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Mike Rutherford

Writer, Actor, Composer, Additional Credits
Born October 2, 1950 (74 years)
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.
Movies & Shows on Plex
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Filmography

2014
2014
2014
Good Morning Britain (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
2013
Cachitos de Hierro y Cromo (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage)
2012
2012
2011
2011
Berlin Live (TV Series) · as Self - Performer
2011
Perspectives (TV Series) · as Self
2010
Pointless Celebrities (TV Series) · as Self
2010
A Concert by the Lake · as Himself
2009
2009
2008
2008
2008
Front and Center (TV Series) · as Self
2008
2007
The Alan Titchmarsh Show (TV Series) · as Self
2007
Genesis:| Up Close and Personal · as Self (archive Footage)
2007
7 Ages of Rock (TV Series) · as Self
2007
Genesis: Turning It On Again · as Self (archive Footage)
2006
The ONE Show (TV Series) · as Self
2005
The Strat Pack · as Self
2005
Inside Genesis: The Gabriel Years 1970-1975 · as Self (archive Footage)
2004
2004
Genesis: The Video Show · as Self (archive Footage)
2004
Inside Genesis: 1975-1980 · as Self (archive Footage)
2002
Top Gear (TV Series) · as Self
2001
2000
BBC Breakfast (TV Series) · as Self
2000
The Wright Stuff (TV Series) · as Self - Guest Panelist
1999
1997
1997
Behind the Music (TV Series) · as Self
1997
Classic Albums (TV Series) · as Self
1993
1993
Taratata 100% Live (TV Series) · as Self
1992
Genesis: I Can't Dance · as Mike Rutherford
1992
Genesis: Jesus He Knows Me · as Mike Rutherford
1991
Genesis: No Son of Mine · as Mike Rutherford
1988
1987
1986
Genesis: Invisible Touch · as Mike Rutherford
1984
MTV Video Music Awards (TV Series) · as Self
1984
1982
Late Night With David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self
1981
Genesis: Three Sides Live · as Self - Guitars, Bass
1981
Wetten, dass..? (TV Series) · as Self - Musician
1977
1974
Tiswas (TV Series) · as Self
1973
1973
1972
Pebble Mill at One (TV Series) · as Self
1971
The Old Grey Whistle Test (TV Series) · as Self - Guitar
1964
Top of the Pops (TV Series) · as Self - Genesis
1955
This is Your Life (UK) (TV Series) · as Self

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