Mike Rutherford
Known for: Acting
Born: October 2, 1950
Place of birth: Guildford, Surrey, England, UK
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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Filmography
73 movies · 9 TV shows, newest first
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Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition)
2025
7.5
Steve Hackett – Foxtrot at Fifty + Hackett Highlights: Live in Brighton
2023
6.5
Genesis | The Last Domino?
2021
7.2
Mike + The Mechanics | Live in Berlin 2017
2017
NR
Neil McCormick's Needle Time with Mike Rutherford
2015
NR
Rick Wakeman on Vivaldi's Four Seasons
2015
6.5
Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall
2014
6.7
Genesis: Together and Apart
2014
7.7
Cachitos de hierro y cromo
2013
NR
Fathers and Songs: Music for Father's Day
2013NR
The Mechanic
2012
NR
London 2012 Olympic Games
2012
6.9
London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music
2012
NR
Genesis: Behind the Music and in Their Own Words
2012NR
Mike and the Mechanics - Live in Warburg 2011
2011
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Genesis | Live... Tonight
2011
6.0
Berlin Live
2011
6.2
A Concert by the Lake
2010
7.6
Prog Rock Britannia
2009
8.2
Prog Rock at the BBC
2009
8.0
Genesis: When in Rome 2007
2008
9.0
Genesis | Come Rain or Shine
2008
NR
Genesis | Members Only DVD
2008
4.8
Genesis | Live in Düsseldorf
2007
NR
Genesis Raindrops Over Hamburg
2007
8.0
Genesis: Up Close and Personal
2007NR
Mike and the Mechanics - Video Collection
2007
9.2
Seven Ages of Rock
2007
9.0
Genesis: Turning It on Again
2007
NR
Genesis: Total Rock Review
2006
NR
Band Du Lac: A Concert By The Lake
2006
8.0
Band Du Lac: One Night Only Live
2006
8.6
Genesis: The Video Show
2005
8.0
The Strat Pack: Live in Concert
2005
4.5
Inside Genesis: The Gabriel Years 1970-1975
2005
6.4
Mike + the Mechanics + Paul Carrack - Live at Shepherds Bush London
2005
NR
Genesis Encore Cascais 75
2005
8.0
Inside Genesis: 1975-1980
2004
9.0
Phil Collins: A Life Less Ordinary
2002
7.6
Top Gear
2002
7.8
Genesis | Songbook
2001
7.0
Genesis - Six Hours Live 1972-1980
2000
NR
VH1 Behind the Music: Genesis
1999
7.0
Classic Albums: Phil Collins - Face Value
1999
NR
Genesis | Live in Poland
19989.0
From Genesis to Revelation
1998
9.0
An Audience with Elton John
1997
7.7
Classic Albums
1997NR
Mike + the Mechanics | Live at the House of Blues 1995
1995
7.9
Genesis - The Way We Walk: Live in Concert
1993
NR
Genesis | No Admittance
1992NR
Genesis | A Midsummer Night's Dance
1992
NR
Genesis - Live from Knebworth
1992
NR
Genesis | Opening Night
1992
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Genesis: A History
1991
8.6
Genesis - Live at Wembley Stadium
1989
9.5
Genesis: Invisible Touch Tour
1988
5.7
Sacrée soirée
1987
NR
Genesis | Live at Montreux 1987
19877.0
Genesis: Visible Touch
1987NR
Genesis: From the Beginning
1986
7.4
Miami Vice
1984
7.9
MTV Video Music Awards
1984
7.8
Genesis | Live: The MAMA Tour - National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham
1984
NR
The Making of the MAMA Album
1984
NR
Genesis | MAMA Tour Rehearsal
1983
8.4
Genesis - Three Sides Live
1981
NR
Genesis in Liverpool
1980
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Genesis - Live in London: The Lyceum Tapes May 7, 1980
1980
7.0
Genesis - Live in London: The Lyceum Tapes May 6, 1980
1980
NR
Three Dates with Genesis
1978
6.0
The Shout
1978
NR
Genesis | ... And Then There Were Three ...
1978
6.8
Genesis: In Concert
1977
6.5
Genesis - Melody 74
1974
NR
Genesis - Live on Midnight Special
1973
6.9
Genesis: Live at Shepperton Studios
1973
NR
Genesis: Selling England by the Pound
1973
NR
Genesis - Live
1973
8.6
Genesis - Live at Bataclan, Paris
1973
7.2
Genesis - Live at Belgium TV Studio, PopShop'72
1972
NR
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway: Illustrated
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