He has starred in the movies Notting Hill, The Actors, Shaun of the Dead, A Cock and Bull Story, Run Fatboy Run, A Film with Me in It, The Decoy Bride, Good Vibrations, and Calvary. Moran also wrote for and created the TV series Black Books. He won BAFTA TV Awards for Situation Comedy Award for Black Books in both 2001 and 2005. Moran is a regular performer at comedy festivals and was named the 17th greatest stand-up comic in 2007 by Channel 4. In 2010 he was named #14.