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
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Daily Show
1996
Saturday Night Live
1975
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
30 Rock
2006
Abendschau
2000
Twin Peaks
1990
The Mindy Project
2012
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
1996
The South Bank Show
1978
Filmography
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Musical Guest · 2015
The Daily Show
as Self · 1996
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Musical Guest · 1975
Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self · 2003
RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Special Guest · 2009
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Musical Guest · 1993
30 Rock
as Moby · 2006
Abendschau
as Self · 2000
Twin Peaks
as Musician · 1990
The Mindy Project
as DJ · 2012
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
as Self · 1996
The South Bank Show
· 1978
Later... with Jools Holland
· 1992
The Celebrity Apprentice
· 2004
Aeschbacher
as Self · 2001
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
· 1994
TFI Friday
· 1996
Star Academy
as Self · 2001
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
as Self · 2001
The Frank Skinner Show
as Self · 1995
Rove
as Self · 1999
Animals.
as Self · 2016
Blunt Talk
as Moby · 2015
Joe's Apartment
as Club DeeJay · 1996
Betas
as Moby · 2013
The Andy Dick Show
as Self · 2001
Soundbreaking
as Self · 2016
I Love the New Millennium
as Self · 2008
My Favorite Place
as Self · 2011
Monochrome: Black, White & Blue
as Self · 2017
A Little of Your Time with Quinn Marcus
as Himself · 2016
Sendung ohne Namen
as himself · 2002
Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
as Self · 2021
Acting Disruptive
as Self · 2013
Live from Studio Five
as Self · 2009
Way Out West
as Self · 2022
Suck
as Beef · 2009
David Blaine: Beyond Magic
as Self · 2016
Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert
as Self · 2020
Unity
as Narrator (voice) · 2015
Terms and Conditions May Apply
as Self · 2013
Pittsburgh
· 2006
Moby: Almost Home - Live at the Fonda, LA
as himself · 2014
The Public Image Is Rotten
as Himself · 2017
Rammstein in Amerika
as Self · 2015
American Hardcore
as Self · 2006
#Powerplant
· 2019
Everybody Has an Andy Dick Story
as Self · 2017
All the Streets Are Silent: The Convergence of Hip Hop and Skateboarding (1987-1997)
as Self · 2021
Endgame 2050
as Self · 2020
Moby Doc
as Self · 2021
Something Divine
as Self · 2026
Motherfucker: A Movie
as Self · 2006
Carl Cox 24/7
as Moby · 2009
PressPausePlay
as Self · 2011
The Making of 'Heat'
as Self · 2005
Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present
as Himself · 2016
The Ever After
as Moby · 2015
AWGE DVD: Volume 3
as Self · 2018
All Access: Front Row. Backstage. Live!
as Self · 2001
Electric Daisy Carnival Experience
as Self · 2011
Kim Dotcom: Caught in the Web
as Self · 2017
The Music of David Lynch
as Self · 2016
DIY: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Punk
as Self · 2025
Countdown to Year Zero
· 2019
Punk Rock Vegan Movie
as Self/The Devil · 2023
Vegan: Everyday Stories
as Self · 2016
Alien Sex Party
as Excalibur / Dildo Head · 2003
Moby: Live - Hotel Tour 2005
as Moby · 2006
Confluence
as Self · 2024
Once in a Lifetime Sessions with Moby
as Self · 2018
Ten Years Later
as Himself · 2005
Jean-Michel Jarre: A Journey into Sound
as Self · 2015
Truth or Dairy
as Self · 1994
Adventures in Plymptoons!
as Self · 2011
Intruder
as Vincent · 2016
Better Living Through Circuitry
as Self · 1999
Limelight
as Himself · 2011
M6 awards 2000
as Self · 2000
Blonde Superfreak Steals the Magic Brain
as Self · 2014
Scrabble: A Night on the Tiles
as Self · 2009
Modulations
as Self · 1998
David Bowie: Live by Request
as Caller · 2002
Moby - PLAY 25 - Sportpaleis d'Anvers - ARTE Concert
as Self · 2024
Neil Young - Haskell Wexler - Teatro Session
as Self · 2015
Not a Photograph: The Mission of Burma Story
as Self · 2006
The Friday Night Project
as Self · 2005
Moby : Main Square Festival
as Himself · 2009
Moby: Go - The Very Best Of Moby
· 2006
Moby: Go - A Film About Moby
as Himself · 2006
Moby: 25 Years of Play - Sportpaleis Antwerp
· 2024
Moby: Play
as Himself · 2001
Moby: Reprise
as Moby · 2021
Moby : Wait for me
as Himself · 2009
Moby: 18
as Himself · 2003
Change Begins Within
· 2012