Rob Zombie Movies

A Page All About Bill Moseley

I fell in love with one performance in 2005, and only one. And that was Bill Moseley's performance in the Rob Zombie film The Devil's Rejects. While I enjoyed Moseley's performance in House of 1000 Corpses, I don't think he played that role with the same panache that he did when he took up the mantle of Otis again in the sequel this year. So it would be silly to have a Rob Zombie movie site without a page dedicated to Bill Moseley.

Bill Moseley as Otis Driftwood

The Devil's Rejects and House of 1000 Corpses are about the Firefly family, all of whom take their names from characters in Marx Brothers movies. Bill Moseley portrays Otis Driftwood, and in the first film, he's a total psycho with an almost complete lack of normal behavior. He's also an albino.

In The Devil's Rejects, he's still a psycho, but he's a well-spoken and comical psycho played with vigor and grace in a role that has inspired fans to start an independent campaign to get Moseley a best supporting actor nomination. And somehow Otis Driftwood is no longer an albino.

Bill Moseley Biography

Bill Moseley was born November 11, 1951 in Stanford, Connecticut. The first big movie role he had was as Chop-Top in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 in 1986. He had a number of small parts in minor horror films and other smaller movies until he hit the jackpot with House of 1000 Corpses. He reprised his role in that film in 2005 in the popular The Devil's Rejects, a sequel to House of 1000 Corpses. His performance in that film inspired an independent movement to get Moseley a Best Supporting Actor nomination.

In real life, when he's not wearing scary movie makeup, BIll Moseley is actually a strikingly handsome actor with a resemblance to George Clooney and/or Billy Bob Thornton.

Bill Moseley has a degree in English from Yale.

Bill Moseley Filmography

Bill Moseley has been featured in the following films:

2001 Maniacs: The Sequel (2010) as Mayor Buckman
The Graves (2010) as Caleb
Stingy Jack (2009) as Lucifer
Memories of Murder (2009) as Steven Moore
Godkiller (2009) as Dr. West
The Tortured (2009) as Kozlowski
Blood Night (2009) as Graveyard Gus
Dead Air (2009) as Logan
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto (2009) as Otis Driftwood
The Devil's Tomb (2009) as Professor Duncan
Alone in the Dark II (2008) as Dexter
Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008) as Luigi Largo
Babysitter Wanted (2008) as Chief Dinelli
The Alphabet Killer (2008) as Carl Tanner
A Perfect Place (2008) as Eddie
House (2008) as Stewart
Halloween (2007) Zach "Z-Man" Garrett
Home Sick (2007) as Mr. Suitcase
Grindhouse (2007) as Dr. Heinrich von Strasser
Anderson's Cross (2007) as Mr. Daniels
A Dead Calling (2006) as Chief Murken
Thr3e (2006) as Slater
Fallen Angels (2006) as Westin
Evil Bong (2006) as Bong World Patron
The Devil's Rejects (2005) as Otis Driftwood
Anderson's Cross (2004) as Mr. Daniels
Home Sick (2004) as Mr. Suitcase
Vicious (2003) as Wallace
House of 1000 Corpses (2003) as Otis Driftwood
Essence of Echoes (2002) as Dr. Hilcott
The Convent (2000) as Officer Ray
Evil Ed (1997) (Voice only)
Mr. Jones (1993) as Worker
Army of Darkness (1993) as the Deadite Captain
Honey I Blew Up the Kid (1992) as Federal Marshal
Night of the Living Dead (1990) as Johnnie
The End of Innocence (1990) as Man on the Hill
Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out! (1989) as Richard 'Ricky' Caldwell
Pink Cadillac (1989) as Darrell
The Blob (1988) as Soldier #2
Mamba (1988) as Frank
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986) .... Chop Top
Osa (1985) as Quilt Face
Endangered Species (1982) as Cab Driver

Bill Moseley in Halloween

Rob Zombie did give Bill Moseley a small role in his Halloween remake in 2007. He plays one of the security guards in charge of transporting Michael Myers.

Bill Moseley as "Chop Top"

Even though I'll always remember Bill Moseley most vividly for his role in The Devil's Rejects, his most famous role to date was as "Chop Top" in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2. Bill Moseley as Chop Top was a member of the deranged psychotic killer Sawyer family. It's not hard to see how Rob Zombie would get the idea to cast Bill Moseley as another deranged psycho killer in The Devil's Rejects, is it?

Bill Moseley in Repo! The Genetic Opera

More recently, Bill Moseley appeared in Repo! The Genetic Opera. In that movie he plays Luigi Largo, a homicidal psychopath. (Imagine that.) If you ever wanted to see Bill Mosely in an ascot, then Repo! The Genetic Opera is the movie for you.

Bill Moseley Interviews

As one of the busiest actors in the horror genre, Bill Mosely is constantly being interviewed. Here are links to some of my favorite Bill Moseley interviews:

If you know of a Bill Moseley interview that I should have included but left off the list, please contact me.