Phil Collins
Acting
- Born:
- 1951-01-30
- Place of birth:
- London, England, UK
Biography
Philip David Charles Collins (born 30 January 1951) is an English singer, drummer, songwriter, record producer and actor. He was the drummer and later became the lead singer of the rock band Genesis and had a successful solo career, achieving three UK number-one singles and seven US number-one singles as a solo artist. In total, his work with Genesis, other artists and solo resulted in more US top-40 singles than any other artist throughout the 1980s. His most successful singles from the period include "In the Air Tonight", "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)", "One More Night", "Sussudio", "Another Day in Paradise", "Two Hearts" and "I Wish It Would Rain Down". Born and raised in West London, Collins began playing drums at the age of five. During the same period he attended drama school, which helped secure various roles as a child actor. His first major role was the Artful Dodger in the West End production of the musical Oliver!. As an accomplished professional actor by his early teens, he pivoted to pursue a music career, becoming the drummer for Genesis in 1970. He took over the role of lead singer in 1975 following the departure of Peter Gabriel. During the second half of the 1970s, in between Genesis albums and tours, Collins was the drummer of jazz rock band Brand X. While continuing to perform and record with Genesis, Collins began a successful solo career in the 1980s, initially inspired by his marital breakdown and love of soul music, releasing the albums Face Value (1981), Hello, I Must Be Going (1982), No Jacket Required (1985) and ...But Seriously (1989). Collins became, in the words of AllMusic, "one of the most successful pop and adult contemporary singers of the '80s and beyond". He became known for a distinctive gated reverb drum sound on many of his recordings. He played drums on the 1984 charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" and, in July 1985, he was the only artist to perform at both Live Aid concerts. He resumed his acting career, appearing in Miami Vice and subsequently starring in the film Buster (1988). Collins left Genesis in 1996 to focus on solo work; this included writing songs for Disney's animated film Tarzan (1999), for which he wrote and performed the songs "Two Worlds", "Son of Man", "Strangers Like Me" and "You'll Be in My Heart", the last of which earned him the Academy Award for Best Original Song. He rejoined Genesis for their Turn It On Again Tour in 2007. Following a five-year retirement to focus on his family life, Collins released his memoir in 2016 and conducted the Not Dead Yet Tour from 2017 to 2019. He then rejoined Genesis in 2020 for a second and final reunion tour, which ran from 2021 to 2022. ... Source: Article "Phil Collins" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Known For
Filmography
Phil Collins: Face Value
ABC Minors Song
Phil Collins: No Jacket Required
Live Aid at 40: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took on the World
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition)
Phil Collins: Drummer First
The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas?
Eric Clapton: The Definitive 24 Nights - Rock
Eric Clapton: Across 24 Nights
Motown Master: Lamont Dozier at the BBC
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Immediate Family
Genesis | The Last Domino?
Phil Collins at the BBC
808
Genesis: Together and Apart
Genesis: Behind the Music and in Their Own Words
Becoming the Beatles
The Jonathan Ross Show
Genesis | Live... Tonight
Phil Collins: Going Back - Live at the Roseland Ballroom, NYC
The Best British Rock Concert of All Time: Live at Knebworth
The Greatest Ears in Town: The Arif Mardin Story
Prog Rock Britannia
Prog Rock at the BBC
The Naked Brothers Band: Polar Bears
Markus Lanz
Genesis: When in Rome 2007
Genesis | Come Rain or Shine
Rare and Unseen: The Beatles
Ich Tarzan, Du Jane!
Genesis | Members Only DVD
Genesis | Live in Düsseldorf
Genesis Raindrops Over Hamburg
Genesis: Up Close and Personal
The Long Goodnight: A Film About Phil Collins
Seven Ages of Rock
Genesis: Turning It on Again
Phil Collins - Best Video Collection 1981-2004
Eric Clapton - Live at Montreux 1986
Genesis: Total Rock Review
The One Show
The Who: Tommy Live With Special Guests
The Who | Tommy and Quadrophenia Live
Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today
Genesis: The Video Show
Live Aid Against All Odds
VH1 Storytellers
Inside Genesis: The Gabriel Years 1970-1975
Genesis Encore Cascais 75
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
Live Aid
Kulturplatz
Phil Collins: Live at Montreux 2004
Phil Collins: Finally... The First Farewell Tour
Essential Music Videos: Album Rock
John Martyn: Johnny Too Bad
Inside Genesis: 1975-1980
Whoopi
The Jungle Book 2
Phil Collins: A Life Less Ordinary
Party at the Palace: The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham Palace
Through the Night with...
V Graham Norton
Star Academy
Genesis | Songbook
The Beatles Revolution
Genesis - Six Hours Live 1972-1980
VH1 Behind the Music: Genesis
Classic Albums: Phil Collins - Face Value
Clapton Chronicles: The Best of Eric Clapton
Tarzan in Concert with Phil Collins
Walt Disney World Summer Jam Concert 1999
TV total
Ein Herz für Kinder
Phil Collins - Live by Request
Vivement dimanche
Die Lotto-Show
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
Parkinson
Phil Collins: Live and Loose in Paris
Music for Montserrat
The View
Phil Collins: VH1 Storytellers
Classic Albums
The Phil Collins Big Band - Live at Montreux 1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Balto
You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'
Queen: Champions of the World
Phil Collins: A Closer Look
Phil Collins: MTV Unplugged 1994
New York Undercover
Phil Collins: The Making of MTV Unplugged 1994
Room 101
Calliope
Live & Kicking
And the Band Played On
Frauds
Genesis - The Way We Walk: Live in Concert
Genesis | No Admittance
Genesis | A Midsummer Night's Dance
Genesis - Live from Knebworth
The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
ECHO-Verleihung
Genesis | Opening Night
Two Rooms: A Tribute to Elton John & Bernie Taupin
Genesis: A History
Hook
Eric Clapton: 24 Nights
Seriously... Phil Collins
Stars 90
Phil Collins - Serious Hits Live
Phil Collins: The Singles Collection
The Prince's Trust Rock Gala
The Cream of Eric Clapton
The Best of All Star Band: Live in Concert
MTV Unplugged
The Who | Live, Featuring the Rock Opera Tommy
Genesis - Live at Wembley Stadium
Mickey's 60th Birthday
Buster
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
Genesis: Invisible Touch Tour
Prince's Trust Rock Gala - Volume 3
Going Live!
Le monde est à vous
Sacrée soirée
Prince's Trust Rock Gala - Volume 2
Genesis | Live at Montreux 1987
B.B. King & Friends
The Return of Bruno
Genesis: Visible Touch
Prince's Trust Rock Gala - Volume 1
Eric Clapton and Friends: Live 1986
Genesis: From the Beginning
Phil Collins: No Ticket Required
Live Aid
Led Zeppelin: Live Aid 1985
Video AID
'Do They Know It's Christmas?' - The Story Of The Official Band Aid Video
Miami Vice
MTV Video Music Awards
Genesis | Live: The MAMA Tour - National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham
Goldene Kamera
The Making of the MAMA Album
Genesis | MAMA Tour Rehearsal
Phil Collins: Live at Perkins Palace
Wogan
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
Champs-Elysées
Genesis - Three Sides Live
De TV Show
Wetten, dass..?
Genesis in Liverpool
Genesis - Live in London: The Lyceum Tapes May 7, 1980
Genesis - Live in London: The Lyceum Tapes May 6, 1980
Verstehen Sie Spaß?
Three Dates with Genesis
Genesis | ... And Then There Were Three ...
The BRIT Awards
Genesis: In Concert
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Genesis - Melody 74
Genesis - Live on Midnight Special
Genesis: Live at Shepperton Studios
Genesis: Selling England by the Pound
Genesis - Live
Genesis - Live at Bataclan, Paris
Genesis - Live at Belgium TV Studio, PopShop'72
I Start Counting
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Calamity the Cow
Thirty-Minute Theatre
R3
A Hard Day's Night
Top of the Pops
The Oscars