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.
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Movies (44)
Something Divine
as Self
2026
The Incomer
Executive Producer (Production)
2026
Fête des Lumières
Music (Sound)
2026
Eternal Return
Executive Producer (Production)
2025
Three steps before dawn
Music (Sound)
2025
DIY: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Punk
as Self
2025
Moby: 25 Years of Play - Sportpaleis Antwerp
2024
Moby - PLAY 25 - Sportpaleis d'Anvers - ARTE Concert
as Self
2024
Rowdy Girl
Executive Producer (Production)
2023
Punk Rock Vegan Movie
as Self/The Devil
2023
The Porn Radio Show
Music (Sound)
2022
Zanni (Proof of Concept)
Music (Sound)
2022
Found Emulsion
Music (Sound)
2022
Wild
Music (Sound)
2022
Moby: Reprise
as Moby
2021
All the Streets Are Silent: The Convergence of Hip Hop and Skateboarding (1987-1997)
as Self
2021
Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
as Self
2021
Moby Doc
as Self
2021
It's a Madcap World: The Making of an Unfinished Film
Music (Sound)
2021
Endgame 2050
as Self
2020
Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert
as Self
2020
Countdown to Year Zero
2019
Power Plant
2019
Once in a Lifetime Sessions with Moby
as Self
2018
AWGE DVD: Volume 3
as Self
2018
Cholet. The work of Freddy Mammani
Music (Sound)
2018
Land of Hope and Glory
Music (Sound)
2017
Everybody Has an Andy Dick Story
as Self
2017
The Public Image Is Rotten
as Himself
2017
Kim Dotcom: Caught in the Web
as Himself
2017
David Blaine: Beyond Magic
as Self
2016
Intruder
as Vincent
2016
Vegan: Everyday Stories
as Himself
2016
Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present
as Himself
2016
Tetched
Music (Sound)
2016
The Music of David Lynch
as Self
2016
Rammstein in Amerika
as Self
2015
Jean-Michel Jarre: A Journey into Sound
as Self
2015
Unity
as Narrator (voice)
2015
Neil Young - Haskell Wexler - Teatro Session
as Self
2015
The Ever After
as Moby
2015
The Exam
Music (Sound)
2015
I Want to Believe
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2014
Moby: Almost Home - Live at the Fonda, LA
as himself
2014
