Mike Rutherford

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1950-10-02 (75 years old)

Place of Birth

Guildford, Surrey, England, UK

Mike Rutherford

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 w...

Acting

2005

Genesis: The Video Show

as Self (archive footage)

1981

Genesis | Three Sides Live

as Self - Guitars, Bass

2013

2010

2012

The Mechanic

as Himself

1973

2005

2007

Genesis: Up Close and Personal

as Self (archive footage)

2007

Genesis: Turning It on Again

as Self (archive footage)

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)

1986

Genesis: From the Beginning

as SelfSelf (archive footage)

1983

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