Phil Collins’ family guide: meet his five children, more
Phil Collins is an eight-time Grammy Award-winning drummer and singer, known for his solo career and time in the English rock band Genesis, but his entire family has found ways to make it in entertainment as well.
Phil has five children and shares adopted daughter Joely Collins and son Simon with his first wife. Andrea Bertorellidaughter Lily with second wife Jill Tavelmanand sons Nic and Matthew with third wife Orianne Cevey. All five have made a career in music, acting or sports.
After decades behind the drum kit, Phil revealed in the December 2024 documentary Phil Collins: Drummer first that his health would prevent him from further playing the drums. Meanwhile, his family supports him as he deals with the ‘shock’ of the physical toll a career in drumming has taken.
Nicolas Collins, Phil’s second son, helped produce the documentary, which detailed the injuries resulting from Phil’s actions.
“Musicians, people in bands in general, thought they were invincible,” Nic explained in the film. “I think that’s really what it is with my dad, just the feeling that you’re a drummer, that you’re invincible, that you do what you do. But you don’t know that it will take its toll in the long term.”
Nic himself has continued the family tradition of drumming, even performing with his father on tour with Genesis (Phil continues to perform as the band’s lead singer).
Talent runs deep in the Collins family. Keep scrolling for Phil’s complete family guide:
June Collins
Phil’s mother, Junewas an agent who discovered English actors Jack Wild (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves) And Keith Chegwin (Shaun of the Dead). She died in 2011 at the age of 98.
Many famous families have multiple actors in them – and some of those family members share the screen together. Siblings Maggie and Jake Gyllenhaal were reluctant to star in Donnie Darko before the 2001 film hit theaters. “Immediately she said, ‘Richard, you’re only offering this to me because I’m Jake’s big boss. […]
Greville Collins
Phil’s father, Grevillewas an agent for the London Assurance Company. As Phil wrote in his 2016 memoir: Not dead yethe was “not a particularly obvious heartthrob or ladies’ man”, and joked that he “obviously” got his looks from his mother. Greville died in 1972 at the age of 65.
Clive Collins
Phil’s brother, Cleefwas a cartoonist, satirist and illustrator who appeared in publications ranging from Reader’s Digest Unpleasant Playboy.
In 2012, he was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire at a ceremony at Buckingham Palace.
‘He became cartoonist of the year. I shared a bedroom with him when we were boys and he was always drawing,” Phil recalled during the ceremony. “He made Christmas cards and birthday cards for the family.”
Clive died in 2022 at the age of 80.
Lily Collins is one of the most talked-about stars of the moment – and while her on-screen work is undoubtedly fantastic, so is her red carpet style. The actress first stepped – er, crawled – onto the Hollywood scene as a two-year-old in the 1985 television series Growing Pains. It wasn’t until 2009 that the […]
Carol Collins
Phil’s sister, Carolewas a professional skater before following in their mother’s footsteps and becoming a cop.
Lily Collins
Lily started out as an actress in the BBC sitcom at the age of 2 Growing pains. She later appeared in films like The blind side And Heritage before landing her breakout role as the titular character in the hit Netflix series Emily in Pariswhich premiered in 2020.
Lily opened up about her strained relationship with her father growing up in her 2017 memoir: Unfiltered: no shame, no regrets, just me.
“Because my father was away a lot, I never wanted to do anything that would make him stay away any longer,” she wrote. ‘I became extra careful about what I said and how I said it, for fear he would think I was angry or didn’t love him. And the truth is, I was angry. I missed him and wanted him there.”
Today, the two share a closer bond. On Father’s Day 2024, Lily wrote a heartfelt note to her father via Instagram.
“Sending you more hugs than ever and I am beyond grateful today and every day,” she wrote. “My words won’t do it justice, but… you know. I love you to the moon and back.”
Joely Collins
Phil legally adopted daughter Joely when he married Bertorelli in 1975.
She studied acting in both her hometown of Vancouver and London, and has appeared in numerous films and TV shows. She won Best Actress in a Canadian Film at the 2004 Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards for her role in the Canadian drama. The Love Crimes of Gillian Guess.
She got married Stefan Buitelaar in 2008 and the couple share daughter Zoë Amelie.
Zoe Amelie
Phil’s only grandchild, Zoë, was born in 2009.
“Life has gone to a new level for me,” Phil said when she was born Daily mail. “I’m absolutely thrilled and I’m so happy for Joely and Stefan. They are really happy.”
Simon Collins
Like his father, Simon is the drummer and former singer of the prog rock band Sound of Contact.
Simon has released four studio albums, including 2008 U-catastrophewhich features both Phil and a former Genesis member Steve Hackett each on one track.
Nicholas Collins
Nic has been playing drums since he was two years old. By the time he was 15, he was playing on stage with his father on his Not dead yet tour. In 2023, his band, The Effect, released their debut single ‘Unwanted’. The Effect is also present Trev Lukatherson of Toto guitarist Steve Lucasther.
Matthew Collins
Matthew Collins, Orianne Cevey, Phil Collins and Nicholas Collins
Desiree Navarro/Getty ImagesMatthew is an aspiring footballer and currently plays for Austrian club WSG Tirol. After Matthew made headlines in a 3-0 defeat against Harry Kane’s Bayern Munich, his coach Manuel Ludwiger admitted that they signed him without knowing who his father was.
“We Google the players we bring to justice to find out more about their past careers,” he told the newspaper Daily mail. ‘It was only then that we found out that Matthew is Phil Collins’ son… We didn’t sign him as a publicity stunt. It purely has to do with his football qualities.”
Phil himself admitted that even though Matt loves music, “he also loves music [soccer] even more.”
