Editing Phil Collins (section)

==Cameo film and television appearances==
Collins had cameo appearances in [[Steven Spielberg]]'s ''[[Hook (film)|Hook]]'' (1991) and the [[HIV/AIDS|AIDS]] [[docudrama]] ''[[And the Band Played On (film)|And the Band Played On]]'' (1993). He starred in ''[[Frauds (film)|Frauds]]'', which competed for the [[Palme d'Or]] at the [[1993 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite news|url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/2570/year/1993.html|title=Festival de Cannes: Frauds|newspaper=Festival de Cannes |access-date=18 August 2009|publisher=festival-cannes.com}}</ref> He supplied voices to two animated features: Amblin's ''[[Balto (film)|Balto]]'' (1995) and Disney's ''[[The Jungle Book 2]]'' (2003). A long-discussed but never completed project was a film titled ''[[The Three Bears]]''; originally meant to star Collins, [[Danny DeVito]], and [[Bob Hoskins]]. He often mentioned the film, though an appropriate script never materialised.<ref>{{cite web|author=Baker, Glenn A.|year=1993|url=http://www.philcollins.co.uk/penthouse93.htm|title=Phil Collins Interview|work=[[Penthouse (magazine)|Penthouse]]|access-date=30 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051220080230/http://www.philcollins.co.uk/penthouse93.htm|archive-date=20 December 2005}}</ref> Collins's music is featured in the [[Satire|satirical]] [[black comedy]] film ''[[American Psycho (film)|American Psycho]]'', with psychotic lead character [[Patrick Bateman]] (played by [[Christian Bale]]) portrayed as an obsessive fan who reads deep meaning into his work, especially with Genesis, while describing his solo music as "...more commercial and therefore more satisfying, in a narrower way." Bateman delivers a monologue praising Collins and Genesis during a sequence in which he engages the services of two prostitutes while playing "[[In Too Deep (Genesis song)|In Too Deep]]" and "[[Sussudio]]". Collins told the ''New Musical Express'': "I don't think him being a psychopath and liking my music is linked – my music was just omnipresent in that era."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Levine |first=Nick |date=October 19, 2016 |title=Phil Collins Shares Thoughts on His Music's Role in 'American Psycho' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/phil-collins-shares-thoughts-musics-role-american-psycho-1652940 |website=[[NME]] |access-date=6 October 2019}}</ref>

During the 1980s, Collins was among the celebrities caricatured on the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] satirical television puppet show ''[[Spitting Image]]''—the show's creators were then commissioned by Genesis to create puppets of the entire band to appear in their 1986 [[Land of Confusion#Music video|music video "Land of Confusion]]".{{sfn|Röttgers|2015|p=74}} Collins twice hosted the [[Billboard Music Awards|''Billboard'' Music Awards]] on television, which were produced and directed by his longtime music video and TV special collaborators, Paul Flattery and Jim Yukich of FYI (Flattery Yukich Inc). In 1985, he also appeared in an episode of the series ''[[Miami Vice]]'', entitled "[[List of Miami Vice episodes|Phil the Shill]]", in which he plays a cheating [[Confidence trick|con-man]]. In the 1980s he appeared in several comedy sketches with ''[[The Two Ronnies]]'' on [[BBC One]].<ref>{{cite news|title=The Two Ronnies: series 12 episode 3|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00glrpx|agency=BBC|date=22 December 2017}}</ref>

[[File:Phil Collins star.jpg|thumb|Collins's star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] was awarded to the musician for his contribution to recording. It is located at 6834 Hollywood Boulevard.]]
In 2001, Collins was one of several celebrities who were tricked into appearing in a controversial British comedy series, ''[[Brass Eye]]'', shown on public service broadcaster [[Channel 4]]. In the episode, Collins endorsed a hoax anti-[[Pedophilia|paedophile]] campaign wearing a [[T-shirt]] with the words "Nonce Sense" and warned children against speaking to suspicious people. Collins was reported by the BBC to have consulted lawyers regarding the programme, which was originally pulled from broadcast but eventually rescheduled. Collins said he had taken part in the programme "in good faith for the public benefit", believing it to be "a public service programme that would be going around schools and colleges in a bid to stem child abduction and abuse". Collins also accused the makers of the programme of "some serious taste problems" and warned it would prevent celebrities from supporting "public spirited causes" in the future.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/1445870.stm|title=Star consults lawyers over TV spoof|work=BBC News|date=18 July 2001|access-date=13 August 2015}}</ref>

In 2006, Collins played a fictional version of himself in the [[PlayStation Portable|PSP]] and [[PlayStation 2|PS2]] video game ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]]''. Set in 1984, he appears in three missions in which the main character, [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories|Victor]], must save him from [[American Mafia|Mafia]]-hired hitmen, who are trying to kill Collins because his manager refused to pay his $3 million debt to them. The final mission occurs during his concert, where the player must defend the scaffolding against saboteurs while Collins is performing "In the Air Tonight". After this, the player is given the opportunity to watch this performance of "In the Air Tonight" for the cost of 6,000 in-game dollars. "In the Air Tonight" is part of the official ''Vice City Stories'' soundtrack, and can be also heard on the in-game radio station Emotion 98.3. The song has also been featured in films such as ''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters]]'' (2007) and ''[[The Hangover]]'' (2009).<ref>{{cite web| date=6 December 2009| first=Ryan J. | last=Downey| title=Todd Phillips Discusses His Musical Decisions For 'The Hangover'| url=http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2009/06/12/todd-phillips-discusses-his-musical-decisions-in-the-hangover| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090614052421/http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2009/06/12/todd-phillips-discusses-his-musical-decisions-in-the-hangover/| url-status=dead| archive-date=14 June 2009| publisher=[[MTV]]}}</ref>

"In the Air Tonight" featured in the 2007 ''[[Gorilla (advertisement)|Gorilla]]'' commercial for [[Cadbury]]'s [[Cadbury Dairy Milk|Dairy Milk]] chocolate. Many believed that Collins himself was the drummer. When asked about ''Gorilla'', Collins jokingly commented that "Not only is he a better drummer than me, he also has more hair. Can he sing too?"<ref>[https://www.nme.com/news/genesis/31034 Tabloid Hell: Phil Collins], ''[[NME]]'', 19 September 2007. Retrieved 5 August 2019.</ref> The advertisement—which won Gold at the [[British Television Advertising Awards]] in 2008—helped the song re-enter the New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart at No. 3 in July 2008, the following week reaching No. 1, beating its original 1981 No. 6 peak.<ref>{{cite news |title=Drumming Gorilla Beats Ad Rivals |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/mar/13/advertising.television1 |access-date=29 March 2022 |work=The Guardian|date=13 March 2008}}</ref> "In the Air Tonight" was also [[Sampling (music)|sampled]] in the song "I Can Feel It" on [[Sean Kingston]]'s [[Sean Kingston (album)|self-titled debut album]].<ref>{{cite web|first=David |last=Jeffries |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/sean-kingston-mw0000481908 |title=Sean Kingston – Sean Kingston &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits |website=[[AllMusic]] |date=31 July 2007 |access-date=23 February 2017}}</ref>

Collins was portrayed in the cartoon ''[[South Park]]'' in the episode "[[Timmy 2000]]" holding his Oscar throughout, referring to his 1999 win for "[[You'll Be in My Heart]]", which defeated "[[Blame Canada]]" from ''[[South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut]]''. The show's creators admitted resenting losing to Collins, as they felt their [[72nd Academy Awards|other competitors]] were more worthy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://southpark.cc.com/seasons/south-park|title=South Park &#124; South Park – Watch Full Episodes, Clips & More|website=southpark.cc.com}}</ref> The episode "[[Cartman's Silly Hate Crime 2000]]" involves a sled race down the landmark known as Phil Collins Hill, which has an impression of Collins's face in the side. The Phil Collins character returns once more and gets killed off in the episode ''[[200 (South Park)|200]]''. Collins appears briefly in the Finnish animated sitcom ''[[Jefferson Anderson|Pasila]]'' in the episode "Phil Collins Hangover". The music of this episode is a pastiche of Collins's "Another Day in Paradise".<ref>[https://www.rumba.fi/uutiset/phil-collins-darra-on-vakava-asia-auttaako-siihen-phil-collins-pian-kysymysta-paasee-testaamaan-kaytannossa/ "Phil Collins -darra on vakava asia – auttaako siihen Phil Collins? Pian kysymystä pääsee testaamaan käytännössä"]. Rumba.fi. Retrieved 24 February 2019</ref> Collins was mentioned in the ''[[Psych]]'' episode "[[List of Psych episodes#Season 3: 2008–2009|Disco Didn't Die. It Was Murdered!]]" as resembling [[Shawn Spencer]]'s father, Henry, portrayed by actor [[Corbin Bernsen]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aoltv.com/2008/08/16/psych-disco-didnt-die-it-was-murdered/|title=Psych: Disco Didn't Die. It Was Murdered!|website=AOLTV.com|date=16 August 2008|access-date=13 June 2013|archive-date=13 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113192539/http://www.aoltv.com/2008/08/16/psych-disco-didnt-die-it-was-murdered/|url-status=dead}}</ref>