Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1965-09-11 (Age: 61)
Place of Birth
New York, New York, U.S.A.
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.
Filmography (56)
Something Divine
2026
DIY: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Punk
2025
Moby: 25 Years of Play - Sportpaleis Antwerp
2024
Moby - PLAY 25 - Sportpaleis d'Anvers - ARTE Concert
2024
Punk Rock Vegan Movie
2023
Moby: Reprise
2021
All the Streets Are Silent: The Convergence of Hip Hop and Skateboarding (1987-1997)
2021
Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
2021
Moby Doc
2021
Endgame 2050
2020
Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert
2020
Countdown to Year Zero
2019
#Powerplant
2019
Once in a Lifetime Sessions with Moby
2018
