Lee Ranaldo

Acting·Feb 3, 1956·Glen Cove, Long Island, New York, USA

Rate

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.

Film	Credit
Peas and Carrots2025 · Lee	Lee
Sonic Youth: Live in 19912025 · Actor	Actor
Velvet Suite2023 · himself	himself
Fragments of Paradise2022 · Self	Self
Swans: Where Does a Body End?2019 · Self	Self
SSonic Youth: NYC and Beyond2019 · Actor	Actor
SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions2019 · Self	Self
Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation2019 · Actor	Actor
Desolation Center2018 · Actor	Actor
Hello Hello Hello: Lee Ranaldo, Electric Trim2017 · Self	Self
Omega2016 · Self	Self
Sex and Broadcasting2014 · Self	Self
SSound and Chaos: The Story of BC Studio2014 · Himself	Himself
The Hardcore Collection2012 · (archive footage)	(archive footage)
Sonic Youth: Live at SWU Festival 20112011 · Actor	Actor
Sonic Youth: Maquinaria Festival2011 · Actor	Actor
Daddy Longlegs2010 · Stepfather	Stepfather
From the Basement2009 · Self - Sonic Youth	Self - Sonic Youth
New York Rock at the BBC2008 · Self - Sonic Youth	Self - Sonic Youth
365 Day Project2007 · Self	Self
Noise2006 · Self	Self
Sonic Youth: Live at Eurockéennes2005 · Actor	Actor
We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen2005 · Self	Self
(This Is Known as) The Blues Scale2004 · Self	Self
Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost2004 · Actor	Actor
Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost (The Videos: 1990-2002)2004 · Director	Director
12 O'Clock High: Volumes 1 & 22004 · Actor	Actor
Kill Your Idols2004 · Self	Self
Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage2003 · Performer	Performer
Sonic Youth: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (April 12, 2003)2003 · Actor	Actor
Sonic Youth: Live in São Paulo 20002000 · Actor	Actor
Record Player: Christian Marclay2000 · Himself	Himself
Silver Rockets Kool Things - 20 Years of Sonic Youth2000 · Self	Self
Free Tibet1998 · Self - Sonic Youth	Self - Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth: Festival Internacional de Benicàssim1998 · Actor	Actor
DDon't Bring A Dog1997 · Himself	Himself
Sonic Youth: Rocknacht - Live In Dusseldorf 19961996 · Actor	Actor
Tibetan Freedom Concert1996 · Self	Self
The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special1995 · Self	Self
Sonic Youth: Screaming Fields of Sonic Love1995 · Actor	Actor
Sonic Youth: Blood on the Beach1995 · Self	Self
Sonic Youth: Live at Campo Pequeno Lisboa1993 · Actor	Actor
1991: The Year Punk Broke1992 · Self	Self
Skeeno H.C. Rules1991 · Actor	Actor
Goo1991 · Self, Writer	Self, Writer
Notebook1991 · Director	Director
Sonic Youth: 930 Club1988 · Actor	Actor
Put More Blood Into the Music1988 · Himself	Himself