--- name: "Moses Sumney" canonical: "https://film.one/person/moses-sumney" fi1m_id: "moses-sumney" imdb_id: "nm6938015" tmdb_id: 1746938 wikidata_id: "Q45844539" roles: ["Composer"] born: "19 May 1992" reviewed_on_fi1m: 3 average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-24T19:47:35.310330+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Moses Sumney ## Identity Moses Sumney - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/moses-sumney - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** moses-sumney - **IMDb ID:** nm6938015 - **TMDB ID:** 1746938 - **Wikidata ID:** Q45844539 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_Sumney, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45844539, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6938015/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1746938 Composer. Born 19 May 1992 in San Bernadino, California, USA. ## Details - **Work:** Composer - **Born:** 19 May 1992, San Bernadino, California, USA - **Active:** 2015–present - **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 acting, 1 crew - **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 85 (1), 2020s 66 (2) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_Sumney, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45844539, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6938015/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1746938 ## Streaming the US now - **Apple TV:** [*Is God Is*](https://film.one/film/is-god-is.md) (74) - **Disney+:** [*MaXXXine*](https://film.one/film/maxxxine.md) (58) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Moses Sumney is an American singer-songwriter and actor. Born on 19 May 1992 in San Bernardino, California, he first gained recognition for his self-recorded music, including the 2014 EP *Mid-City Island* and the albums *Aromanticism* (2017) and *Græ* (2020). Sumney began acting with a role as Izaak in the 2023 HBO series *The Idol*. He made his feature film debut as Leon, a video store employee and friend to the lead character, in Ti West’s *MaXXXine* (2024). He is also credited in supporting or music capacities on films including *Creed* (2015) and *Venom* (2018), and has an upcoming role in *The Vampire Lestat* (2026). *Sources: hollywoodreporter.com, imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.* ## On Fi1m (3) ### Performed in (2) - *MaXXXine* (2024), Fi1m 58, as Leon — [page](https://film.one/film/maxxxine.md) - *Creed* (2015), Fi1m 85, as Bianca's Band — [page](https://film.one/film/creed.md) ### Crew (1) — the average rests on these - *Is God Is* (2026), Fi1m 74, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/is-god-is.md) ## Complete filmography (9) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The Vampire Lestat* (2026), series, as Lemuel - *Is God Is* (2026), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/is-god-is.md) - *Twelfth Night* (2025), as Feste - *MaXXXine* (2024), as Leon — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/maxxxine.md) - *The Idol* (2023), series, as Izaak - *Moses Sumney: A Performance in V Acts* (2022), Director, Executive Producer, Music Director, Vocals, Writer - *Blackalachia* (2021), Director - *Creed* (2015), as Bianca's Band — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/creed.md) - *Great Performances* (1971), series, as Feste ## Gallery - ![Moses Sumney, SummerStage 2014](https://film.one/media/person/11284/gallery-608f52353c42.jpg) Moses Sumney, SummerStage 2014 — Sydney Botie, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Moses_Sumney%2C_SummerStage_2014.jpg/1280px-Moses_Sumney%2C_SummerStage_2014.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Moses Sumney](https://film.one/media/person/11284/gallery-4cae7c611b68.jpg) Moses Sumney — Sydney Botie, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Moses_Sumney%2C_SummerStage_2014_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Moses_Sumney%2C_SummerStage_2014_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Moses Sumney at Pitchfork Music Festival (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/11284/gallery-0c9c8518982b.jpg) Moses Sumney at Pitchfork Music Festival (2018) — Emines2k, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Moses_Sumney.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Musician Moses Sumney performing at Pitchfork Music Festival 2016 in Chicago, Illinois.](https://film.one/media/person/11284/gallery-2b145467fc43.jpg) Musician Moses Sumney performing at Pitchfork Music Festival 2016 in Chicago, Illinois. — Nina Corcoran, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Moses_Sumney_2016.jpg/1280px-Moses_Sumney_2016.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Moses Sumney](https://film.one/media/person/11284/gallery-0f04d651bb04.jpg) Moses Sumney — Image via TMDB - ![Moses Sumney](https://film.one/media/person/11284/gallery-6234c9eebd1a.jpg) Moses Sumney — Image via TMDB - ![Moses Sumney](https://film.one/media/person/11284/gallery-c3f5cb82fb78.jpg) Moses Sumney — Image via TMDB - ![Moses Sumney](https://film.one/media/person/11284/gallery-13d684ee8cce.jpg) Moses Sumney — Image via TMDB - ![Moses Sumney](https://film.one/media/person/11284/gallery-425339becc10.jpg) Moses Sumney — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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