Moby

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1965-09-11 (59 years old)

Place of Birth New York, New York, U.S.A.

Also Known As Richard Melville Hall

Moby

Biography

Known by his stage name Moby, Richard Melville Hall, is an American singer-songwriter, musician, DJ and photographer. He is well known for his electronic music and animal rights activism.  Moby has sold over 20 million albums worldwide, and is considered one of the most important contributor to dance music in the early 1990s.  His electronic dance music work, which experimented with techno, house, breakbeat, downtempo electronica,, and spoke-word layering helped introduce and popularize dance music in both the UK and America with his fifth studio album, Play.  Originally released in mid-1999, the album sold 6,000 copies in its first week, and it re-entered the charts in early 2000 and became an unexpected hit, producing eight singles and selling over 10 million copies worldwide.  Moby followed the album with 18 in 2002, to much success, selling over 5 million copies worldwide.   His work spans eleven complete albums, while editing, producing, performing and remixing music for acts such as  Michael Jackson, David Bowie, Daft Punk, Britney Spears, New Order, Public Enemy, Guns N' Roses, Metallica, Soundgarden, and others.   Moby is considered by some to be a renaissance man, creating or supporting restaurants, artist collectives, animal activism groups, while writing and photographing for articles and books throughout his career.  He is an advocate for network neutrality, along with other political causes such as art education and anti-violence campaigns.  

Known For

Actor

2023
Punk Rock Vegan Movie

as Self/The Devil

2021
2021
Moby Doc

as Self

2020
Endgame 2050

as Self

2018
2016
Intruder

as Vincent

2016
Animals.

as Self

2015
Unity

as Narrator (voice)

2015
2015
Blunt Talk

as Moby

2013
2011
Limelight

as Himself

2011
PressPausePlay

as Himself

2011
2009
2009
Suck

as Beef

2009
RuPaul's Drag Race

as Self - Special Guest

2006
2006
2006
MOFO NYC

as Self

2006
30 Rock

as Moby

2003
Alien Sex Party

as Excalibur / Dildo Head

2002
2001
2001
Star Academy

as Self

2001
Aeschbacher

as Self

2000
2000
Abendschau

as Self

1999
Rove

as Self

1998
Modulations

as Self

1996
Joe's Apartment

as Club DeeJay

1996
1994
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Musical Guest

1990
Twin Peaks

as Musician

1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Musical Guest

Sound

Tecie

as Original Music Composer

Mondo

as Music

Lonesome

as Music

2022
2022
Wild

as Music

2022
2016
Tetched

as Music

2015
The Exam

as Music

2014
I Want to Believe

as Original Music Composer

2012
Popsy

as Music

2011
Verve

as Original Music Composer

2010
Waste Land

as Music

2009
2009
2007
Southland Tales

as Original Music Composer

2005
Earthlings

as Music

1997
Double Tap

as Original Music Composer

Producer

Tecie

as Producer

2025
Eternal Return

as Executive Producer

2023
Rowdy Girl

as Executive Producer

2023
2003
Alien Sex Party

as Executive Producer

Writer

Tecie

as Screenplay

2023
2021
Moby Doc

as Writer

Director

2023

Crew

2010
Africa Light / Gray Zone

as Additional Music

Camera

2023
Punk Rock Vegan Movie

as Director of Photography