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.
Acting (49 movies)
Punk Rock Vegan Movie
2023
Do You Love Me Like I Love You (Part 2: The Firstborn is Dead)
2009
M6 awards 2000
2000
American Hardcore
2006
Suck
2009
Moby: Live - Hotel Tour 2005
2006
Electric Daisy Carnival Experience
2011
Limelight
2011
PressPausePlay
2011
Modulations
1998
Terms and Conditions May Apply
2013
Moby: Almost Home - Live at the Fonda, LA
2014
Countdown to Year Zero
2019
The Making of 'Heat'
2005
Scrabble: A Night on the Tiles
2009
The Ever After
2015
Moby: Reprise
2021
Neil Young - Haskell Wexler - Teatro Session
2015
Moby: Go - The Very Best Of Moby
2006
Moby : Main Square Festival
2009
Unity
2015
Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present
2016
Intruder
2016
Everybody Has an Andy Dick Story
2017
David Blaine: Beyond Magic
2016
Kim Dotcom: Caught in the Web
2017
The Music of David Lynch
2016
The Public Image Is Rotten
2017
Vegan: Everyday Stories
2016
All Access: Front Row. Backstage. Live!
2001
Jean-Michel Jarre: A Journey into Sound
2015
Joe's Apartment
1996
Truth or Dairy
1994
Rammstein in Amerika
2015
Moby: Go - A Film About Moby
2006
Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert
2020
Moby: 18
2003
Endgame 2050
2020
Once in a Lifetime Sessions with Moby
2018
AWGE DVD: Volume 3
2018
Moby Doc
2021
All the Streets Are Silent: The Convergence of Hip Hop and Skateboarding (1987-1997)
2021
Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
2021
Moby: Play
2001
Moby: 25 Years of Play - Sportpaleis Antwerp
2024
Not a Photograph: The Mission of Burma Story
2006
DIY: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Punk
2025
Moby - PLAY 25 - Sportpaleis d'Anvers - ARTE Concert
2024
Better Living Through Circuitry
1999
Directing (2 movies)
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Double Tap | 1997 | Original Music Composer |
| Moby: Play | 2001 | Producer |
| Alien Sex Party | 2003 | Executive Producer |
| Alien Sex Party | 2003 | Original Music Composer |
| Southland Tales | 2007 | Original Music Composer |
| Verve | 2011 | Original Music Composer |
| I Want to Believe | 2014 | Original Music Composer |
| Moby Doc | 2021 | Writer |
| Punk Rock Vegan Movie | 2023 | Producer |
| Punk Rock Vegan Movie | 2023 | Writer |
| Rowdy Girl | 2023 | Executive Producer |
| Eternal Return | 2026 | Executive Producer |