6.6Acting
Lee Ranaldo
- Born
- 1956-02-03
- Birthplace
- Glen Cove, Long Island, New York, USA
Biography
Lee Mark Ranaldo (born February 3, 1956) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter, best known as a co-founder of the rock band Sonic Youth. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked Ranaldo at number 33 on its "Greatest Guitarists of All Time" list. In May 2012, Spin published a staff-selected top 100 guitarist list, ranking Ranaldo and his Sonic Youth bandmate Thurston Moore together at number 1.
Known For
Filmography
74 titles · Newest first · Cast and crew credits
She Put Away Her Heart in the Fridge
2026 · Movie
Original Music Composer
Peas and Carrots
2025 · Movie
Lee · Songs
Salt Marsh
2025 · Movie
Music
Sonic Youth: Live in 1991
2025 · Movie
Cast
The System
2025 · Movie
Compositor
Velvet Suite
2023 · Movie
himself
Fragments of Paradise
2022 · Movie
Self
Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr.
2021 · Movie
Camera Operator
Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation
2019 · Movie
Cast
Sonic Youth: NYC and Beyond
2019 · Movie
Cast
Swans: Where Does a Body End?
2019 · Movie
Self
SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions
2019 · Movie
Self
The Taxidermist
2019 · Movie
Original Music Composer
We Still Have the Deep Black Night
2019 · Movie
Music Producer
Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY Underground
2018 · Movie
Music
Desolation Center
2018 · Movie
Cast
Hello Hello Hello: Lee Ranaldo, Electric Trim
2017 · Movie
Self
Omega
2016 · Movie
Self
Sex and Broadcasting
2014 · Movie
Self
Sound and Chaos: The Story of BC Studio
2014 · Movie
Himself
Sonic Youth: Live at SWU Festival 2011
2011 · Movie
Cast
Sonic Youth: Maquinaria Festival
2011 · Movie
Cast
Daddy Longlegs
2010 · Movie
Stepfather
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
2010 · Movie
Music
From the Basement
2009 · Movie
Self - Sonic Youth
From The Basement
2009 · Movie
Self - Sonic Youth
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009 · TV Show
Self - Musical Guest
New York Rock at the BBC
2008 · Movie
Self - Sonic Youth
365 Day Project
2007 · Movie
Self
Noise
2006 · Movie
Self
DRIFT
2005 · Movie
Music
Sonic Youth: Live at Eurockéennes
2005 · Movie
Cast
We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen
2005 · Movie
Self
(This Is Known as) The Blues Scale
2004 · Movie
Self
12 O'Clock High: Volumes 1 & 2
2004 · Movie
Cast
Kill Your Idols
2004 · Movie
Self
Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost
2004 · Movie
Cast
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · TV Show
Self - Musical Guest
Sonic Youth: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (April 12, 2003)
2003 · Movie
Cast
Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage
2003 · Movie
Performer
Demonlover
2002 · Movie
Original Music Composer
Things Behind the Sun
2001 · Movie
Original Music Composer
Record Player: Christian Marclay
2000 · Movie
Himself
Silver Rockets Kool Things - 20 Years of Sonic Youth
2000 · Movie
Self
Sonic Youth: Live in São Paulo 2000
2000 · Movie
Cast
Free Tibet
1998 · Movie
Self - Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth: Festival Internacional de Benicàssim
1998 · Movie
Cast
Don't Bring A Dog
1997 · Movie
Himself
SubUrbia
1997 · Movie
Musician
Frisk
1996 · Movie
Original Music Composer
Sonic Youth: Rocknacht - Live In Dusseldorf 1996
1996 · Movie
Cast
Tibetan Freedom Concert
1996 · Movie
Self
Sonic Youth: Blood on the Beach
1995 · Movie
Self
Sonic Youth: Screaming Fields of Sonic Love
1995 · Movie
Cast
The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special
1995 · Movie
Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · TV Show
Self - Musical Guest
Late Show with David Letterman
1993 · TV Show
Self - Musical Guest
Sonic Youth: Live at Campo Pequeno Lisboa
1993 · Movie
Cast
1991: The Year Punk Broke
1992 · Movie
Self · Additional Director of Photography
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 · TV Show
Self - Musical Guest
Goo
1991 · Movie
Self · Writer
Notebook
1991 · Movie
Director
Skeeno H.C. Rules
1991 · Movie
Cast
Put More Blood Into the Music
1988 · Movie
Himself
Sonic Youth: 930 Club
1988 · Movie
Cast
Made in U.S.A.
1987 · Movie
Original Music Composer
Sonic Youth: Mississippi Nights, St. Louis
1986 · Movie
Cast
Sublapse Video Mag 1
1986 · Movie
Cast
Sonic Youth: Gila Monster Jamboree
1985 · Movie
Cast
Submit to Me
1985 · Movie
Cast
Sonic Youth - Gila Monster Jamboree - January 5, 1985
Date unknown · Movie
Cast
Sonic Youth: Full Set From The Basement
Date unknown · Movie
Self
Sonic Youth: Tibetan Freedom Concert 1996
Date unknown · Movie
Cast
Vinyl: An Unlikely History
Date unknown · Movie
Himself