Phil Collins

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Phil Collins Wiki Biography

Philip David Charles Collins, simply known as Phil Collins, was born in 1951, in England. He is a well-known musician, actor and music producer. He is known for being one of the members of the band called “Genesis”. What is more, Collins is known for such singles as “Against All Odds”, “In the Air Tonight”, “Another Day in Paradise” and many others. During his career Phil has been nominated for and has won various awards. Some of them include, Academy Award, Golden Globe, ASCAP Film and Television Music Award, Annie Award, Grammy Award and others. He is considered to be one of the most successful songwriters and music producers.

So how rich is Phil Collins? It is estimated that Phil’s net worth is $260 million. The main source of this sum of money is Phil’s activities as a musician. What is more, his acting career has also added a lot to Phil’s net worth. As he also collaborates with other artists, his net worth only becomes higher.

Phil became interested in music from the very young age. Soon it became clear that Phil had an extraordinary talent and his relatives only encouraged it. Phil mainly focused on practicing playing drums and soon he became really professional. Phil studied at the Chiswick County School for Boys, where he was a part of several school bands. Phil later started attending the Barbara Speake Stage School where he learned the peculiarities of acting. In 1964 Phil appeared in the movie, called “A Hard Day’s Night”. Later he also appeared in such movies as “Calamity the Cow” and “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang”. This was the time when Phil’s net worth began growing and he gained more and more attention. Other movies that Collins appeared in include “Frauds”, “Hook”, “Mickey’s 60th Birthday” and others. Despite the fact that he was very successful at acting career, Phil remained focused on his career as a musician. In 1970 Phil became a part of the band, called “Genesis” and this had a huge impact on the growth of Phil Collins’ net worth. In 1971 “Genesis” released the album, called “Nursery Crime”, which gained a lot of attention and praise. Other albums on which Phil worked as a member of “Genesis” include “A Trick of the Tail”, “Wind & Wuthering”, “…And Then There Were Three…” and others. All these albums added a lot to Phil’s net worth. Despite the success he had with this band, Phil decided to leave it in 1996 in order to be able to focus on his career as a solo artist. Phil has released 8 albums as a solo artist. Some of them include “Face Value”, “Dance into the Light”, “Going Back”, “Testify” and others. In addition to this, Phil has also worked as a music producer for various other artists. For example, Brian Robertson, Philip Bailey, Eric Clapton, Howard Jones, David Crosby and others. There is no doubt that it also made Phil’s net worth a lot higher. It is clear that Phil is one of the most successful musicians of all time and there is no doubt that he has a lot of fans all over the world.

If to talk about Phil’s personal life, it can be said that in 1975 he married Andrea Bertorelli, but their marriage ended up in divorce. In 1984 he married Jill Travelman and it also was unsuccessful. In 1999 Phil married for the third time, but in 2008 they also divorced. Phil has 5 children from different marriages. In addition to this, Phil is interested in politics and he participates in various campaigns. All in all, Phil Collins is a very hardworking and talented person, who actively participates in different projects. Although he is now 64 years old he still continues creating extraordinary music and is considered one of the best musicians and songwriters of all time.

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Phil Collins Quick Info

Full Name Phil Collins
Net Worth $260 Million
Date Of Birth 1951-01-30
Place Of Birth Chiswick, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Height 1.68 m
Profession Camera Department
Education Barbara Speake Stage School, Chiswick School, In the Air Tonight, Another Day in Paradise, Against All Odds
Nationality British
Spouse Andrea BertorelliJill TavelmanOrianne Cevey
Children In the Air Tonight, Another Day in Paradise, Against All Odds, Lily Collins, Simon Collins, Joely Collins, Nicholas Collins, Matthew Collins
Parents Greville Collins, June Collins, In the Air Tonight, Another Day in Paradise, Against All Odds
Partner Orianne Cevey
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/philcollins
Twitter https://twitter.com/philcollinsfeed
Instagram http://www.instagram.com/officialphilcollins
IMDB www.imdb.com/name/nm0002015
Awards Academy Award for Best Original Song, Grammy Award for Album of the Year, Grammy Award for Record of the Year, Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, Brit Award for British Single, Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical, Grammy Awar…
Music Groups In the Air Tonight, Another Day in Paradise, Against All Odds, Genesis, Brand X, Band Aid, Flaming Youth, The Phil Collins Big Band
Nominations Grammy Award for Song of the Year, Grammy Award for Best Music Video, MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video, Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals, Juno Award for International Album of the Year, American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Video, Grammy Award for Bes…
Movies Calamity the Cow, Buster, Hook, Frauds, And the Band Played On, Balto, The Jungle Book 2, Tommy and Quadrophenia Live, Calliope
TV Shows One Night Only

Phil Collins Trademarks

  1. Writing songs with just three chords
  2. Fast bass drum technique
  3. Using a combination of live drums with drum machines and electric drums on his recordings
  4. Distinctive singing voice and emotive delivery
  5. Romantic ballads
  6. Technically complicated drumming in various time signatures
  7. The gated reverberation on his drums

Phil Collins Quotes

  • It took me ages before I heard Marillion. I kept on hearing about these second-generation Genesis groups – Pallas were another one – and I didn’t want to hear them. I wasn’t even that keen on first-generation Genesis stuff.
  • People ask me what my favorite Genesis album is, and they always seem shocked when I tell them “The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway”. Sure, it wasn’t the easiest album to make and there was a lot of tension, arguments and disagreements, but we never made better music as a band. I’m still in awe of the drumming on that album and sometimes wonder how I was able to play with such complexity.
  • The critics like to put you in a box and say “You are Genesis, you play 10 minute songs” and really Genesis is just a brand name to play any kind of music we feel like playing. Plus, we never stopped playing the 10 minute songs.
  • I think, with some critics, I became synonymous with an era of music that they didn’t like, and they were suspicious of all success, which is understandable. You end up painted into a corner that it’s impossible to get out of.
  • [on learning that David Bowie had dismissed his own critically-panned 1980s albums “Tonight” and “Never Let Me Down” as his “Phil Collins years”] I’m quite impressed that David Bowie had heard of me.
  • When you’ve been around a long time like I have, you accumulate baggage and it’s very difficult to get rid of the baggage… divorce by fax… three wives … blah blah blah .. so much money. You have to wade through that to get to what you actually want to talk about.
  • [speaking the day after Live Aid (1985)] I’m absolutely whacked!
  • You know Ringo [Ringo Starr] has stated that he could never properly play a roll. Yet when you listen to “Ticket To Ride” and “Tomorrow Never Knows”, he’s playing these very intricate things throughout. He played some great rolls all through “Ticket to Ride” and some unbelievably individualistic fills. That’s the magic of his playing: he just does it; there’s no self-consciousness about it whatsoever. The fills he played on “Strawberry Fields Forever” are classic rock fills; the drags and his way of phrasing just slightly after the beat on the toms all make for an incredible drum part.
  • The highlight for me was playing in Eric Clapton’s band, playing drums behind Eric. Nothing to do with Genesis or my own solo career.
  • When rock drummers do solos they tend to be very boring. I’ve always felt drums should be melodic. Even when playing very simple stuff, there should be some kind of melodic approach to them. There seems to be this big either/or situation. You either play very fast ticky-tacky jazz, or you play really straight ahead. To me, to be a drummer, one should be able to do as many things as you can do. I’m really interested in percussion and tuned percussion.
  • Hopefully, I’ve gotten better at leaving things out and not overplaying. In the early days of Genesis I was trying to put everything into everything. Cobham [Bill Cobham] was a very early influence, and I tried to play like him on tunes that didn’t need to be played like that. Now, I’m quite happy to leave blank space where everyone thinks there is going to be a fill. I get quite a kick out of that.
  • I’d love to be able to sit down and read music. I can bust through chords on a piano, but it would take me a long time to read a chart. Rudiments I found very, very helpful – much more helpful than anything else because they’re used all the time. In any kind of funk or jazz drumming, the rudiments are always there.
  • To me, there are two types of players. You have Tony Williams who obviously just sat down and started playing and liked it. Then there’s Carl Palmer who was taught and it shows. That is the basic difference – one is an intuitive player and the other is taught. Because of that kind of difference, I’ve always shied away from being taught.
  • I was playing from the age of six along with records. That’s how I taught myself. When I was about 15, I went to learn to read from Lloyd Ryan in London, and I stayed with him for about a year. I learned the basic rudiments, then I stopped. I went back to Frank King when I was about 17. I was with him for a couple of years. I liked the way he taught. He taught a lot of people – Brian Bennett of The Shadows, Bobby Elliott of The Hollies and Bruford [Bill Bruford] went to him for a while. I never really came to grips with the music. I should have stuck with it. I’ve always felt that if I could hum it, I could play it. For me, that was good enough, but that attitude is bad.
  • Americans are much more diet conscious than we are in England. I think that’s because of the amount of junk that’s about. At home, I mostly eat home-cooked food.
  • I always think I look very awkward. I look at Bruford [Bill Bruford] and he’s got a great stance, the way he sits. It’s just that some people look as if they have authority. I sit there slouched. I’ve got very bad positioning, and being left-handed always looks a bit weird. Some drummers sit up dead toward the front and all the tom-toms are set up in the usual way. I tend to sit more diagonally. I don’t like the way I look – it’s a bit odd. I rarely see myself on TV or something, but when we made a film, I remember looking. The arm movements are fluid, but at the same time, it’s a bit awkward.
  • In Genesis, there are a lot of things that demand heavy playing, and a lot where you have to be light. We play a lot of different styles. We play a few things in time, almost fusion music. At the other end of the scale, we play very straight, almost Elton John songs. I don’t want to play on one like I would on another, I prefer to play what is right for the song, as opposed to playing what’s me, because I don’t know what is me.
  • I think in America when you’re a studio musician, time is of the essence. With so much music being made so quickly, it has to be there straight away. The person will have a snare drum sound that he got from the last session where a cigarette pack was taped on and all the nut bolts are finger tight. It will sound like what everyone thinks a snare drum should sound like. Everything’s done for convenience. I did a session with Robert Fripp in New York with a live kit, and the guy ended up liking it because it was different.
  • I’ve got four snares, one for each occasion. I’ve got a Ludwig Type 400 orchestral snare drum which I use most of the time because it’s sharp and has some depth. With snare sounds in the studio, I just go for whatever sound the song needs. It usually ends up that I don’t dampen at all.
  • There’s a tendency on stage to tune the drums so they sound good from where the drummer is – a loose sound which doesn’t project through the sound system if you’ve got a loud band. I tune everything tight because it really cuts through and is more melodic that way.
  • I don’t dampen any drum. That’s the big difference between me and a lot of other players. If I had my way, I would record the bass drum a couple of times with the skin on because I think it alters the sound. I do tend to tune the drums a lot tighter.
  • The bass drum is miked individually. There’s one mike for the snare drum and hi-hat, one mike for each pair of tom-toms, and a couple of overhead mikes to pick up the cymbals. Live, I prefer to have more control which having fewer mikes gives me. When you’re dealing with 40 channels of music at one time at a gig, your fourth tom-tom might be out of balance with the rest of the kit. That’s not the kind of thing the sound engineer can pick up on in a concert. In theory, I would like to have two overhead mikes that are turned up and I just play. Then I’d know that whatever balance I’m putting out, he’s getting. I love to play small gigs where the audience hears you, and not the system. When you’re playing in 20,000 seat auditoriums, you have no alternative. What you do is almost inaudible. It’s just whatever comes out of those speakers.
  • When you’re playing with a band, from behind the drums it really sounds like it’s all happening. When you get in front of the kit, it sounds very different. The group doesn’t sound as beefy. It was strange at first to sing with that sound. You find you’re listening to it rather than being a part of it.
  • Bill [Bill Bruford] is one of those players who plays himself. If Bill’s playing something, once he’s done it two or three times, he’ll play something else. I’d do a fill where I would usually do a fill. He would, just by chance, do one as well, and so it goes completely haywire for four bars. With Chester [Chester Thompson], we’re both more aware of each other, I think.
  • I’m quite happy to play with two drummers because I think that’s an experience in itself – trying to get that happening.
  • [two years before releasing his first solo album, “Face Value”] One ambition is to do my own album which will have a lot of variety. I write songy stuff, as well as some from the Brand X area. I’m also hip to what Eno [Brian Eno] does – those kind of soundtracks which I’ve always been interested in – two or three minutes of just mood. The album, when it does come out, will have a lot of different styles on it. That’s what I want to try and do next year, if possible. I’m looking forward to doing it.
  • [on “And Then There Were Three”] On this album, the songs are quite short. It was good fun, but it doesn’t really set a precedent for what we’re going to do. We’ve always done different things. There’s some improvisation on “The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway.” I’d like to get back into that. That’s one of the essences of what we do – the variety of material. I like to keep the variety, but at the same time try to get some more instrumental stuff back in.
  • I have quite a lot of good speed on the bass drum. I’m more of a foot player in some respects than I am a hand player. I’m very conscious of what the hi-hat is doing all the time. Tony Williams is great at that.
  • I used to use two bass drums years ago, and then I stopped because I read that Buddy Rich said that hi-hats are very important. I thought, ‘Yeah, he’s dead right.’ So I threw the other bass drum away and started using the hi-hat.
  • [on Eric Clapton] I do understand that his being associated with me has hurt his credibility in some quarters, but I would have thought that he’d have seen through that stuff. I still think about him everyday, and I consider him to be one of my greatest friends… whether he feels the same… I don’t know.
  • [on Billy Idol] He’s a very nice guy, Billy, actually. I sound surprised ’cause I would have thought that someone like that wouldn’t have wanted something to do with someone like me.
  • [on Ringo Starr] He’s a fantastic drummer. That’s been overlooked for years. Everybody talks about him being the joker, the cheeky chap, but he’s a great musician.
  • [on his plan – never realised – to make a movie with Bob Hoskins and Danny DeVito] I just saw the poster, I just saw the possibilities of a film there ’cause I was being compared to Hoskins [Bob Hoskins] even before Buster (1988), just visually, and DeVito [Danny DeVito] as well.
  • [in 1988] There’s a traditional rock star, as it were, and I don’t really fit into that sort of mold. This is what I’ve got to work with, you know, what you see here, and that doesn’t really conjure up Paul Young, Simon Le Bon, that kind of traditional thing. So I’ve never really bothered with it to be honest.
  • Sussudio and Easy Lover were big crossover records in America particularly, with Philip Bailey and the Earth Wind & Fire guys. I was an R&B artist as far as some people were concerned and they don’t see the difference, they don’t see all that stuff you read about in the tabloids.
  • The only Grammy Genesis ever won was for the “Land of Confusion” video. Which, it’s worth noting, we weren’t even in. “Sledgehammer” won all the VMAs that year. That was a trailblazing video. No one had seen anything like that. Ours was more blatantly humorous, and Peter’s was more artistic. I still have one of the Phil Collins puppets at home.
  • [commenting on the Prince’s Trust concerts in 2009] There was a core group, the house band, which was me, Eric [Eric Clapton], Elton [Elton John], Sting, Midge [Midge Ure] and Mark Knopfler. I think there is talk of trying to do another one. We built up a live reputation, but people don’t wait to see people live now like they used to. There is music on tonnes of television channels and that means we hear a record constantly for a month and then don’t hear from the act.
  • All I set out to do was to earn a living playing drums, you know? And as luck would have it, I’ve surpassed that.
  • I have young children, so I don’t feel the drive to go out there and compete… I can’t be what I used to be. I can’t play like I used to.
  • [on Lily Collins] In many ways, I do feel sorry for Lily. She’s making a great career for herself, but she’s always got this thing hanging around her neck. She’s Phil Collins’s daughter. If she becomes successful, people automatically assume that it’s because of her dad.
  • I’ve had a lifetime of people telling me that I’m an ugly bastard. When Lily’s mum first showed her mother a picture of me, she said, ‘Oh, well, Jill, I suppose that love is blind’.
  • It’s been a bit of a handicap not being able to read music but, on the other hand, other parts of your senses come in.
  • The split-up of the band was always overexaggerated. There were some issues early on, but for the most part, Tony [Tony Banks], Mike [Mike Rutherford] and I stayed in close touch with Peter [Peter Gabriel] and Steve [Steve Hackett] and vice-versa. We were there to support each other professionally and personally over the years and all of us stayed good friends. However, to the media that’s boring and doesn’t sell magazines, so they made up stories of feuds and fights that never happened. We all continue to be close with each other to this day.
  • I’d be all for a reunion of the original band. The concept of playing the drums and being a backup singer sounds rather enticing, to be honest with you. The only one I’d worry about committing is Peter [Peter Gabriel]. He always overthinks ideas such as this and ends up talking himself out of it. I think sometimes he just needs to let go and do something for the simple reason that it’s fun.
  • [on his retirement in 2011] I’ve decided to write this in response to the articles that surfaced last weekend regarding my retirement. Why they were printed at all is a mystery, as I haven’t spoken to anybody in the press for a few months. However, many of the articles printed over the last few months have ended up painting a picture of me that is more than a little distorted. Therefore, I would like to add my comments and try to explain again my reasons for calling it a day. I’m not stopping because of dodgy reviews or bad treatment in the press. I’m not stopping because I don’t feel loved, I know I still have a very large fanbase that loves what I do. Thank you. I’m not stopping because I don’t fit in, this was proved with “Going Back” reaching No 1 in the UK, and doing incredibly well worldwide. I’m not stopping so I can dive full time into my interest for the Alamo. I am stopping so I can be a full time father to my two young sons on a daily basis. Some of the things mentioned above have been said by me in various interviews, but said as asides with a smile on my face and in passing. They were not meant to be “headlines”, they were small parts of a conversation. This clearly doesn’t come over in print and I should know better. However, the result is that I have ended up sounding like a tormented weirdo who thinks he was at the Alamo in another life, who feels very sorry for himself, and is retiring hurt because of the bad press over the years. None of this is true. Thanks for all your messages on the Forum regarding this stuff, it means a lot that you care. But there’s no need for the straitjacket!
  • I know that when I did interviews it came across like I could do everything, but I’ve never actually felt like that. I went through all my own VHS stuff recently and found mountains of old interviews with me and it was very, very hard to watch. I barely recognized the person I saw from that time. I’m a very different person now. I saw some of this show of mine from 1985 and I was on-stage and I never stopped running, never stopped talking. The fact that people got so sick of me wasn’t really my fault. Yes there was a lot of me to dish out – there was me, me and ‘Earth, Wind & Fire”s Philip Bailey, me and Genesis, me and that movie I was in, Buster (1988) – there was a lot of stuff. But I only made those records once.
  • It’s hardly surprising that people grew to hate me. I’m sorry that it was all so successful. I honestly didn’t mean it to happen like that! I look at the MTV Music Awards and I think, “I can’t be in the same business as this.” I don’t really belong to that world and I don’t think anyone’s going to miss me. I’m much happier just to write myself out of the script entirely. I’ll go on a mysterious biking holiday… And never return. That would be a great way to end the story, wouldn’t it?
  • [on the American hip-hop stars that have stated their admiration for his work] They’re not aware of the faux pas of saying: “I like Phil Collins” … “What???!!!” It’s just good music … bad music to them. They don’t read the tabloids. They just live in another world that you either like the music or you don’t.
  • My life has never been revolved around money. I’ve loved what I’ve done and fortunately, as it happens, people have been shoveling money in the bucket behind me, but I’ve never really done anything from a financially motivated point of view.
  • Genesis always wanted hit singles. I can assure everybody that from the very word go, before I joined the band and when Peter [Peter Gabriel] was the singer, all they wanted was a hit, which we eventually got but that was by accident, not design.
  • I’m happy being at home. I’ve said yes to things all my life. Now I’m learning to say no. I stay in Switzerland, as Orianne is there, and we share the care of the two boys. I’m not totally happy being on my own, though. I’d rather still be married and I think Orianne feels the same. She’s re-married, but we have a fantastic relationship. I get on well with all my ex-wives. They also get along with each other and my girlfriend. It’s a picture I never thought I’d see, but it works well.
  • In the 1970s, Genesis did three American tours a year, three European ones and a trip to Japan. My first wife, Andrea, told me if I toured like that, the marriage wouldn’t last. When I got back, she’d left me. If I’d known touring would cost me so dearly, I wouldn’t have done it.
  • If my missus hadn’t left me I suppose I’d have gone off and made an obscure jazz album that nobody would have bought and that’s the last you’d have heard from me. Instead I started writing the songs that ended up on “Face Value”. Nobody was more amazed by my solo success than I was. It took me completely by surprise. Everything I touched turned to gold at that time. Looking back, the only mistake I made was getting trapped in a persona. Maybe I became a parody of myself. A lot of people saw me as this middle-of-the-road kind of guy, a family entertainer like Cliff Richard. They judged me based on a handful of songs that were played to death on the radio. In the Eighties there was an awful lot of vitriol coming my way. Some of the criticism hurt and I would respond by writing letters and telephoning journalists to have it out with them. With hindsight I can see that I was oversensitive. But I felt I was being disliked for the wrong reasons, reasons that often had nothing to do with the music. There are still people who hate me for reasons that have nothing to do with the truth.
  • I moved to Switzerland because I’d fallen in love with a woman who lived on Lake Geneva. As I said at the time, I’d have moved to Grimsby if she happened to live there. Inevitably everyone in Grimsby turned around and said, “Why’s he having a pop at Grimsby?” If you’re Phil Collins it seems you just can’t win.
  • [on the story that he divorced his second wife by fax] Complete nonsense. There might have been a few faxes exchanged about access to my daughter, but that’s not how the marriage was ended. But it doesn’t matter what I say. That untruth will still be carved on my headstone.
  • I never used to think of myself as a workaholic. I used to work non-stop because I couldn’t believe my luck that I was able to do all these things that I loved. I was everywhere, and I can see why that must have been annoying to some people. Then I reached a point where I no longer felt the need to go zooming around the world and attend the opening of every envelope. Basically I stopped. I’ve got a nine-year-old and a five-year-old. I take them to football. I like to take them to school and pick them up. That’s my life now. I love doing the things that other people probably find tedious because they’ve been doing them for so long. I never did those things in the past, as I was always working flat out. That was my loss. Now I’m able to do all that and also have time to indulge my passions.
  • The greatest surprise for me is how some of my songs have had this amazing afterlife. Often when I bump into strangers on the street, they won’t speak to me; they’ll just act out the drum sequence from “In The Air Tonight”. That song just won’t lie down. When the chocolate company first rang up about the advert, they asked whether I’d have any objections about a gorilla playing my drum parts. My attitude was, “If you can make that mad idea work, then good luck to you.” Then it goes on to become one of the most popular ads of all time. I knew nothing about the song being used in The Hangover (2009). Then a friend asked me, “Have you seen that movie where those guys steal Mike Tyson’s tiger during a stag night in Vegas and they all end up singing ‘In The Air Tonight’?” When I saw it I thought it was hilarious.
  • There’ll always be people out there like Noel Gallagher who firmly believe I’m the Antichrist.
  • I’ve been playing drums for 50 years, I’ve had to stop. My vertebrae have been crushing my spinal cord because of the position I drum in. It comes from years of playing. I can’t even hold the sticks properly without it being painful, I even used to tape the sticks to my hands to get through.
  • It’s actually come as quite a shock to learn just how many people don’t like me.
  • I’m tired of defending the fact that we [Genesis] wrote three and four minute songs and had a bit of success.
  • When I’m playing a song I’ll often think about how another drummer might play it, and try to be that player in my performance of the song. Often I’ll think, “How would Keith Moon play this?” And I’ll don my Keith Moon hat. For another song I’ll think about John Bonham, or even on occasion Stewart Copeland, but more often than any other drummer I think about Ringo [Ringo Starr]. “That’s All”, from Genesis, is a Ringo Starr drum part. “Thru These Walls”, from “Hello, I Must Be Going”, is a Ringo drum part.
  • A lot of the older fans think that Genesis should be a brand name for progressive rock or whatever, but actually Genesis is the name for a group of songwriters who have always done whatever they felt like doing under that banner.
  • [on Peter Gabriel] As far as I’m concerned he is a far more intellectual writer and person than me, and I have a directness that maybe he hasn’t. I love this man and his music very much. Comparisons don’t do either of us any favors, and in fact if we hadn’t been in the same band for four years 30 years ago, no one would even think of making a comparison.
  • [in 2005] I’d like to grab an opportunity to finally lay to rest a much quoted untruth about my political leanings. I have never been a Conservative, or at least not since being a young teenager. My father voted Conservative, and even his doing that was a hangover from the ’50s and ’60s, which may have been an influence on me. I’m sick and tired of being thrown in that same old box . . . “he’s got money . . . so he must be . . . ” I once said that if taxes were put up to a level where the government took home more than me, then I would consider moving out of the country. The Conservatives were in at that point and I mentioned Labour… if Labour had been in, I would have mentioned Conservative. It was said to make a point over 15 years ago. No one’s asked me since. I live outside the UK purely because my wife lived here when we met. End of story.
  • [commenting in 2005 on Noel Gallagher and Liam Gallagher of the band Oasis, following a series of adverse comments made about him in the media by Noel] I like a fair bit of what the Oasis do. They remind me of Beatles . . . a great band and I like being reminded of [The] Beatles. If you were there the first time around, you might think the Oasis were a bit similar, what with that Liam and his attitude and his brother Noel . . . thinking they are as good as them Beatles. Fact is . . . they are a bit pale compared to them Beatles . . . I am, we all are . . . Now Liam is just a clot . . . bop him round the head, and wake him up . . . Noel is smarter . . . but only just . . . Just because they write a tune or two that reminds us of Beatles we swoon a bit and reminisce . . . but it’s only nostalgia, really. I don’t care if Noel Gallagher likes my music or not . . . I do care if he starts telling people I’m a wanker because of my politics . . . an opinion based on an old misunderstood quote.
  • [in 2004] I’m an easy target, especially nowadays. You’d be hard-pressed to find many in the media or the music business who’ll own up to liking me and my music. Especially in the UK. Although I have met a lot of R&B singers in the States who are very kind about what I’ve done. Generally speaking, though, it’s just one of those things that cannot be reversed now. One has to be philosophical about it and try to move on . . . that’s not easy for me, but I am trying!
  • It should go without saying I suppose that looked at through British media eyes circa 2004, my appearance anywhere on anything will be open to ridicule and instant dismissal. Please don’t get me wrong . . . I really don’t expect everyone to like what I do, but it’s the sheer predictability of it all. I just don’t understand why suddenly there is this tidal wave of abuse !! It seems it’s impossible to open a newspaper without reading some crap or other. I know too that it shouldn’t all be believed but . . . I keep out of the way and am good with children, I play well with others! I know I’ve never been hip, and most critics have had trouble with the music, but now it seems everyone out there who writes for a journal actively hates what I do! Quite disturbing and mystifying and it’s pissing me off . . . sorry about that.
  • [speaking in 2005] I’ve been amazed at how I was so welcomed by Jonathan Ross for example on his shows…. at the Brits…. winning time after time….. I find it weird to have ended up being the brunt of crap from the same people that welcomed me so many years ago.
  • [on The Beatles] They are without doubt the yardstick by which I judge modern songwriting. Forget that it’s “old” . . . it has rarely been equaled and even with the Great Pretenders Oasis vying for their crown . . . it’s not happening. It’s not that I’m a nostalgia freak . . . they were just great writers, with a great producer, at the right time, with the right noise. I have bought many CDs of the ’60s bands because I wanted to have those songs but all of them pale in comparison when you put them next to The Beatles’ stuff.
  • [in 2005] I have to say that the whole thing that has arisen in recent times of me being the epitome of “the great musical evil”, and to be avoided at all costs, is both curious and disturbing to me. Why I have been chosen for this role is a little beyond me. It seems that it’s started by an anonymous voice and seconded by others without question. Somehow, some way, I have become “worse” than Cliff [Cliff Richard] or Barry Manilow.
  • I won’t/can’t take the glory or the blame for what Genesis did musically. We wrote as a band and we lived with that music for 4/5 months working on it together. I’d like to see someone try to push Tony Banks into doing something he doesn’t want to do! Just doesn’t happen. Same with all the records actually…..all responsible for everything broadly speaking.
  • There’s a lot of stuff there that music critics just don’t go for. To them, I’m some kind of landmark of middle-of-the-roadness, or I’m not edgy enough, or I’ve been around too long to be taken seriously.
  • I get kicked around by critics all the time. I can count on one hand the amount of really good reviews I’ve had for anything I’ve done – in 25 years of Genesis, 30 years of my own career – people have dismissed it out of hand.
  • The stuff that really gets me is the comments about my physical appearance. I guess it’s easier to write about than the kind of songs I play. I mean, I was called the ugliest man since George Orwell. What’s that got to do with the music? And, by the way, how ugly was George Orwell?
  • Many people think of me as a perfectionist, someone who polishes and shines each song and performance. I’ve always been bothered by that assumption.
  • [on bands copying Genesis and referring to the band’s frequent criticism in the music press] I wouldn’t wish it upon anybody to try and be successful in this day and age being a parody of a band nobody likes anyway.
  • I recently saw a TV program in which a young, radical journalist was interviewing Ice-T at his home. And the guy asked, “What do you got in the record collection, Ice?” And lo and behold, all my albums were there. The guy said, “Aw, come on, man, what is this bullshit?” And Ice-T jumped on him and said, “Don’t mess with Phil, man. Don’t you fucking mess with my Phil”. What can I say? I was flattered that the guy even knew I existed.
  • I like Weather Report, I like Stephen Bishop, I like John Martyn. I just like all different kinds of music and artists.
  • It’s very strange, when you live in London or live around London and get the music papers you are led to believe that there is a certain type of music that is popular and everything else is not.
  • If people listened to Genesis’ back catalogue they might be surprised.
  • [about his Academy Award] Ever since I can remember, I’ve watched the Oscar shows. Watching all those great actors, writers and directors receiving the Holy Grail. I never thought in a million years that I’d get a nomination. As years rolled by I was lucky enough to be included a couple of times. When my third time came with Tarzan (1999), I truly didn’t believe it would be me. When Cher opened the envelope and said “Ph…” you could have knocked me down with a feather. It really was, and is, an incredible feeling. Of all the awards I’ve been fortunate to collect over the years, the Oscar is the most treasured.
  • The difference between the American version of Live Aid (1985) and the British one – in England, if you wanted a cup of tea, you made it yourself. If you wanted a sandwich, you bought it. In typical American style, at the American concert, there were laminated tour passes and champagne and caviar. I don’t doubt anyone’s moral commitment to the cause, but the caviar and the cause just didn’t jibe for me.
  • I just don’t think of myself as a star. This is what I do for a living; I’m fortunate that I make ends meet.
  • I was keen to meet some of the people who have slagged me off, people like Paul Morley at NME and Paul Colbert at Melody Maker just to show them that I’m not actually what they think I am.
  • Apart from Hugh Fielder, I can’t think of any journalist who actually likes Genesis.
  • [to a music journalist in 1982] You put Genesis over there in a corner with Yes, ELP [Emerson Lake and Palmer], Moody Blues [The Moody Blues] and the Floyd [Pink Floyd] because that’s the period we happened to come up in. I don’t like any of those groups – so it angers me and frustrates me when we get compared to them.
  • We’re (Genesis) tarred with a brush we don’t deserve… like Grateful Dead – now, I’ve never even heard a Grateful Dead album, but they’re there in that corner, the same as we are to people who have never heard us! Maybe if I listened, I might like them. But it’s frustrating, when we started, we used to got compared with Alice Cooper, David Bowie, Yes and the Floyd (Pink Floyd), because we used mellotrons and synthesisers, and were quite theatrical, but no one’s put me in the same area as The Human League because they use drum machines.
  • I prefer black music in general.
  • I don’t own an ABBA album and I never had the urge to go and buy one. If you’re just talking about well crafted pop songs, they were fantastic.
  • I’m not a singer who plays a bit of drums. I’m a drummer that sings a bit.

Phil Collins Important Facts

  • His mother, June Collins, a theatrical agent discovered Jack Wild, who was a pal of Phil’s.
  • Purchased a gated 7-bedroom Miami Beach mansion for $33m, a property that had once been home to Jennifer Lopez. [June 2015]
  • Made a cameo appearance as the passer-by in George Harrison’s, “When We Was Fab.” Collins was holding one of John Lennon’s solo albums.
  • Collins was seriously considered on a shortlist for the role of the D.J. (eventually played by alternative comedian Alexei Sayle) in Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks: Part One (1985) (Source; “Doctor Who: The 1980s” by Howe-Stammers-Walker).
  • One of the UK’s most popular television actors, Sir David Jason, went out with his older sister before Collins was famous, according to Jason in his autobiography.
  • His everyman pop appeal saw him dubbed the “patron saint of ordinary blokes” by journalist Mark Lawson.
  • The often repeated story that he left his second wife by fax derives from a front page headline in The Sun, “Phil: I’m Faxing Furious”, which was broken by Andy Coulson. Coulson later became editor of the News of the World, but was sentenced to 18 months in prison in 2014 after being convicted of “conspiring to illegally intercept communications”.
  • Is mentioned in the Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott song “When I Get Back to Blighty”: “White T-shirt and faded jeans, just an ordinary guy, but, prisoner to his tax returns, Phil Collins must die”.
  • Many people say he bears a physical resemblance to Bob Hoskins. Both appeared in Steven Spielberg’s Hook (1991) (albeit without appearing in any scenes together), as well as Amblimation Studios’ Balto (1995)_, where they both did voice-roles. And Collins’ band Genesis provided a song for the soundtrack of Hoskins’ movie Mona Lisa (1986), the ballad “In Too Deep”. Ironically, when Collins was cast as Buster Edwards in Buster (1988), the filmmakers had originally considered Hoskins for the part.
  • Collins was the subject of a Spitting Image (1984) parody song. Titled “Hello, You Must Be Going”, with lyrics by Ian Hislop and Nick Newman, vocals and music by Philip Pope. The song portrays Collins as a man constantly inspired to write songs by his wives walking out on him, but also agonizes over losing his hair and his physical resemblance to Mel Smith, Bob Hoskins and Eddie Shah. The song was released as a B-side to the 12-inch version of “The Chicken Song”, a UK number one single in May 1986.
  • Currently living in New York, New York. Will be touring Europe with Genesis in 2007. [December 2006]
  • Father of actress Lily Collins.
  • Has a deep interest in the Alamo and is a connoisseur of Alamo collectibles. Has also written a book: “The Alamo and Beyond: A Collector’s Journey”.
  • An enthusiast of the Battle of the Alamo, he has published and issued a book called “The Alamo and Beyond: A Collector’s Journey”.
  • Collins is a patron of the charity Children in Hunger, a small UK based charity working to combat child poverty in Brazil.
  • Supports Tottenham Hotspur.
  • Collins supports the South African charity The Topsy Foundation, which provides relief services to some of South Africa’s most under-resourced rural communities through a multi-faceted approach to the consequences of HIV and AIDS and extreme poverty, and he donates all royalties earned in South Africa to the organization.
  • Collins founded The Little Dreams Foundation in February 2000, which aims to “realise the dreams of children in the fields of sports and art” by providing future prodigies aged 4 to 16 years with financial, material, and mentoring support with the help of experts in various fields.
  • Collins released the single “Another Day in Paradise” in 1989 to raise awareness of homelessness around the world. Some critics accused him of hypocrisy as a millionaire musician. However, he collected money for homeless charities from fans at concerts and then donated double the total takings out of his own money. It was not the first time Collins had referred to the issue in his lyrics. He had previously written about the subject in the Genesis song “Man on the Corner” for the 1981 album “Abacab”.
  • In 1988, at the height of his success as a solo artist and in Genesis, Collins was estimated to be one of the 100 richest men in Britain. In 2009 the Sunday Times List estimated his net worth at $177 million.
  • Announced in 2009 that he was no longer able to drum due to a spinal injury.
  • “Against All Odds” won the Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance in 1985, and it was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song. Collins was the only nominee in the category not invited to sing his song on stage, and sat in the audience as Ann Reinking performed it. His perceived negative reaction shown on the telecast is considered to be one of the most awkward moments in the history of the ceremony, and has been a favorite reference for Dennis Miller to relate someone reacting in a horrified fashion.
  • Collins has an interest in the history of the Alamo located in San Antonio, TX. He visits there often and collects artifacts from the site. He provides narration to a “Battle of the Alamo” exhibit located just outside the grounds of the Alamo.
  • He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6834 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
  • Winner of the 2008 Ivor Novello Award for International Achievement.
  • Presented John Martyn with the lifetime achievement award at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. (4th February 2008).
  • A popular tradition in Genesis live shows since the late 1970s is the “Drum Duet” between Collins and Chester Thompson, in which the two men compete in a drumming duel for several minutes.
  • His song “In The Air Tonight” was originally proposed to appear on the Genesis album “Duke”, but Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford decided against recording it. It became Collins’ first solo hit instead and remains one of his most famous songs.
  • Credited with writing the music and lyrics of just three Genesis songs on his own. These are “Misunderstanding” and “Please Don’t Ask” from the album “Duke” and “Man on the Corner” from the album “Abacab”.
  • Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2003.
  • By 2006, he had sold 130 million albums as a member of Genesis and over 100 million solo albums around the world. In the UK alone, Genesis had achieved 500 weeks on the albums chart and 187 weeks on the singles chart. He had also achieved 846 weeks on the albums chart and 235 weeks on the singles chart as a solo artist.
  • A fan of Earth Wind & Fire and used members of the group to perform the brass sections on many of his own songs (they also appear on the Genesis songs “No Reply at All” and “Paperlate”).
  • January 1989: Voted #4 Radio Artist for 1989 in France. First was Kylie Minogue; second David Hallyday and third Madonna.
  • “Easy Lover” is a song written by Phil Collins, Nathan East and Philip Bailey. The song featured Phil Collins and Philip Bailey on vocals. The song also appeared on Philip Bailey’s album “Chinese Wall”. The video for the song was filmed in London, starting off with Philip Bailey riding to the studio in a helicopter, before Collins and Philip Bailey sung the song in various places, including a studio and a local restaurant. Collins has also used the song in his Live shows and appears in his 1990 live album “Serious Hits… Live!”, as well as his 1998 compilation album, Hits.
  • Appointed Honourary Ambassador of Peace for the Harvey Ball Foundation along with Brooke Shields, Jackie Chan, A.V.T. Shankardass, Jerry Lewis, Prince Albert of Monaco, Jack Nicklaus, Greg Norman, Jimmy Buffett, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Darrell Waltrip, Heather Mills, Yoko Ono, Patch Adams, Sergei Khrushchev and Winnie Mandela.
  • His favorite Genesis album is “The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway”.
  • He had US number one singles with “Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)” (1984), “One More Night” (1985), “Sussudio” (1985), “Separate Lives” (1985), “A Groovy Kind of Love” (1988), “Two Hearts” (1989) and “Another Day in Paradise” (1989). Genesis had a US number one single with “Invisible Touch” (1986).
  • He won the British Phonographic Industry Award for British Male Solo Artist in 1986 following the success of his multi-million selling album “No Jacket Required”. He won the 1989 Brit Award for British Male Solo Artist following the success of his singles “A Groovy Kind of Love” and “Two Hearts”, both featured in the movie Buster (1988). He was also the winner of the 1990 Brit Awards for British Male Solo Artist and British Single for “Another Day in Paradise” following the success of his multi-million selling album “But Seriously”.
  • His music video ‘I Wish It Would Rain Down’ saw him fictionally winning an Academy Award. He then actually won one for the soundtrack to Tarzan (1999).
  • Sang back up vocals to Howard Jones on his popular 1986 single “No One Is To Blame”.
  • Was only 19 when he was named drummer/backup vocalist for Genesis in 1970. Later took over main vocal duties when Peter Gabriel left the band in 1975 and no one successfully auditioned to be his replacement.
  • Announced his departure from Genesis in 1993, so he could focus more on his solo career and production. Reunited with his former band mates in 1999 to record “The Carpet Crawlers” for a greatest hits compilation. This reunion also included Peter Gabriel and Steve Hackett, and was the first time since 1980 the original five performed together (Peter Gabriel reunited with the band in the early 80s for a charity concert, Steve Hackett was also there but performed only in the encore).
  • His favourite guitarist is Eric Clapton, who played on his singles “If Leaving Me Is Easy” and “I Wish It Would Rain Down”.
  • Son of talent agent June Collins.
  • Started to play drums at the age of five.
  • He was one of the guests at the wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles.
  • Played drums and sang back up on Eric Clapton’s single “Bad Love” from his album “Journeyman” (1989).
  • Chester Thompson played drums on Genesis and Phil Collins solo tours – thus enabling Phil to go out front where the punters could see him.
  • He is of English descent. His paternal line can be traced back to his great-grandfather, Arthur James Collins, who was born c. 1854, in England.
  • He never topped the UK singles chart with Genesis but had solo number ones with “You Can’t Hurry Love” (1983), “Easy Lover” (1985) (with Philip Bailey) and “A Groovy Kind of Love” (1988). He has had UK number one solo albums with “Face Value” (1981), “No Jacket Required” (1985), “But Seriously” (1989), “Both Sides” (1993), “Hits” (1998) and “Going Back” (2010). He has also had UK number one Genesis albums with “Duke” (1980), “Abacab” (1981), “Genesis” (1983), “Invisible Touch” (1986), “We Can’t Dance” (1991) and “Live – The Way We Walk – Vol 2: The Longs” (1993).
  • In 1999, he reunited with his former Genesis band mates Peter Gabriel, Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford and Steve Hackett for a re-recording of the Genesis song “The Carpet Crawlers” (originally from their 1974 album “The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway”), which appears on the Genesis compilation “Turn it on Again”.
  • In 2000, Mariah Carey and Westlife had a British number one hit with a cover of his song “Against All Odds” (originally a hit for Collins in 1984). The song became a number one single again, this time for Steve Brookstein, in 2005. It was also recorded by Michael Ball, appearing on his albums “The Movies”, “Stage and Screen” and “Seasons of Love”, Barry Manilow on his album “The Greatest Songs of the Eighties” and Bonnie Tyler on her album “Heart Strings”.
  • He plays the piano.
  • Has a son, Simon Collins (born 1976) and a daughter, Joely Collins (born 1973) with his first wife, Andrea Collins; a daughter, Lily Collins (born 1989) with his second wife, Jill Tavelman and two sons, Nicholas Grev Austin (born 21 April 2001) and Mathew Thomas Clemence (born 1 December 2004) with his third wife, Orianne.
  • Performed at the BBC’s annual Children in Need charity event. [November 2003]
  • Played drums on Robert Plant’s first two solo albums as well as accompanying Plant on his first solo tour.
  • Played at both Wembley Stadium in London and John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia segments of Live Aid. He was able to accomplish the feat by hopping on the Concord and flying to Philadelphia as soon as he finished his set in London.
  • Along with Tony Thompson of Power Station, he sat in for the late John Bonham during Led Zeppelin’s performance at Live Aid.
  • Beat out many singers as a replacement for vocalist Peter Gabriel after Peter Gabriel left Genesis for a solo career. Most fans didn’t really notice, not only due to the similarity in both singers voices, but because Collins had been singing back up to Gabriel for years in the band.
  • Beat South Park (1997) creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone for Best Original Song Oscar in 1999. In return, Trey Parker and Matt Stone have ridiculed Phil Collins in several South Park episodes.
  • Left Genesis in 1996.
  • Trustee, Prince’s Trust, since 1983.
  • He was awarded Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order of the British Empire in the 1994 Queen’s Honours List for his services to music and charity.
  • Singer/drummer, former member of the rock band Genesis.

Phil Collins Filmography

Title Year Status Character Role
Against All Odds 1984 performer: “AGAINST ALL ODDS TAKE A LOOK AT ME NOW” / writer: “AGAINST ALL ODDS TAKE A LOOK AT ME NOW” Soundtrack
Genesis: The Mama Tour 1984 Video documentary writer: “Abacab”, “That’s All”, “Mama”, “Illegal Alien”, “Home By The Sea”, “Second Home By The Sea”, “Keep It Dark”, “It’s Gonna Get Better”, “In The Cage”, “The Cinema Show”, “…In That Quiet Earth”, “Supperman”, “Turn It On Again” Soundtrack
Risky Business 1983 performer: “In the Air Tonight” / writer: “In the Air Tonight” Soundtrack
Phil Collins: Live at Perkins Palace 1983 Video writer: “I Don’t Care Anymore”, “I Cannot Believe It’s True”, “Thru These Walls”, “I Missed Again”, “Behind The Lines”, “The Roof Is Leaking”, “The West Side”, “In The Air Tonight”, “It Don’t Matter To Me, “Droned” Soundtrack
Remembrance 1982 writer: “If Leaving Me Is Easy”, “I’m Not Moving” Soundtrack
The Secret Policeman’s Other Ball 1982 Documentary “In The Air Tonight”, “The Roof Is Leaking” Soundtrack
The Secret Policeman’s Ball 1979 TV Movie documentary performer: “In the Air Tonight” / writer: “In the Air Tonight” Soundtrack
Strictly Come Dancing 2016 TV Series writer – 2 episodes Soundtrack
Who’s Doing the Dishes? TV Series performer – 1 episode, 2016 writer – 1 episode, 2016 Soundtrack
Coronation Street TV Series performer – 1 episode, 2016 writer – 1 episode, 2016 Soundtrack
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 2014-2016 TV Series writer – 4 episodes Soundtrack
Mr. Robot TV Series performer – 1 episode, 2016 writer – 1 episode, 2016 Soundtrack
United Zone 2016 performer: “Transformation”, “No Way Out”, “In The Air Tonight”, “United Zone End Credits Theme Song” / writer: “Transformation”, “No Way Out”, “In The Air Tonight” Soundtrack
Dinner Date TV Series performer – 1 episode, 2016 writer – 1 episode, 2016 Soundtrack
Sing Street 2016 writer: “Paperlate” – as Philip Collins Soundtrack
This Is England ’90 TV Mini-Series performer – 1 episode, 2015 writer – 1 episode, 2015 Soundtrack
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain 2015 Video Game performer: “In The Air Tonight” / writer: “In The Air Tonight” Soundtrack
Deutschland 83 2015 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
One Hit Wonderland TV Series documentary performer – 2 episodes, 2014 – 2015 writer – 2 episodes, 2014 – 2015 Soundtrack
Ochéntame… otra vez TV Series documentary performer – 1 episode, 2015 writer – 1 episode, 2015 Soundtrack
World Championship Snooker TV Series performer – 1 episode, 2015 writer – 1 episode, 2015 Soundtrack
Top of the Pops: The Story of 1980 2015 TV Movie documentary writer: “Turn it on Again” Soundtrack
Lily & the Snowman 2015 Short writer: “Follow You Follow Me” – uncredited Soundtrack
The Comeback TV Series performer – 1 episode, 2014 writer – 1 episode, 2014 Soundtrack
Dancing with the Stars 2009-2014 TV Series writer – 4 episodes Soundtrack
Tyger Takes On… 2014 TV Mini-Series documentary writer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Pride 2014/I performer: “You Can’t Hurry Love” Soundtrack
The Sugarcube Critic 2014 TV Series writer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Dancing on Ice TV Series performer – 2 episodes, 2014 writer – 2 episodes, 2014 Soundtrack
Danny Baker Rocks… (A Bit) 2014 TV Mini-Series writer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Out to Lunch 2013/II Short performer: “Take Me Home” / writer: “Take Me Home” Soundtrack
The X Factor TV Series writer – 6 episodes, 2004 – 2013 performer – 3 episodes, 2004 – 2005 Soundtrack
The Voice of the Philippines 2013 TV Series writer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Grand Theft Auto V 2013 Video Game performer: “I Don’t Care Anymore” / writer: “I Don’t Care Anymore” Soundtrack
Guardian of the City 2013 Short performer: “Can’t Turn Back the Years” / writer: “Can’t Turn Back the Years” Soundtrack
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 2010-2013 TV Series writer – 23 episodes Soundtrack
Some Jerk with a Camera 2012-2013 TV Series documentary performer – 2 episodes Soundtrack
The Hangover Part III 2013 performer: “In the Air Tonight” / writer: “In the Air Tonight” Soundtrack
Britain’s Got Talent 2013 TV Series writer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Glee 2013 TV Series writer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Grzeli nateli dgeebi 2013 performer: “Heat on the Street” / writer: “Heat on the Street” Soundtrack
The Americans TV Series performer – 1 episode, 2013 writer – 1 episode, 2013 Soundtrack
My Mad Fat Diary TV Series performer – 1 episode, 2013 writer – 1 episode, 2013 Soundtrack
Becoming Redwood 2012 performer: “We Said Hello, Goodbye” / writer: “We Said Hello, Goodbye” Soundtrack
The X Factor 2012 TV Series writer – 1 episode Soundtrack
The X Factor Philippines 2012 TV Series writer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Big Brother 2012 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
American Idol 2003-2012 TV Series writer – 6 episodes Soundtrack
Dirty Cops: Ta Batsonia 2012 Video short writer: “Another Day in Paradise” Soundtrack
American Dad! 2012 TV Series writer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Metal Evolution 2012 TV Series documentary writer – 1 episode Soundtrack
New Girl 2011 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Todd’s Pop Song Reviews TV Series documentary writer – 3 episodes, 2010 – 2011 performer – 2 episodes, 2010 Soundtrack
La Marató 2010 2010 TV Special writer: “Dins el meu cor” Soundtrack
Ja el tenim! El disc de La Marató 2010 TV Movie documentary writer: “Dins el meu cor” Soundtrack
Rude Tube TV Series performer – 1 episode, 2010 writer – 1 episode, 2010 Soundtrack
CSI: NY TV Series performer – 1 episode, 2010 writer – 1 episode, 2010 Soundtrack
JonTron 2010 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
The Other Guys 2010 performer: “Against All Odds Take a Look at Me Now” / writer: “Against All Odds Take a Look at Me Now” Soundtrack
Lamastalgia 2010 TV Series writer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Live from Studio Five 2010 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Rage TV Series performer – 1 episode, 2009 writer – 1 episode, 2009 Soundtrack
Copycats TV Series performer – 1 episode, 2009 writer – 1 episode, 2009 Soundtrack
The Hangover 2009 performer: “In the Air Tonight” / writer: “In the Air Tonight”, “In the Air Tonight” uncredited Soundtrack
Ashes to Ashes TV Series performer – 1 episode, 2009 writer – 1 episode, 2009 Soundtrack
New Tricks TV Series performer – 1 episode, 2008 writer – 1 episode, 2008 Soundtrack
So You Think You Can Dance 2008 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Genesis: When in Rome 2008 Video lyrics: “Turn It On Again”, “No Son of Mine”, “Hold On My Heart”, “Mama”, “Tonight, Tonight, Tonight”, “Invisible Touch”, “I Can’t Dance” / writer: “Duke’s Intro [Behind The Lines/Duke’s End]”, “Turn It On Again”, “No Son of Mine”, “Land of Confusion”, “In The Cage Medley [In The Cage, The Cinema Show, Duke’s Travels]”, “Hold On My Heart”, “Home By The Sea”, “Second Home By The Sea”, “Follow You Follow Me”, “Firth of Fifth”, “I Know What I Like In Your Wardrobe”, “Mama”, “Throwing It All A Soundtrack
Grand Theft Auto IV 2008 Video Game writer: “Mama” Soundtrack
Willkommen Österreich 2008 TV Series writer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore 2008 Video Game writer: “In The Air Tonight” Soundtrack
Adventures of Power 2008 performer: “In the Air Tonight” / writer: “In the Air Tonight” Soundtrack
Idols! 2003-2008 TV Series writer – 3 episodes Soundtrack
Midnight Heat 2007 performer: “Another Day in Paradise” / writer: “Another Day in Paradise” Soundtrack
SuperNews! 2007 TV Series 1 episode Soundtrack
Banda sonora TV Series performer – 1 episode, 2007 writer – 1 episode, 2007 Soundtrack
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry 2007 writer: “Follow You, Follow Me” Soundtrack
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters 2007 writer: “In the Air Tonight” Soundtrack
Idool 2007 2007 TV Series writer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Deutschland sucht den Superstar 2002-2007 TV Series writer – 7 episodes Soundtrack
The Angry Video Game Nerd 2006 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Cesko hledá SuperStar 2004-2006 TV Series writer – 3 episodes Soundtrack
Cold Case TV Series performer – 2 episodes, 2004 – 2006 writer – 2 episodes, 2004 Soundtrack
Australian Idol 2006 TV Series writer – 2 episodes Soundtrack
Miami Vice 2006 writer: “In The Air Tonight” Soundtrack
Canadian Idol 2003-2006 TV Series writer – 4 episodes Soundtrack
Family Guy 2006 TV Series writer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Idol – Jakten på en superstjerne 2003-2006 TV Series writer – 5 episodes Soundtrack
The Passion: Films, Faith & Fury 2006 TV Movie documentary performer: “Jesus He Knows Me” / writer: “Jesus He Knows Me” Soundtrack
Shut Up and Sing 2006 writer: “Take Me Home” Soundtrack
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories 2006 Video Game performer: “In The Air Tonight”, “Easy Lover” / writer: “In The Air Tonight”, “Easy Lover”, “Turn It on Again” Soundtrack
Ha-Shminiya 2006 TV Series writer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Room 101 2005 TV Series writer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Idol 2004-2005 TV Series writer – 2 episodes Soundtrack
Tarzan II 2005 Video “Who Am I?” / arranger: “Son Of Man”, “Leaving Home Find My Way” / performer: “Son Of Man”, “Leaving Home Find My Way”, “Who Am I?” / writer: “Son Of Man”, “Leaving Home Find My Way”, “Who Am I?”, “Who Am I? End Credits Version” Soundtrack
Elephant Shoes 2005 writer: “Against All Odds Take a Look at Me Now” Soundtrack
Slovensko hladá SuperStar 2005 TV Series writer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Karaoke Revolution Volume 3 2004 Video Game “Against All Odds” Soundtrack
Phil Collins: Finally… The First Farewell Tour 2004 Video documentary lyrics: “Something Happened on the Way to Heaven” / writer: “Drums, Drums, and More Drums”, “Something Happened on the Way to Heaven”, “Against All Odds”, “Don’t Lose My Number”, “You’ll Be In My Heart”, “One More Night”, “Hang In Long Enough”, “Come With Me”, “I Missed Again”, “Another Day in Paradise”, “No Way Out”, “In The Air Tonight”, “Dance Into The Light”, “Two Hearts”, “Wear My Hat”, “Easy Lover”, “Sussudio”, “It’s Not Too Late”, “Take Me Home” Soundtrack
The Flynns Journey to Ireland 2004 Documentary performer: “We Said Hello, Goodbye Don’t Look Back” / writer: “We Said Hello, Goodbye Don’t Look Back” Soundtrack
Malaysian Idol 2004 TV Series writer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Hinter Gittern – Der Frauenknast TV Series performer – 7 episodes, 1998 – 2004 writer – 1 episode, 2004 Soundtrack
Tru Calling 2004 TV Series writer – 1 episode Soundtrack
New Zealand Idol 2004 TV Series writer – 2 episodes Soundtrack
Star Search 2004 TV Series writer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Idol stjörnuleit 2004 TV Series writer – 1 episode Soundtrack
50º edición de los premios Ondas 2003 TV Movie performer: “Look Through My Eyes” Soundtrack
Ídolos 2003 TV Series writer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Idol 2002-2003 TV Series writer – 2 episodes Soundtrack
Malcolm in the Middle TV Series performer – 1 episode, 2003 writer – 1 episode, 2003 Soundtrack
Sing Along Songs: Brother Bear – On My Way 2003 Video short arranger: “On My Way”, “Welcome” / lyrics: “On My Way”, “Welcome” / music: “On My Way”, “Welcome” / performer: “On My Way”, “Welcome” / producer: “On My Way”, “Welcome” Soundtrack
Idols 2003 TV Series writer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Brother Bear 2003 arranger: “Great Spirits”, “Transformation”, “Welcome”, “On My Way”, “No Way Out Theme from Brother Bear”, “Look Through My Eyes” / performer: “Welcome”, “On My Way”, “No Way Out Theme from Brother Bear”, “Look Through My Eyes” / producer: “Great Spirits”, “Transformation”, “Welcome”, “On My Way”, “No Way Out Theme from Brother Bear” / writer: “Transformation”, “Welcome”, “On My Way”, “No Way Out Theme from Brother Bear”, “Look Through My Eyes” Soundtrack
The King of Queens 2003 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Monkey Dust 2003 TV Series 1 episode Soundtrack
Lea Salonga Live 2003 Video documentary writer: “Disney Medley” Soundtrack
Operación triunfo TV Series performer – 1 episode, 2002 arranger – 1 episode, 2002 producer – 1 episode, 2002 writer – 1 episode, 2001 Soundtrack
Waking Up in Reno 2002 writer: “Sussudio” Soundtrack
Fastlane 2002 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Paid in Full 2002 performer: “In the Air Tonight” / writer: “In the Air Tonight” Soundtrack
Tarzan & Jane 2002 arranger: “Two Worlds” / performer: “Two Worlds” / producer: “Two Worlds” / writer: “Two Worlds” Soundtrack
Party at the Palace: The Queen’s Concerts, Buckingham Palace 2002 TV Movie documentary performer: “You Can’t Hurry Love” Soundtrack
Idols 2002 TV Series writer – 1 episode Soundtrack
The New Guy 2002 performer: “In the Air Tonight” / writer: “In the Air Tonight” Soundtrack
Big Trouble 2002 performer: “In the Air Tonight” / writer: “In the Air Tonight” Soundtrack
Pop Idol 2001 TV Series writer – 2 episodes Soundtrack
The Girl from Paris 2001 performer: “In The Air Tonight” / writer: “In The Air Tonight” Soundtrack
The Legend of Tarzan 2001 TV Series arranger: “Two Worlds” / performer: “Two Worlds” / producer: “Two Worlds” Soundtrack
Moulin Rouge! 2001 writer: “Elephant Love Medley” Soundtrack
Top Ten TV Series documentary performer – 1 episode, 2001 writer – 1 episode, 2001 Soundtrack
Mrs. Death 2: Hells Fury 2000 performer: “In The Air Tonight” / writer: “In The Air Tonight” Soundtrack
Villa BvD 2000 TV Series writer – 1 episode Soundtrack
The 72nd Annual Academy Awards 2000 TV Special performer: “You’ll Be In My Heart” / writer: “You’ll Be In My Heart” Soundtrack
Roswell 2000 TV Series writer – 1 episode Soundtrack
American Psycho 2000 performer: “Sussudio” / writer: “In Too Deep”, “Sussudio” Soundtrack
Tarzan Activity Center 1999 Video Game arranger: “Son of Man”, “Strangers Like Me”, “Two Worlds” / lyrics: “Son of Man”, “Strangers Like Me”, “Two Worlds” / music: “Son of Man”, “Strangers Like Me”, “Two Worlds” / performer: “Son of Man”, “Strangers Like Me”, “Two Worlds” / producer: “Son of Man”, “Strangers Like Me”, “Two Worlds” Soundtrack
Tarzan 1999 Video Game arranger: “Two Worlds”, “Son of Man”, “Strangers Like Me”, “Trashin’ the Camp” / performer: “Two Worlds”, “Son of Man”, “Trashin’ the Camp” / producer: “Two Worlds”, “Son of Man”, “Strangers Like Me”, “Trashin’ the Camp” / writer: “Two Worlds”, “Son of Man”, “Strangers Like Me”, “Trashin’ the Camp” Soundtrack
Tarzan 1999 arranger: “Two Worlds”, “Son of Man”, “Trashin’ The Camp”, “Strangers Like Me” / lyrics: “Two Worlds”, “You’ll Be in My Heart”, “Son of Man”, “Trashin’ The Camp”, “Strangers Like Me”, “You Will Be in My Heart”, “Trashin’ the Camp” / music: “Two Worlds”, “You’ll Be in My Heart”, “Son of Man”, “Trashin’ The Camp”, “Strangers Like Me”, “You Will Be in My Heart”, “Trashin’ the Camp” / performer: “Two Worlds”, “You’ll Be in My Heart”, “Son of Man”, “Trashin’ The Camp”, “Strangers Like Me”, “You Will Soundtrack
Bravo Two Zero 1999 TV Movie performer: “In the air tonight” / writer: “In the air tonight” Soundtrack
Stars in Their Eyes 1996-1999 TV Series writer – 3 episodes Soundtrack
Forces of Nature 1999 writer: “Against All Odds” Soundtrack
Phil Collins: Live and Loose in Paris 1998 Video documentary performer: “Hand In Hand”, “Hang In Long Enough”, “Don’t Lose My Number”, “Another Day In Paradise”, “Against All Odds Take A Look At Me Now”, “Lorenzo”, “Separate Lives”, “Long Long Way To Go”, “In The Air Tonight”, “Timbantiocha”, “Easy Lover”, “Dance Into The Night”, “Wear My Hat”, “Something Happened On The Way To Heaven”, “Sussudio” / writer: “Hand In Hand”, “Hang In Long Enough”, “Don’t Lose My Number”, “Another Day In Paradise”, “Against All Odds Take A Look At Me Now”, Soundtrack
Charmed TV Series 1 episode, 1998 writer – 1 episode, 1998 Soundtrack
Gang Related 1997 “Staring at the world thru my rearview” Soundtrack
Wild Flowers 1997 writer: “Carpet Crawlers” Soundtrack
The Eighth Day 1996 writer: “Jesus He Knows Me” Soundtrack
Top of the Pops TV Series performer – 6 episodes, 1981 writer – 5 episodes, 1977 – 1996 music – 1 episode, 1978 Soundtrack
Bye Bye Love 1995 performer: “You Can’t Hurry Love” / producer: “You Can’t Hurry Love” Soundtrack
Tohuwabohu 1994-1995 TV Series writer – 5 episodes Soundtrack
David Copperfield: 15 Years of Magic 1994 TV Special documentary performer: “Mama” / writer: “Mama” Soundtrack
Monte Video 1994 TV Series writer – 1 episode Soundtrack
The Who’s Tommy, the Amazing Journey 1993 Documentary writer: “Drum Duet” Soundtrack
Palm Harbor Vice 2: Brotherhood of the Monkey 1993 writer: “Tonight, Tonight, Tonight” Soundtrack
The Magic of David Copperfield XV: Fires of Passion 1993 TV Movie performer: “Mama” / writer: “Mama” Soundtrack
Genesis: The Way We Walk – Live in Concert 1993 Video documentary lyrics: “No Son Of Mine”, “Driving The Last Spike”, “Jesus He Knows Me”, “Hold On My Heart”, “I Can’t Dance”, “Tonight, Tonight, Tonight”, “Invisible Touch”, “Turn It On Again” / music: “Land of Confusion”, “No Son Of Mine”, “Driving The Last Spike”, “Fading Lights”, “Jesus He Knows Me”, “Dreaming While You Sleep”, “Home By The Sea”, “Hold On My Heart”, “Domino”, “I Can’t Dance”, “Tonight, Tonight, Tonight”, “Invisible Touch”, “Turn It On Again” / performer: “The Drum Thing” / Soundtrack
Marienhof 1992 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Derrick TV Series performer – 3 episodes, 1989 – 1992 writer – 2 episodes, 1978 – 1990 Soundtrack
Otto – Der Liebesfilm 1992 writer: “I Can’t Dance” Soundtrack
The Magic of David Copperfield XIV: Flying – Live the Dream 1992 TV Movie performer: “Find a Way to my Heart” / writer: “Find a Way to my Heart” Soundtrack
Glückliche Reise 1992 TV Series performer – 2 episodes Soundtrack
Eric Clapton: 24 Nights 1991 TV Special documentary performer: “Sunshine of Your Love” Soundtrack
Bukow and König 1991 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Pero ¿esto qué es? TV Series performer – 1 episode, 1990 writer – 1 episode, 1990 Soundtrack
Fire Birds 1990 performer: “Do You Remember”, “Find A Way To My Heart” / writer: “Do You Remember”, “Find A Way To My Heart” Soundtrack
Rockopop TV Series performer – 1 episode, 1990 writer – 1 episode, 1990 Soundtrack
Barend en Van Dorp 1990 TV Series writer: “Saturday Night And Sunday Morning” Soundtrack
Phil Collins: Seriously Live 1990 Video writer: “Hand in Hand”, “Hang In Long Enough”, “Against All Odds Take A Look At Me Now”, “Don’t Lose My Number”, “Inside Out”, “Do You Remember?”, “Who Said I Would”, “Saturday Night And Sunday Morning”, “The West Side”, “That’s Just The Way It Is”, “Something Happened On The Way To Heaven”, “Doesn’t Anybody Stay Together Anymore”, “One More Night”, “Colours”, “In The Air Tonight”, “Two Hearts”, “Sussudio”, “Easy Lover”, “Take Me Home” Soundtrack
Genesis: Live at Wembley Stadium 1988 Video lyrics: “Mama”, “That’s All”, “Tonight, Tonight, Tonight”, “Invisible Touch” / writer: “Mama”, “Abacab”, “Domino”, “That’s All”, “The Brazilian”, “Land of Confusion”, “Tonight, Tonight, Tonight”, “Throwing It All Away”, “Home By The Sea”, “Invisible Touch”, “Drum Duet”, “Los Endos”, “Turn It On Again”, “Do The Neurotic” Soundtrack
The Prince’s Trust Rock Gala 1988 Documentary performer: “Dancing with Tears in My Eyes”, “With a Little Help from my Friends” Soundtrack
Buster 1988 performer: “Two Hearts One Mind”, “A Groovy Kind of Love” / writer: “Two Hearts One Mind”, “Goin’ Loco Down in Acapuclo”, “Big Noise” Soundtrack
Miami Vice TV Series performer – 6 episodes, 1984 – 1988 writer – 5 episodes, 1984 – 1986 Soundtrack
Magnum, P.I. 1986-1988 TV Series writer – 3 episodes Soundtrack
You Can’t Hurry Love 1988 performer: “YOU CAN’T HURRY LOVE” Soundtrack
The Magic of David Copperfield IX: The Escape from Alcatraz 1987 TV Movie performer: “I Don’t Care Anymore” / writer: “I Don’t Care Anymore” Soundtrack
Eric Clapton and Friends 1986 TV Movie documentary writer: “In the Air Tonight” Soundtrack
The Color of Money 1986 performer: “One More Night” / writer: “One More Night” Soundtrack
Maricela 1986 TV Movie performer: “Don’t Lose My Number” / writer: “Don’t Lose My Number” Soundtrack
No Return No Exchange 1986 performer: “Separate Lives” Soundtrack
Playing for Keeps 1986 performer: “DON’T LOOK BACK” / writer: “DON’T LOOK BACK” Soundtrack
Saturday Night’s Main Event 1986 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
The Magic of David Copperfield: China 1986 TV Movie performer: “In The Air Tonight” / writer: “In The Air Tonight” Soundtrack
The Two Ronnies TV Series performer – 3 episodes, 1985 – 1986 writer – 2 episodes, 1985 – 1986 Soundtrack
White Nights 1985 performer: “Separate Lives” / producer: “Separate Lives” Soundtrack
Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1985 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Phil Collins: No Jacket Required 1985 TV Movie performer: “Only You And I Know”, “Against All Odds”, “Who Said I Would”, “Sussudio”, “Behind The Lines”, “The West Side”, “One More Night”, “In The Air Tonight”, “Like China”, “You Can’t Hurry Love”, “It Don’t Matter To Me”, “Hand In Hand”, “Take Me Home”, “It’s All Right”, “Droned” / writer: “Only You And I Know”, “Against All Odds”, “Who Said I Would”, “Sussudio”, “Behind The Lines”, “The West Side”, “One More Night”, “In The Air Tonight”, “Like China”, “It Don’t Matter To Me”, “Hand Soundtrack
Stingray 1985 TV Movie “Easy Lover” Soundtrack
Live Aid 1985 TV Special documentary performer: “Message in a Bottle”, “Driven to Tears”, “In the Air Tonight”, “Long, Long Way to Go” / writer: “In the Air Tonight”, “Long, Long Way to Go” Soundtrack
Back to the Future 1985 producer: “HEAVEN IS ONE STEP AWAY” 1985 Soundtrack
WrestleMania 1985 TV Special “Easy Lover Instrumental” Soundtrack
The 57th Annual Academy Awards 1985 TV Special documentary writer: “Against All Odds Take a Look at Me Now” Soundtrack
Electric Dreams 1984 performer: “You Can’t Hurry Love” Soundtrack
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories 2006 Video Game Phil Collins / Emotion 98.3 Imaging Voice (voice) Actor
The Jungle Book 2 2003 Lucky (voice) Actor
Balto 1995 Muk and Luk (voice) Actor
Calliope 1994 Short Jackson Dover Actor
And the Band Played On 1993 TV Movie Eddie Papasano Actor
Frauds 1993 Roland Copping Actor
Hook 1991 Inspector Good Actor
Buster 1988 Buster Edwards Actor
Genesis: Land of Confusion 1986 Video short Puppet Phil Collins (voice) Actor
Miami Vice 1985 TV Series Phil Mayhew Actor
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 1968 Vulgarian Child (uncredited) Actor
Calamity the Cow 1967 Mike Lucas (as Philip Collins) Actor
R3 1965 TV Series Terry Actor
A Hard Day’s Night 1964 Seated Fan with Necktie (uncredited) Actor
Tarzan II 2005 Video songs by Music Department
Brother Bear 2003 songs: music and lyrics by / vocal arranger Music Department
Tarzan in Concert with Phil Collins 1999 TV Special composer: theme music Music Department
Tarzan 1999 songs: music and lyrics by Music Department
The Who’s Tommy, the Amazing Journey 1993 Documentary musician: drums and vocals, “Drum Duet” Music Department
When the Wind Blows 1986 musician – as P. Collins, song, The Brazilian Music Department
Porky’s Revenge 1985 musician: drums and backing vocals for “Philadelphia Baby” – uncredited Music Department
Almost Heaven 2006 Composer
Arktos: The Internal Journey of Mike Horn 2005 Documentary Composer
Genesis: The Video Show 2004 Video Composer
Sing Along Songs: Brother Bear – On My Way 2003 Video short Composer
Brother Bear 2003 Composer
The Genesis Concert Movie 1977 Documentary Composer
The Making of the Mama Album 1983 Documentary Director
Disturbed: Land of Confusion 2009 Short Writer
The Making of the Mama Album 1983 Documentary Cinematographer
The Making of the Mama Album 1983 Documentary producer Producer
Becoming Redwood 2012 very special thanks Thanks
Countdown 1981-1985 TV Series Himself Self
The 57th Annual Academy Awards 1985 TV Special documentary Himself – Nominated: Best Original Song Self
Känguru 1985 TV Series Himself Self
The Tube 1985 TV Series Himself Self
Album Flash 1984 TV Series documentary Himself / Interviewed Self
The Secret Policeman’s Private Parts 1984 Documentary Himself Self
Pop Quiz 1981-1984 TV Series Himself Self
The 11th Annual American Music Awards 1984 TV Special Himself – Presenter Self
Genesis: The Mama Tour 1984 Video documentary Himself – Drums – Vocals Self
Phil Collins: Live at Perkins Palace 1983 Video Himself – Drums / Lead Vocals / and Keyboards Self
Musikladen 1983 TV Series Himself Self
The Making of the Mama Album 1983 Documentary Himself – Drums & Vocals Self
The Prince’s Trust Rock Gala 1982 Documentary Himself Self
Aplauso 1982 TV Series Himself Self
The Secret Policeman’s Other Ball 1982 Documentary Himself Self
Three Sides Live 1981 Documentary Himself – Drums & Vocals Self
WWF Club 1980 TV Series Himself (Guest) Self
The Old Grey Whistle Test 1980 TV Series Himself – Vocals and Drums Self
Tiswas 1980 TV Series Himself Self
The Mike Douglas Show 1977 TV Series Himself – Vocalist Self
The Genesis Concert Movie 1977 Documentary Himself (as Phillip Collins) Self
Rachael Ray 2016 TV Series Himself Self
Access Hollywood 2016 TV Series Himself – Author, Not Dead Yet / Himself Self
The Daily Show 2016 TV Series Himself Self
The View 2016 TV Series Himself – Author, Not Dead Yet Self
Live with Kelly and Michael 2016 TV Series Himself – Author, Not Dead Yet Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 2016 TV Series Himself – Musical Guest Self
CBS This Morning 2016 TV Series Himself / Himself – Guest Self
Entertainment Tonight 2016 TV Series Himself Self
The Jonathan Ross Show 2016 TV Series Himself Self
The One Show 2010-2016 TV Series Himself Self
The Big Interview with Dan Rather 2016 TV Series Himself Self
Sounds of the 80s 2016 TV Series Himself – Special Guest Self
The Insider 2016 TV Series Himself Self
Breakfast 2002-2016 TV Series Himself Self
808 2015 Documentary Himself Self
Nathan East: For the Record 2014 Documentary Himself Self
Genesis: Together and Apart 2014 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
The Broadway.com Show 2014 TV Series Himself Self
Phil Collins and the Wild Frontier 2013 Documentary short Himself Self
Phil Collins: Live at Montreux 2004 2012 Video Himself Self
Les années bonheur 2010 TV Series Himself Self
Wetten, dass..? 1991-2010 TV Series Himself Self
Phil Collins: Going Back – Live at Roseland Ballroom NYC 2010 Video Himself – Vocal Self
The Best Hit USA 2010 TV Series Himself Self
Tout le monde en parle 2010 TV Series Himself Self
This Morning 1993-2010 TV Series Himself Self
Schlag den Raab 2010 TV Series Himself Self
Le grand journal de Canal+ 2010 TV Series documentary Himself Self
Daybreak 2010 TV Series Himself Self
Later… With Jools Holland 2010 TV Series Himself – Performer Self
A Conversation with Phil Collins 2010 Video documentary short Himself Self
Gomorron 2010 TV Series Himself – Slutar att turnera Self
I’m in a Rock ‘n’ Roll Band 2010 TV Mini-Series documentary Himself Self
Ad of the Decade 2009 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
Movie Connections 2009 TV Series documentary Himself Self
Mark Lawson Talks to… 2009 TV Series Himself Self
Prog Rock Britannia 2009 TV Movie Himself Self
De schuld van VTM 2009 TV Series Himself Self
Die Johannes B. Kerner Show 2008 TV Series Himself Self
Happy Hour 2008 TV Series Himself Self
Genesis: Members Only 2008 Himself Self
The Naked Brothers Band 2008 TV Series Himself Self
Genesis: When in Rome 2008 Video Himself – Lead Vocals / Drums Self
Come Rain or Shine 2008 Documentary Himself Self
Songbook 2008 TV Series Himself Self
Rare and Unseen: The Beatles 2008 Video documentary Himself Self
Ich Tarzan, Du Jane! 2008 TV Series Himself (2008) Self
Na plovárne 2007 TV Series Himself Self
Tiswas Reunited 2007 TV Special Himself Self
The Long Goodnight: A Film About Phil Collins 2007 Video documentary Himself Self
Seven Ages of Rock 2007 TV Series documentary Himself Self
VH1 Rock Honors 2007 TV Special Self
American Masters 2007 TV Series documentary Himself Self
Freddie Mercury Himself 2006 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
NFL Films Presents 2006 TV Series documentary Himself Self
Room 101 2005 TV Series Himself – Special Guest Self
Tommy and Quadrophenia Live: The Who 2005 Video documentary Uncle Ernie Self
What Did ITV Do for Me? 2005 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
Live Aid Remembered 2005 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
The Royal Wedding of HRH the Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles 2005 TV Movie Himself Self
Stars in Their Eyes 2005 TV Series Himself Self
More All-Time Greatest Love Songs 2005 TV Movie documentary Himself / Performer Self
The Kumars at No. 42 2004 TV Series Himself Self
The Band Aid Story 2004 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
Arena 2004 TV Series documentary Himself Self
Genesis: The Video Show 2004 Video Himself Self
TROS TV Show 2002-2004 TV Series documentary Himself – Performer / Himself Self
Phil Collins: Finally… The First Farewell Tour 2004 Video documentary Himself – Drums and Lead Vocals Self
GMTV 2002-2004 TV Series Himself Self
Band Aid: The Song That Rocked the World 2004 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
Red Nose Day 2004 TV Series Himself Self
Echo – Deutscher Musikpreis 2004 TV Series Himself Self
The 76th Annual Academy Awards 2004 TV Special Himself – Presenter: Best Original Score Self
The Ultimate Pop Star 2004 TV Movie Himself Self
Ein Herz für Kinder 2003 TV Series Himself Self
Gala Corazón Voluntario 2003 TV Movie Himself Self
Continuar 2003 TV Series Himself Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 1993-2003 TV Series Himself Self
50º edición de los premios Ondas 2003 TV Movie Himself – Winner & Performer Self
Children in Need 2003 TV Series Himself Self
Richard & Judy 2003 TV Series Himself Self
Whoopi 2003 TV Series Himself Self
Pulse 2003 TV Series documentary Himself Self
The Wayne Brady Show 2003 TV Series Himself Self
2003 Radio Music Awards 2003 TV Special Himself Self
God kveld Norge 2003 TV Series Himself Self
TV total 2003 TV Series Himself Self
RI:SE 2003 TV Series Himself Self
The Isaac Mizrahi Show 2003 TV Series Himself Self
Singing in the Shadow: The Children of Rock Royalty 2003 Documentary Himself Self
Verstehen Sie Spaß? 1994-2003 TV Series Himself Self
Vivement dimanche 2003 TV Series Himself Self
This Is Your Life 1988-2003 TV Series documentary Himself / Musician Self
The Jubilee Girl 2002 TV Movie Himself / interviewee Self
Operación triunfo 2002 TV Series Himself Self
Phil Collins: A Life Less Ordinary 2002 TV Movie documentary Himself – Interviewee Self
BingoLotto 2002 TV Series Himself – Musical Guest Self
V Graham Norton 2002 TV Series Himself Self
Party at the Palace: The Queen’s Concerts, Buckingham Palace 2002 TV Movie documentary Himself – Performer Self
Breakfast with Frost 2002 TV Series Himself Self
The Genesis Songbook 2001 Video Himself Self
Top of the Pops 2 2001 TV Series Himself Self
Brass Eye 2001 TV Series Himself Self
Top Ten 2001 TV Series documentary Himself Self
The 58th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2001 TV Special Himself – Presenter: Best Original Song Self
The Beatles Revolution 2000 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony: Greatest Video Hits 2000 Video Himself (segment “Home”) Self
The 72nd Annual Academy Awards 2000 TV Special Himself – Performer: ‘You’ll Be in My Heart’ and Winner: Best Original Song Self
The Howard Stern Radio Show 2000 TV Series Himself Self
Super Bowl XXXIV 2000 TV Movie Himself – Halftime Show Performer Self
Blacklight Dreams: The 25 Years of the Famous People Players 2000 TV Movie Himself Self
The 57th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2000 TV Special Himself – Winner: Best Original Song Self
Con la primera al 2000 1999 TV Movie Himself – Performer Self
Tarzan in Concert with Phil Collins 1999 TV Special Himself Self
Behind the Music 1999 TV Series documentary Himself Self
Música sí 1999 TV Series Himself – Musical Guest Self
Mundo VIP 1999 TV Series Himself Self
Troldspejlet 1999 TV Series Himself – Composer Self
Top of the Pops 1980-1999 TV Series Himself / Himself – Genesis Self
The Rosie O’Donnell Show 1996-1999 TV Series Himself Self
Classic Albums: Phil Collins – Face Value 1999 Video documentary Himself Self
Python Night: 30 Years of Monty Python 1999 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
Bagpipe: Instrument of War – Part 2 1999 TV Movie Himself Self
Phil Collins: Live and Loose in Paris 1998 Video documentary Himself Self
In My Life: A Unique Recording Project from Sir George Martin 1998 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
Charlie Rose 1998 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
Late Show with David Letterman 1993-1998 TV Series Himself Self
Irrésistiblement… Sylvie 1998 TV Movie Himself Self
¿Qué apostamos? 1998 TV Series Himself Self
Die Lotto-Show 1998 TV Series Himself Self
Live by Request: Phil Collins 1998 TV Movie Himself – Performer Self
Parkinson 1998 TV Series Himself Self
Power Vision – Pop Galerie 1996-1998 TV Series documentary Himself Self
Hard Rock Live 1997 TV Series Himself Self
Music for Montserrat 1997 TV Special documentary Himself Self
A Royal Gala 1997 TV Special Himself Self
VH1 Storytellers 1997 TV Series documentary Himself Self
Howard Stern 1997 TV Series Himself Self
Vanessa Williams & Friends: Christmas in New York 1996 TV Movie Himself Self
Des O’Connor Tonight 1996 TV Series Himself Self
Live & Kicking 1996 TV Series Himself Self
New York Undercover 1996 TV Series Himself Self
43º edición de los premios Ondas 1996 TV Movie Himself Self
Late Night with Conan O’Brien 1996 TV Series Himself Self
The Oprah Winfrey Show 1996 TV Series Himself Self
Queen: Champions of the World 1995 Documentary Himself Self
The History of Rock ‘n’ Roll 1995 TV Series documentary Himself Self
You Can’t Do That! The Making of ‘A Hard Day’s Night’ 1995 Video documentary Himself – Hosted By Self
Phil Collins: A Closer Look 1994 Video documentary Himself Self
R.A.D.D.: Drive My Car 1994 TV Short Himself – Musician Self
The 21st Annual American Music Awards 1994 TV Special Himself Self
The Who’s Tommy, the Amazing Journey 1993 Documentary Himself Self
Noches de gala 1993 TV Series Himself Self
The 1993 Billboard Music Awards 1993 TV Special Himself – Host Self
Good Morning America 1988-1993 TV Series Himself Self
Off the Streets 1993 TV Series documentary Himself Self
Aspel & Company 1986-1993 TV Series Himself Self
Genesis: The Way We Walk – Live in Concert 1993 Video documentary Himself – Drums and Lead Vocals Self
Comic Relief: The Invasion of the Comic Tomatoes 1993 TV Special Nurse Self
Surprise Party 1993 TV Series documentary Himself / Taxi Driver Self
The 1992 Billboard Music Awards 1992 TV Special Himself – Host Self
The South Bank Show 1992 TV Series documentary Himself Self
One Child, One Voice 1992 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
Eric Clapton: 24 Nights 1991 TV Special documentary Himself – Tambourine Self
MTV Video Music Awards 1991 1991 TV Special Himself Self
1991 Billboard Music Awards 1991 TV Special Himself Self
Two Rooms: A Tribute to Elton John & Bernie Taupin 1991 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
Queen: The Days of Our Lives 1991 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
An American Saturday Night 1991 TV Movie Himself Self
Late Night with David Letterman 1985-1991 TV Series Himself Self
The 33rd Annual Grammy Awards 1991 TV Special Himself Self
Live at Knebworth 1990 Video documentary Himself Self
1990 Billboard Music Awards 1990 TV Special Himself Self
A Tribute to Terry Thomas 1990 TV Movie Himself Self
Seriously… Phil Collins 1990 TV Movie Himself Self
MTV Video Music Awards 1990 1990 TV Special Himself – Performer Self
Knebworth ’90: The Event 1990 TV Movie Himself Self
Pero ¿esto qué es? 1990 TV Series Himself – Musical Guest Self
Phil Collins: The Singles Collection 1990 Video Himself Self
Tonight Live with Steve Vizard 1990 TV Series Himself Self
Wogan 1983-1990 TV Series Himself Self
The Cream of Eric Clapton 1990 Video documentary Himself (Drums) Self
Genesis: A History 1990 Video documentary Self
Phil Collins: Seriously Live 1990 Video Himself – Vocals, Piano, Drums Self
Cilla’s Goodbye to the ’80s 1989 TV Movie Self
The Who Live, Featuring the Rock Opera Tommy 1989 TV Movie documentary Uncle Ernie Self
The Arsenio Hall Show 1989 TV Series Himself Self
Going Live! 1989 TV Series Himself Self
One Hour with Jonathan Ross 1989 TV Series Himself Self
The Songwriter’s Hall of Fame 20th Anniversary… The Magic of Music 1989 TV Movie Himself Self
A Night of Comic Relief 2 1989 TV Special Himself Self
The 46th Annual Golden Globe Awards 1989 TV Special Himself – Winner: Best Original Song & Presenter: Best Actress / Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture Self
Genesis: Live at Wembley Stadium 1988 Video Himself – Drums and Vocals Self
The Prince’s Trust Rock Gala 1988 Documentary Himself Self
America’s Top 10 1988 TV Series Himself Self
The Last Resort with Jonathan Ross 1988 TV Series Himself Self
Mickey’s 60th Birthday 1988 TV Movie Himself Self
Parkinson One to One 1988 TV Series Himself Self
Freedomfest: Nelson Mandela’s 70th Birthday Celebratation 1988 TV Special documentary Himself Self
ABC Presents: A Royal Gala 1988 TV Movie Himself – Singer Self
Atlantic Records 40th Anniversary: It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll 1988 TV Movie Himself Self
Queen: Magic Years, Volume Two – A Visual Anthology 1987 Documentary Himself Self
The Second Annual Prince’s Trust All-Star Rock Concert 1987 TV Movie Himself Self
Tonight, Tonight, Tonight 1987 Short Himself Self
The Return of Bruno 1987 TV Movie Himself Self
Genesis: The Invisible Touch Tour 1987 Documentary short Himself Self
Eric Clapton and Friends 1986 TV Movie documentary Himself (Drums, Vocals) Self
MTV Video Music Awards 1986 1986 TV Special Himself – Performer (as Genesis) Self
The Prince’s Trust Rock Gala: 10th Birthday 1986 TV Movie documentary Himself – Performer Self
The Montreux Golden Rose IMMC Gala 1986 TV Movie Himself – receives award Self
Joan Rivers: Can We Talk? 1986 TV Series Himself Self
The 28th Annual Grammy Awards 1986 TV Special Himself Self
The Two Ronnies 1985-1986 TV Series Himself Self
Solid Gold 1985 TV Series Himself Self
Phil Collins: No Jacket Required 1985 TV Movie Himself – Drums – Keyboards – Lead Vocals Self
Live Aid 1985 TV Special documentary Himself Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 1985 TV Series Himself Self
5 News 2015 TV Series Himself Archive Footage
Ochéntame… otra vez 2015 TV Series documentary Himself Archive Footage
Wogan: The Best Of 2015 TV Series Himself Archive Footage
Top of the Pops: The Story of 1980 2015 TV Movie documentary Himself – Genesis (uncredited) Archive Footage
The Life of Rock with Brian Pern 2014 TV Mini-Series Himself Archive Footage
A Football Life 2011 TV Series Himself Archive Footage
Wetten, dass..? 2011 TV Series Himself Archive Footage
Songs 2011 TV Series Himself Archive Footage
The Star 2011 TV Series Archive Footage
Edición Especial Coleccionista 2010 TV Series Inspector Good Archive Footage
Music Nuggets 2010 TV Series Himself Archive Footage
50 anys en companyia 2009 TV Movie documentary Himself Archive Footage
Troldspejlet 2009 TV Series Himself – Composer Archive Footage
Genesis: Then and Now – The History 2007 Video documentary Himself Archive Footage
50 y más 2005 TV Movie Himself Archive Footage
On a tout essayé 2004 TV Series Himself Archive Footage
50 Most Awesomely Bad Songs… Ever 2004 TV Movie documentary Himself Archive Footage
BingoLotto 2002 TV Series Himself – Musical Guest Archive Footage
The Way They Were 1999 TV Movie Archive Footage
Monte Video 1994 TV Series Himself Archive Footage
Memories of 1970-1991 1991 TV Series documentary Himself Archive Footage
Top of the Pops 1978-1985 TV Series Himself / Himself – Genesis / Himself – Member: Genesis Archive Footage
Hittimittari 1985 TV Series Himself Archive Footage

Phil Collins Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie Category
2004 ASCAP Award ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards Top Box Office Films Brother Bear (2003) Won
2000 Oscar Academy Awards, USA Best Music, Original Song Tarzan (1999) Won
2000 Golden Globe Golden Globes, USA Best Original Song – Motion Picture Tarzan (1999) Won
2000 ASCAP Award ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards Top Box Office Films Tarzan (1999) Won
2000 ASCAP Award ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards Most Performed Songs from Motion Pictures Tarzan (1999) Won
2000 Grammy Grammy Awards Best Soundtrack Album Tarzan (1999) Won
1999 Star on the Walk of Fame Walk of Fame Recording Awarded on June 16, 1999 at 6834 Hollywood Blvd. Won
1994 Golden Camera Golden Camera, Germany Best Music International For his album “Both Sides”. Won
1989 Golden Globe Golden Globes, USA Best Original Song – Motion Picture Buster (1988) Won
1989 Most Performed Song from a Film BMI Film & TV Awards Buster (1988) Won
1989 Grammy Grammy Awards Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television Buster (1988) Won
1988 Most Performed Song from a Film BMI Film & TV Awards Mona Lisa (1986) Won
2004 ASCAP Award ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards Top Box Office Films Brother Bear (2003) Nominated
2000 Oscar Academy Awards, USA Best Music, Original Song Tarzan (1999) Nominated
2000 Golden Globe Golden Globes, USA Best Original Song – Motion Picture Tarzan (1999) Nominated
2000 ASCAP Award ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards Top Box Office Films Tarzan (1999) Nominated
2000 ASCAP Award ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards Most Performed Songs from Motion Pictures Tarzan (1999) Nominated
2000 Grammy Grammy Awards Best Soundtrack Album Tarzan (1999) Nominated
1999 Star on the Walk of Fame Walk of Fame Recording Awarded on June 16, 1999 at 6834 Hollywood Blvd. Nominated
1994 Golden Camera Golden Camera, Germany Best Music International For his album “Both Sides”. Nominated
1989 Golden Globe Golden Globes, USA Best Original Song – Motion Picture Buster (1988) Nominated
1989 Most Performed Song from a Film BMI Film & TV Awards Buster (1988) Nominated
1989 Grammy Grammy Awards Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television Buster (1988) Nominated
1988 Most Performed Song from a Film BMI Film & TV Awards Mona Lisa (1986) Nominated