Name
Mike Rutherford
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1950-10-02 (76 years old)
Place of Birth
Guildford, Surrey, England, UK
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.
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- 2021 Genesis | The Last Domino? as Self
- 2008 Genesis: When in Rome 2007 as Self
- 2005 Genesis: The Video Show as Self (archive footage)
- 1984 Genesis | Live: The MAMA Tour - National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham as Self
- 1977 Genesis: In Concert as Self
- 1973 Genesis: Live at Shepperton Studios as Self
- 1998 Genesis | Live in Poland as Self
- 1993 Genesis - The Way We Walk: Live in Concert as Self
- 2001 Genesis | Songbook as Self
- 1981 Genesis - Three Sides Live as Self - Guitars, Bass
- 1992 Genesis | A Midsummer Night's Dance as Self
- 2007 Genesis | Live in Düsseldorf as Self
- 2013 Fathers and Songs: Music for Father's Day as Self (archive footage)
- 1989 Genesis - Live at Wembley Stadium as Self
- 1999 Classic Albums: Phil Collins - Face Value as Self
- 1998 From Genesis to Revelation as Self
- 2005 Mike + the Mechanics + Paul Carrack - Live at Shepherds Bush London as Self - Guitar / Self - Bass / Self - Vocals
- 1992 Genesis - Live from Knebworth as Self
- 1973 Genesis - Live on Midnight Special as Self
- 1978 Three Dates with Genesis as Self
- 2010 A Concert by the Lake as Self
- 1980 Genesis - Live in London: The Lyceum Tapes May 6, 1980 as Self
- 1980 Genesis in Liverpool as Self
- 1984 The Making of the MAMA Album as Self
- 1980 Genesis - Live in London: The Lyceum Tapes May 7, 1980 as Self
- 1983 Genesis | MAMA Tour Rehearsal as Self
- 2014 Genesis: Together and Apart as Self
- 1987 Genesis | Live at Montreux 1987 as Self
- 2008 Genesis | Members Only DVD as Self
- 1992 Genesis | Opening Night as Self
- 1973 Genesis - Live at Bataclan, Paris as Self
- 1995 Mike + the Mechanics | Live at the House of Blues 1995 as Self
- 2011 Mike and the Mechanics - Live in Warburg 2011 as Self
- 2012 The Mechanic as Self
- 2007 Mike and the Mechanics - Video Collection as Self
- 1988 Genesis: Invisible Touch Tour as Self
- 2012 Genesis: Behind the Music and in Their Own Words as Self
- 1974 Genesis - Melody 74 as Self
- 1973 Genesis - Live as Self
- 2006 Band Du Lac: A Concert By The Lake as Self - Guitar
- 2006 Band Du Lac: One Night Only Live as Self - Guitar
- 2014 Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall as Self
- 2011 Genesis | Live... Tonight as Self
- 2015 Neil McCormick's Needle Time with Mike Rutherford as Self
- 2017 Mike + The Mechanics | Live in Berlin 2017 as Self
- 2005 Inside Genesis: The Gabriel Years 1970-1975 as Self (archive footage)
- 2007 Genesis: Up Close and Personal as Self (archive footage)
- 2007 Genesis: Turning It on Again as Self (archive footage)
- 1991 Genesis: A History as Self
- 1999 VH1 Behind the Music: Genesis as Self (archive footage)
- 2004 Inside Genesis: 1975-1980 as Self (archive footage)
- 2002 Phil Collins: A Life Less Ordinary as Self (archive footage)
- 1992 Genesis | No Admittance as Self
- 2009 Prog Rock Britannia as Self
- 1972 Genesis - Live at Belgium TV Studio, PopShop'72 as Self
- 2008 Genesis | Come Rain or Shine as Self
- 2005 The Strat Pack: Live in Concert as Self
- 1986 Genesis: From the Beginning as Self (archive footage)
- 1997 An Audience with Elton John as Self
- 2012 London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music as Self
- 2009 Prog Rock at the BBC as Self
- 1978 Genesis | ... And Then There Were Three ... as Self
- 1973 Genesis: Selling England by the Pound as Self
- 2000 Genesis - Six Hours Live 1972-1980 as self
- 2015 Rick Wakeman on Vivaldi's Four Seasons
- 2025 Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition) as self
- 2006 Genesis: Total Rock Review as Self (archive footage)
- 1987 Genesis: Visible Touch as Self - Guitar, Bass
- 2007 Genesis Raindrops Over Hamburg
- 1997 Classic Albums ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2013 Cachitos de hierro y cromo ( 1 episode ) as Self (archive footage)
- 1984 MTV Video Music Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2011 Berlin Live ( 1 episode ) as Self - Performer
- 2007 Seven Ages of Rock ( 7 episodes ) as Self
- 2002 Top Gear ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2012 London 2012 Olympic Games ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1987 Sacrée soirée ( 1 episode ) as Self - Genesis
