Cast & creator
Mike Rutherford
Best known for Sacrée soirée, Miami Vice, Top Gear
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.
Also known as: Genesis, Michael Rutherford, Mike + The Mechanics, Mike and the Mechanics, Mike & the Mechanics
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film credits
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television credits
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1972–2025 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (83)
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Sacrée soirée
Self - Genesis
1987
Miami Vice
Songs
1984
Top Gear
Self
2002
MTV Video Music Awards
Self
1984
Classic Albums
Self
1997
Cachitos de hierro y cromo
Self (archive footage)
2013
Seven Ages of Rock
Self
2007
Berlin Live
Self - Performer
2011
London 2012 Olympic Games
Self
2012
The Shout
Original Music Composer
1978
London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music
Self
2012
Genesis - Live from Knebworth
Self
1992
Genesis Encore Cascais 75
Self
2005
Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall
Self
2014
Classic Albums: Phil Collins - Face Value
Self
1999
Genesis - Three Sides Live
Self - Guitars, Bass
1981
Inside Genesis: 1975-1980
Self (archive footage)
2004
Genesis: Invisible Touch Tour
Self
1988
Genesis: Live at Shepperton Studios
Self
1973
Genesis - Live
Self
1973
Genesis: Together and Apart
Self
2014
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition)
self
2025
Genesis: Total Rock Review
Self (archive footage)
2006
An Audience with Elton John
Self
1997
Genesis - Live at Belgium TV Studio, PopShop'72
Self
1972
VH1 Behind the Music: Genesis
Self (archive footage)
1999
Genesis: When in Rome 2007
Self
2008
Genesis: Turning It on Again
Self (archive footage)
2007
A Concert by the Lake
Self
2010
Genesis - Live at Bataclan, Paris
Self
1973Genesis: From the Beginning
Self (archive footage)
1986
Genesis: The Video Show
Self (archive footage)
2005
Genesis Raindrops Over Hamburg
2007
Genesis: Behind the Music and in Their Own Words
Self
2012
Prog Rock at the BBC
Self
2009
Steve Hackett – Foxtrot at Fifty + Hackett Highlights: Live in Brighton
Music
2023
Genesis - The Way We Walk: Live in Concert
Self
1993
Genesis | Come Rain or Shine
Self
2008
Fathers and Songs: Music for Father's Day
Self (archive footage)
2013
Genesis - Live on Midnight Special
Self
1973
Genesis | The Last Domino?
Self
2021
Genesis - Six Hours Live 1972-1980
self
2000
Genesis | MAMA Tour Rehearsal
Self
1983Genesis | A Midsummer Night's Dance
Self
1992
Genesis | Members Only DVD
Self
2008
The Strat Pack: Live in Concert
Self
2005
Genesis: Up Close and Personal
Self (archive footage)
2007
Genesis | Live in Düsseldorf
Self
2007
Genesis - Live in London: The Lyceum Tapes May 7, 1980
Self
1980
Genesis | Live in Poland
Self
1998
Genesis | ... And Then There Were Three ...
Self
1978
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway: Illustrated
Music
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway: Illustrated
Writer
Genesis - Live at Wembley Stadium
Self
1989
The Making of the MAMA Album
Self
1984From Genesis to Revelation
Self
1998
Genesis: Selling England by the Pound
Self
1973
Phil Collins: A Life Less Ordinary
Self (archive footage)
2002
Genesis | Live: The MAMA Tour - National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham
Self
1984
Inside Genesis: The Gabriel Years 1970-1975
Self (archive footage)
2005
Genesis - Melody 74
Self
1974
Genesis - Live in London: The Lyceum Tapes May 6, 1980
Self
1980
Genesis: A History
Self
1991
Genesis: In Concert
Self
1977
Three Dates with Genesis
Self
1978
Genesis | Songbook
Self
2001
Mike + the Mechanics + Paul Carrack - Live at Shepherds Bush London
Self - Guitar / Self - Bass / Self - Vocals
2005
Mike + The Mechanics | Live in Berlin 2017
Self
2017
Genesis | Live at Montreux 1987
Self
1987
Band Du Lac: A Concert By The Lake
Self - Guitar
2006Genesis: Visible Touch
Self - Guitar, Bass
1987
Genesis | No Admittance
Self
1992
Rick Wakeman on Vivaldi's Four Seasons
2015
Genesis | Live... Tonight
Self
2011
Prog Rock Britannia
Self
2009
Neil McCormick's Needle Time with Mike Rutherford
Self
2015
Genesis in Liverpool
Self
1980
Genesis | Opening Night
Self
1992Mike and the Mechanics - Video Collection
Self
2007Mike + the Mechanics | Live at the House of Blues 1995
Self
1995Mike and the Mechanics - Live in Warburg 2011
Self
2011
Band Du Lac: One Night Only Live
Self - Guitar
2006The Mechanic
Self
2012