent Coulson, after all these years, as a guy with a full life. I think every day he's somewhere doing something for S.H.I.E.L.D., and yet I don't always know what that is... There's always a different twist. In this one he gets to show more of his wisecracking wit, and in this one he's a little bit more of a badass."
 * Despite Coulson being called "the most recognizable face in the Marvel Comics movie universe", he is depicted as an "everyman" in a universe full of superheroes – "the glue that binds" the characters together. In Thor, Coulson complains that Tony Stark "never tells [him] anything", while in The Avengers, Stark shows his disdain for G-Men by insisting that Coulson's first name is "Agent" rather than "Phil". In an interview with WNBC, Gregg explained his portrayal of the character as 'just a guy grumbling about his job "He's the guy who's tasked - a very disciplined guy in my opinion who possesses secrets that would turn your hair white - but at the same time he's tasked with handling these kind of diva superheroes, you know? "Oh, really, Asgard? Dude, just get in the car."

Friends and Allies

 * Steve Rogers/Captain America - Ally and Heroic idol
 * Tony Stark/Iron Man - Ally and friend.
 * James Rhodes/War Machine - Ally
 * Virginia Potts - Ally and friend
 * Nick Fury - S.H.I.E.L.D. Director
 * Black Widow - S.H.I.E.L.D. Ally
 * Thor - Ally
 * Hawkeye - S.H.I.E.L.D. subordinate
 * Maria Hill - S.H.I.E.L.D. Ally
 * Jasper Sitwell - S.H.I.E.L.D. Ally
 * Erik Selvig - Aquaintance who picked Thor up from Coulson's base, Coulson presumably reccomended Selvig meet with Nick Fury to discuss the Cosmic Cube.

Enemies

 * Obadiah Stane/Iron Monger
 * Ivan Vanko/Whiplash
 * Justin Hammer
 * The Destroyer
 * Loki Laufeyson - Killer
 * Thaddeus Ross - Opposing General
 * Emil Blonsky/Abomination - Coulson prevented him from joining the Avengers
 * Chitauri

Behind the scenes

 * During his first meeting with Stark in the second film, Coulson states that if Stark tried anything, he would "Tase you [Stark] and watch Supernanny while you drool onto the carpet".
 * Since Fury lied about Coulson's trading cards, and though we saw medics arrive but heard Coulson's death called only over the PA, many fans theorize that Coulson and Fury used the opportunity to fake his death and motivate the team. This is just fan speculation, and has not been confirmed or denied.
 * Despite dying in The Avengers, it is rumored he will return as The Vision.

Trivia

 * According to screenrant.com, Joss Whedon has hinted that Coulson may actually have superpowers. This has yet to be confirmed.
 * Clark Gregg is voicing Agent Coulson in the TV series Ultimate Spider-Man.
 * Coulson appears in MARVEL UNIVERSE - THE AVENGERS: EARTH'S MIGHTIEST HEROES #1 comic book tie in to the smash hit tv series The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
 * Due to the popularity of the character, Coulson was introduced into the main Marvel Comics universe.

Appearances/Actors

 * Canon (6 films)


 * Iron Man (First appearance) - Clark Gregg
 * Iron Man 2 - Clark Gregg
 * A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer - Clark Gregg
 * Thor - Clark Gregg
 * The Consultant - Clark Gregg
 * The Avengers - Clark Gregg