Mike Rutherford
Acting • Born 1950-10-02
Biography
Michael John Cloete Crawford Rutherford (born 2 October 1950) is an English guitarist, bassist, and songwriter who co-founded the rock band Genesis in 1967. Rutherford and keyboardist Tony Banks are the group's two continuous members. Initially serving as Genesis's bass guitarist and backing vocalist, Rutherford also performed most of the band's rhythm guitar parts—frequently on twelve-string guitar—in collaboration with successive Genesis lead guitarists Anthony Phillips and Steve Hackett. Following Hackett's departure from Genesis in 1977, Rutherford assumed the additional role of the lead guitarist on the band's studio albums (beginning with ...And Then There Were Three... in 1978). Rutherford was one of the main Genesis songwriters throughout their career and wrote the lyrics for some of the band's biggest international hits, such as "Follow You Follow Me", "Turn It On Again", "Land of Confusion" and "Throwing It All Away". He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Genesis in 2010. In addition to his work with Genesis, Rutherford released two solo albums in the early 1980s. In 1985, he formed Mike + the Mechanics, which became a chart-topping act and significant live draw in its own right. The group earned Rutherford an Ivor Novello Award for the 1988 single "The Living Years", as well as two Grammys.
Filmography
76 credits
Genesis | The Last Domino?
Movie • 2021
Self
Genesis: When in Rome 2007
Movie • 2008
Self
Genesis | Live: The MAMA Tour - National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham
Movie • 1984
Self
Genesis | Live in Poland
Movie • 1998
Self
Genesis: The Video Show
Movie • 2005
Self (archive footage)
Genesis | Songbook
Movie • 2001
Self
Genesis: In Concert
Movie • 1977
Self
Genesis - Live at Shepperton Studios
Movie • 1973
Self
Genesis - The Way We Walk: Live in Concert
Movie • 1993
Self
Genesis - Three Sides Live
Movie • 1981
Self - Guitars, Bass
Genesis | A Midsummer Night's Dance
Movie • 1992
Self
Genesis | Live in Düsseldorf
Movie • 2007
Self
Fathers and Songs: Music for Father's Day
Movie • 2013
Self (archive footage)
Genesis - Live at Wembley Stadium
Movie • 1989
Self
Classic Albums: Phil Collins - Face Value
Movie • 1999
Self
From Genesis to Revelation
Movie • 1998
Self
Mike + the Mechanics + Paul Carrack - Live at Shepherds Bush London
Movie • 2005
Self - Guitar / Self - Bass / Self - Vocals
Genesis - Live from Knebworth
Movie • 1992
Self
Genesis - Live on Midnight Special
Movie • 1973
Self
Three Dates with Genesis
Movie • 1978
Self
A Concert by the Lake
Movie • 2010
Self
Genesis - Live in London: The Lyceum Tapes May 6, 1980
Movie • 1980
Self
Genesis in Liverpool
Movie • 1980
Self
The Making of the MAMA Album
Movie • 1984
Self
Genesis - Live in London: The Lyceum Tapes May 7, 1980
Movie • 1980
Self
Genesis | MAMA Tour Rehearsal
Movie • 1983
Self
Genesis: Together and Apart
Movie • 2014
Self
Genesis | Live at Montreux 1987
Movie • 1987
Self
Genesis | Members Only DVD
Movie • 2008
Self
Genesis | Opening Night
Movie • 1992
Self
Genesis - Live at Bataclan, Paris
Movie • 1973
Self
Mike and the Mechanics - Video Collection
Movie • 2007
Self
The Mechanic
Movie • 2012
Self
Mike and the Mechanics - Live in Warburg 2011
Movie • 2011
Self
Mike + the Mechanics | Live at the House of Blues 1995
Movie • 1995
Self
Genesis: Invisible Touch Tour
Movie • 1988
Self
Genesis: Behind the Music and in Their Own Words
Movie • 2012
Self
Genesis - Melody 74
Movie • 1974
Self
Genesis - Live
Movie • 1973
Self
Band Du Lac: A Concert By The Lake
Movie • 2006
Self - Guitar
Band Du Lac: One Night Only Live
Movie • 2006
Self - Guitar
Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall
Movie • 2014
Self
Genesis | Live... Tonight
Movie • 2011
Self
Neil McCormick's Needle Time with Mike Rutherford
Movie • 2015
Self
Mike + The Mechanics | Live in Berlin 2017
Movie • 2017
Self
Inside Genesis: The Gabriel Years 1970-1975
Movie • 2005
Self (archive footage)
Genesis: Up Close and Personal
Movie • 2007
Self (archive footage)
Genesis: Turning It on Again
Movie • 2007
Self (archive footage)
Genesis: A History
Movie • 1991
Self
VH1 Behind the Music: Genesis
Movie • 1999
Self (archive footage)
Inside Genesis: 1975-1980
Movie • 2004
Self (archive footage)
Phil Collins: A Life Less Ordinary
Movie • 2002
Self (archive footage)
Genesis | No Admittance
Movie • 1992
Self
Prog Rock Britannia
Movie • 2009
Self
Genesis - Live at Belgium TV Studio, PopShop'72
Movie • 1972
Self
Genesis | Come Rain or Shine
Movie • 2008
Self
The Strat Pack: Live in Concert
Movie • 2005
Self
Genesis: From the Beginning
Movie • 1986
Self (archive footage)
An Audience with Elton John
Movie • 1997
Self
London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music
Movie • 2012
Self
Prog Rock at the BBC
Movie • 2009
Self
Genesis | ... And Then There Were Three ...
Movie • 1978
Self
Genesis - Selling England by the Pound
Movie • 1973
Self
Genesis - Six Hours Live 1972-1980
Movie • 2000
self
Rick Wakeman on Vivaldi's Four Seasons
Movie • 2015
Genesis-The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (50th anniversary super deluxe edition)
Movie • 2025
self
Genesis: Total Rock Review
Movie • 2006
Self (archive footage)
Genesis: Visible Touch
Movie • 1987
Self - Guitar, Bass
Classic Albums
TV • 1997
Self
Cachitos de hierro y cromo
TV • 2013
Self (archive footage)
MTV Video Music Awards
TV • 1984
Self
Berlin Live
TV • 2011
Self - Performer
Seven Ages of Rock
TV • 2007
Self
Top Gear
TV • 2002
Self
London 2012 Olympic Games
TV • 2012
Self
Sacrée Soirée
TV • 1987
Self - Genesis