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, creati…

Movies & TV Shows

1. Twin Peaks (1990) — Musician
2. 30 Rock (2006) — Moby
3. The Daily Show (1996) — Self
4. Saturday Night Live (1975) — Self - Musical Guest
5. Joe's Apartment (1996) — Club DeeJay
6. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) — Self - Musical Guest
7. RuPaul's Drag Race (2009) — Self - Special Guest
8. Real Time with Bill Maher (2003) — Self
9. Terms and Conditions May Apply (2013) — Self
10. The Mindy Project (2012) — DJ
11. Suck (2009) — Beef
12. Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) — Self - Musical Guest
13. Space Ghost Coast to Coast (1994)
14. Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage (2021) — Self
15. Animals. (2016) — Self
16. The Celebrity Apprentice (2004)
17. Never Mind the Buzzcocks (1996) — Self
18. American Hardcore (2006) — Self
19. Blunt Talk (2015) — Moby
20. Rammstein in Amerika (2015) — Self
21. Kim Dotcom: Caught in the Web (2017) — Self
22. David Blaine: Beyond Magic (2016) — Self
23. Betas (2013) — Moby
24. Intruder (2016) — Vincent
25. Unity (2015) — Narrator (voice)
26. PressPausePlay (2011) — Self
27. Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (2001) — Self
28. The Ever After (2015) — Moby
29. Star Academy (2001) — Self
30. Modulations (1998) — Self
31. Moby Doc (2021) — Self
32. Soundbreaking (2016) — Self
33. Live from Studio Five (2009) — Self
34. Limelight (2011) — Himself
35. Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present (2016) — Himself
36. Better Living Through Circuitry (1999) — Self
37. TFI Friday (1996)
38. All the Streets Are Silent: The Convergence of Hip Hop and Skateboarding (1987-1997) (2021) — Self
39. Pittsburgh (2006)
40. Moby: Live - Hotel Tour 2005 (2006) — Moby

Directed

1. Punk Rock Vegan Movie (2023) — Director
2. Moby: Play (2001) — Director