Tony Banks

Acting

Tony Banks

Born 1950-03-27 · East Hoathly, Sussex, England, UK

Anthony George Banks (born 27 March 1950) is an English musician, songwriter, and film composer primarily known as the keyboardist and founding member of the rock band Genesis. Banks is also a prolific solo artist, releasing six solo albums that range through progressive rock, pop, and classical music. Banks co-founded Genesis in 1967 while studying at Charterhouse as their keyboardist and one of their principal songwriters and lyricists. He became a prolific user of the Hammond T-102 organ, Mellotron, ARP Pro Soloist, and Yamaha CP-70 piano. In the band's earliest years Banks would play acoustic guitar for some of the mellow and pastoral songs. In 2010, Banks was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Genesis. In 2011, he was included on MusicRadar's list of the 27 greatest keyboard players of all time. In 2015, he was named "Prog God" at the Progressive Music Awards.

Acting credits

Genesis Encore Cascais 75 poster
NR

In Cascais, the “greatest band in the world,” with “the best album of all time” in tow, landed in the land of all illusions, where the grayness of decades gave way to color, nightlife, controversy, debate, and effervescent citizenship. Thirty years later, previously unreleased testimonies, sounds, and images from the show reconstruct a puzzle of indelible memories for a generation that in 1975 was young or a teenager.

Genesis Encore Cascais 75

2005

Genesis - Live from Knebworth poster
NR

Genesis concert at Knebworth performed on August 2, 1992 with an attendance of 90,000 people. Includes the following songs: Land of Confusion; No Son of Mine; Driving the Last Spike; Oldies Medley; Throwing it All Away; Fading Lights; Jesus He Knows Me; Home by the Sea; Hold on my Heart; Domino; Drum Duet; I Can't Dance; Tonight, Tonight, Tonight; Invisible Touch; Turn it On Again.

Genesis - Live from Knebworth

1992

Genesis: Together and Apart poster
6.7

A feature-length documentary about one of the most successful British bands in rock music. The film recounts their extraordinary musical story, exploring the songwriting and the emotional highs and lows.

Genesis: Together and Apart

2014

Classic Albums: Phil Collins - Face Value poster
7.0

A rare and welcome insight into Phil Collins' prodigious musical talent and the fascinating story of his first solo record. Collins first enjoyed international success as the drummer of Genesis and then as lead singer after Peter Gabriel left the band. In 1981, however, Face Value launched him as a solo artist and remains, in many ways, his most exciting and unusual music offering. Face Value was immediately a worldwide hit, entering the British charts at Number 1, spending almost six years in the Top 75, and selling in excess of 12 million copies. The album went on to make the U.S. Top 10, earning a gold record. This documentary includes several previously unseen performances, as well as rare home movies, unique photographs and documents from Phil's own private archives, and insights into the music from an eclectic range of musicians who worked on the album.

Classic Albums: Phil Collins - Face Value

1999

Genesis - Three Sides Live poster
8.4

Three Sides Live is a 1981 concert film of the Abacab tour by British rock band Genesis. It tied in with the double live album of the same name. The songs featured are mostly from the group's then most recent albums Duke and Abacab, plus a medley that comprises extracts from The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway ("In the Cage" and "The Colony of Slippermen") and Selling England by the Pound ("The Cinema Show"), leading into "Afterglow" from Wind & Wuthering.

Genesis - Three Sides Live

1981

Genesis - Melody 74 poster
6.5

Recorded at ORTF TV Studios, 12 February 1974 for Paris Melody Programme 1. I Know What I Like 2. Supper's Ready

Genesis - Melody 74

1974

Genesis - Live poster
NR

Genesis First Live Concert Album

Genesis - Live

1973

Genesis: Turning It on Again poster
9.0

This unique 3-DVD collection is the definitive critical overview of the work of Genesis. Taking the viewer on a journey from the band's early days through to the more recent past, the programs feature fascinating archive interviews with Phil Collins, Steve Hackett, Tony Banks and Michael Rutherford; also on hand to provide expert analysis of the music is a team of leading rock journalists and music industry insiders. And then there’s the music – featured here are superb tracks from the ground breaking Gabriel era and the bands later years as a commercial super group, including I Know What I like (In Your Wardrobe), Supper’s Ready, The Musical Box, In The Cage, The Knife, Turn It On Again and many more.

Genesis: Turning It on Again

2007

Genesis | Come Rain or Shine poster
9.0

Come Rain or Shine is an unusually frank and humorous music documentary about the band Genesis getting back together for their first tour in 15 years. Director Anthony Mathile followed the band for nearly a year to create this film which explores the relationship of three band members and the mechanics, decisions, and debacles that go into producing a stadium tour for a legendary band of this scale. This "rockumentary" was released as part of the "When in Rome" boxset, that was released in 2008 as a registration of the live show that Genesis performed in Rome, the last show in their European tour. The camera accompanies Genesis through all periods of tour preparation, from the first rehearsals in New York to the moment in autumn 2007 when the final bars of The Carpet Crawlers fade away.

Genesis | Come Rain or Shine

2008

Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition) poster
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In Genesis' incredible body of work, 'The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway' is a landmark record, and one of the most influential progressive rock albums of all time. Originally released in November 1974, The Lamb is celebrating its 50th Anniversary with a 4CD + Blu-ray Super Deluxe Edition. This definitive compendium was created with input from all band members involved in the record and follows the arc of the album's creation and tour, giving fans a deep dive into the music and visual elements.

Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition)

2025

Genesis: Total Rock Review poster
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With approximately 150 million albums sold worldwide, Genesis are one of the highest selling recording groups of all time. From being one of the most revered bands of the 1970s led by Peter Gabriel, they went on to achieve massive commercial success in the Phil Collins era and have made a lasting impression on musical history. Combining extensive archive footage of performances with penetrating interviews with the band and the critics, this film offers a comprehensive review of the changing face of Genesis, and provides key insights to the music which shaped their career.

Genesis: Total Rock Review

2006

Genesis: Invisible Touch Tour poster
9.5

Genesis plays at London's Wembley Stadium from on July 1 to 4, 1987 as part of their "Invisible Touch" world tour.

Genesis: Invisible Touch Tour

1988

Genesis: When in Rome 2007 poster
8.0

"When in Rome" is a live DVD by the legendary British rock band Genesis, capturing their performance at Circus Maximus in Rome, Italy, on July 14, 2007, during their highly acclaimed "Turn It On Again Tour." This tour marked the reunion of the band's classic lineup of Phil Collins, Tony Banks, and Mike Rutherford. The decision to make the Rome concert free was a heartfelt gesture of gratitude from Genesis to their Italian fans, who had been loyal supporters since the band's early days in the 1970s. This extraordinary event drew an estimated audience of over 500,000 people, not only from Italy but from all over Europe, making it one of the largest concerts in terms of audience size ever recorded.

Genesis: When in Rome 2007

2008

Genesis - Live at Bataclan, Paris poster
8.6

Recorded live at the Bataclan Club in Paris on 10 January 1973

Genesis - Live at Bataclan, Paris

1973

Genesis: In Concert poster
6.8

Genesis In Concert, filmed in 1976 during the band's tour supporting the album A Trick Of The Tail, was the first long-form concert video featuring Phil Collins as lead vocalist, taking over from Peter Gabriel who had left the previous year. Supplementing Collins at percussion during this tour was Yes & King Crimson drummer Bill Bruford, whom Collins was a fan of and who volunteered for the job until a permanent touring drummer could be found. The movie combines film of two shows: one at the Apollo Theatre in Glasgow, Scotland on July 9, 1976, and one at Bingley Hall in Staffordshire, England on July 10, 1976. Long out of print on VHS and laserdisc, the film resurfaced as an extra on the band's 2007 CD+DVD reissue of A Trick Of The Tail. Setlist: I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) • Fly on a Windshield [abbreviated] • The Carpet Crawlers • The Cinema Show [abbreviated] • Entangled • Supper's Ready [excerpt] • Los Endos

Genesis: In Concert

1977

Prog Rock at the BBC poster
8.2

Compilation of some of the greatest names and British bands in what they still dare to call prog rock, filmed live in the BBC studios in the early 1970s. Expect to see stadium names like Yes, Genesis and Emerson, Lake and Palmer alongside much-loved bands of the era including Caravan, Family, Atomic Rooster and more.

Prog Rock at the BBC

2009

Genesis | The Last Domino? poster
6.5

Genesis – The Last Domino? follows Tony Banks, Phil Collins and Mike Rutherford and their crew as they build and rehearse their Last Domino tour. Despite the complications and uncertainties of the global COVID pandemic, and without confirmed dates, the band made the decision to spend the time and money so they would be prepared once the world returned to normal. The film follows the creative and emotional processes involved and features band interviews and live performances from the spectacular yet-to-be-seen show.

Genesis | The Last Domino?

2021

Genesis | Live in Düsseldorf poster
4.8

On June 27th 2007, Genesis was playing a sold out show on their "Turn it on again"-Tour at Düsseldorfs LTU Arena. This show was broadcast live and uncut via satellite in selected cinemas in the UK and in Sweden.

Genesis | Live in Düsseldorf

2007

Genesis: A History poster
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Documentary tracing the history of perhaps the most dominant progressive rock group of the '70s and '80s: Genesis. Featuring rare concert and television footage, as well as previously unreleased interviews with current and past band members.

Genesis: A History

1991

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NR

Genesis live at the "We can't dance" tour, Knebworth Park, Hertfordshire, UK, 2nd August 1992. Tracks: DVD 1 ----- 1. Land of Confusion 2. No Son of Mine 3. Driving the Last Spike 4. Old Medley (Dance on a Volcano / The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway / Musical Box / Firth of Fifth / I Know What I Like (including small parts of Follow You Follow Me / That's All / Your Own Special Way / Stagnation) 5. Throwing It All Away 6. Fading Lights 7. Jesus He Knows Me DVD 2 ----- 1. Home By the Sea / Second Home By the Sea 2. Hold on My Heart 3. Domino: i) In The Glow of the Night ii) The Last Domino 4. Drum Duet 5. I Can't Dance Encore: 6. Tonight Tonight Tonight 7. Invisible Touch 8. Turn it On Again

Genesis | A Midsummer Night's Dance

1992

Genesis Raindrops Over Hamburg poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Genesis Raindrops Over Hamburg

2007

Genesis: The Video Show poster
8.6

This Video Show DVD traces the band's history during the height of their popularity with Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford, and Tony Banks as the main force behind their success. Peter Gabriel appears in a 1999 version of "The Carpet Crawlers." The DVD features classic MTV staples like "Land of Confusion," "Invisible Touch," and "I Can't Dance." Now visually digitally remastered, this is the first time all of the Genesis promotional videos have become available on DVD. In addition, rare BBC footage of "Paperlate" is included.

Genesis: The Video Show

2005

Genesis | Members Only DVD poster
NR

Feature-length documentary that goes behind-the-scenes and into the front row with Genesis on their "Turn it on Again" world tour.

Genesis | Members Only DVD

2008

Genesis - Live at Belgium TV Studio, PopShop'72 poster
7.2

No synopsis available yet.

Genesis - Live at Belgium TV Studio, PopShop'72

1972

Behind the camera