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Moby

Composer, actor, producer and writer, also director · Born September 11, 1965 (61) · New York, New York, U.S.A.

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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Biography from TMDB.

Born
September 11, 1965 (61)
From
New York, New York, U.S.A.
Works as
Composer, actor, producer and writer, also director
Titles
27 on MovieCove · 65 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Down 32% in 30 days

What are Moby's films like?

Across their 28 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Self.

Genres

Documentary18 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 82nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies
Comedy4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 41st percentile
: browse their Comedy movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Society
26%
Self
21%
Ideas
17%
Survival
14%
Power
11%
Morality
7%
Bonds
4%
Community13 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity8 titles, browse their movies with this themeArt6 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival3 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice4 titles, browse their movies with this themeGreed3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFame3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 26 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 15 · Serious 5 · Dark 6

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 15 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 5

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 8 · Charged 13 · Intense 5

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 17 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 4

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 16 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 4

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 12 · Even-paced 11 · Relentless 3

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 15 · Engaged 9 · Full focus 2

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 20 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 3

Roles they play

3 analyzed roles
Threshold guardian
1 of 3
Shapeshifter
1 of 3
Shadow
1 of 3

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Contemplative
12
Hopeful
8
Warm
8
Joyful
7
Tense
7
Other
33

How their films linger

Hopeful11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy11
  • Bittersweet9
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous5
  • Cyclical2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Moby's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 16 of their 27 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (9).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Moby's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

65 credits, 27 with a MovieCove page; 66 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Eternal Return(2025)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • The Incomer(2026)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Jim Queen(2026)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Executive Producer

  • Three steps before dawn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Composer

  • Moby: 25 Years of Play - Sportpaleis Antwerp (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Actor

  • Moby - PLAY 25 - Sportpaleis d'Anvers - ARTE Concert (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Songs · as Self

  • Rowdy Girl(2023)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Punk Rock Vegan Movie(2023)

    Director · Cinematographer · Composer · Producer · Writer · as Self/The Devil

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • The Porn Radio Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Composer

  • Zanni (Proof of Concept) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Composer

  • Found Emulsion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Composer

  • Wild (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Composer

  • Moby: Reprise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as Moby

  • Moby Doc(2021)

    Composer · Producer · Writer · as Self

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • It's a Madcap World: The Making of an Unfinished Film (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Composer

  • Milked(2021)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Meat the Future(2020)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Takeout(2020)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Countdown to Year Zero (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Actor

  • #Powerplant (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Actor

  • Cholet. The work of Freddy Mammani (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Composer

  • Land of Hope and Glory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Composer

  • Intruder(2016)

    as Vincent

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films

  • Tetched (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Composer

  • Blunt Talk(2015)

    Show 2 episodes · as Moby

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows

  • Unity(2015)

    as Narrator (voice)

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • The Ever After (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Moby

  • The Exam (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Composer

  • I Want to Believe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Composer

  • Betas(2013)

    Show 1 episode · as Moby

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows

  • The Mindy Project(2012)

    Show 1 episode · as DJ

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows

  • Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare(2012)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Composer

  • Verve (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Composer

  • Africa Light / Gray Zone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Additional Music

  • Waste Land(2010)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • A Man, A Woman, A Genie, A Gun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Composer

  • Child of the Sun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Composer

  • Carl Cox 24/7 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Moby

  • Suck(2009)

    as Beef

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Pierre in Peril (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Composer

  • Southland Tales(2006)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Moby: Go - The Very Best Of Moby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Actor

  • 30 Rock(2006)

    Show 1 episode · as Moby

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows

  • Pittsburgh(2006)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • The Diver (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Composer

  • Moby: Live - Hotel Tour 2005 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Moby

  • Earthlings(2005)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • I’m Still Here: Real Diaries of Young People Who Lived During the Holocaust (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Composer

  • The Apprentice(2004)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all shows

  • Alien Sex Party(2003)

    Composer · Executive Producer · as Excalibur / Dildo Head

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • David Bowie: Live by Request (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Caller

  • Moby: Play (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Director · Producer · as Himself

  • Double Tap(1997)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Joe's Apartment(1996)

    as Club DeeJay

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • TFI Friday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Show 2 episodes · Actor

  • Space Ghost Coast to Coast(1993)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows

  • Twin Peaks(1990)

    Show 1 episode · as Musician

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • A Continuous Goodbye (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Composer

  • Lonesome (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Composer

  • Manchester Gothic ‘The Slaughterhouse’ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Composer

  • Mondo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Composer

  • Tecie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Composer · Producer · Screenplay

  • The Making of 'Jesus Diabetes' (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

Career shape

Star power in the 66th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 61 titles, 55 of them dated from 1990 to 2026; peak year 2016.

Biggest box office

Jim Queen (2026)

$2.7M worldwide

Highest rated

Earthlings (2005)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

The Incomer (2026)

Film career

19902026

Peak 2016 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 1 MovieCove title. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting23 of 61: 22 only acting, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score49thDirecting2 of 61: 0 only directing, 2 with another roleWriting3 of 61: 1 only writing, 2 with another roleProducing10 of 61: 6 only producing, 4 with another role · typical Midcredits score82ndMusic29 of 61: 27 only music, 2 with another role · typical Midcredits score35thCinematography1 of 61: 0 only cinematography, 1 with another roleOther crew1 of 61: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

61 titles, 4 with more than one role — music and acting overlap on 1 of them.

By decade

1990s5 · 4 acting · 1 crew2000s16 · 9 acting · 8 crew2010s18 · 8 acting · 10 crew2020s16 · 2 acting · 14 crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Moby's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 73rd percentile, the median of all 20; across their 26 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 75th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

75thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 26

Approval · how many liked their films

80thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 26

Reach · how many have seen their films

49thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 26

Midcredits score across 27 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up13
  • 50th to 74th5
  • 25th to 49th5
  • Below 25th4

Shape of the crowd

8 of their 27 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved5
  • Loved with Detractors1
  • Divisive5
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser7
  • Mixed8

Most divisive · actor, producer, composer

Alien Sex Party (2003)

97th percentile spread · 58% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · composer

Earthlings (2005)

Midcredits 99th · 91% liked

Reviewers score the sound and music 69/100 in their films, across 18 reviewed titles; fans 76, detractors 44. The element that speaks to their work as a composer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Moby's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 44 · moderateMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Moby work with?

People who share at least 2 of Moby's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Lindsay Hicks shares the most, 5.

Actors

Producers

Mixed roles