Thurston Moore

Acting·Jul 25, 1958·Coral Gables, Florida, USA

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Thurston Joseph Moore (born July 25, 1958) is an American musician best known as a singer, songwriter and guitarist of Sonic Youth. He has also participated in many solo and group collaborations outside of Sonic Youth, as well as running the Ecstatic Peace! record label. Moore was ranked 34th in Rolling Stone's 2004 edition of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time." In May 2012, Spin published a staff-selected top 100 ranking Moore and his Sonic Youth bandmate Lee Ranaldo together on number 1.

Film	Credit
The Last Critic2026 · Actor	Actor
The Best Summer2026 · Self	Self
Broken English2026 · Self	Self
The Wizard of the Kremlin2026 · Synthesizer Player	Synthesizer Player
Sonic Youth: Live in 19912025 · Actor	Actor
Pavements2025 · Self (uncredited)	Self (uncredited)
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt2025 · Self	Self
The Road to Ruane2024 · Self	Self
Uncropped2024 · Self	Self
Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story2024 · Actor	Actor
Scala!!!2024 · Self	Self
Louder Than You Think2023 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr.2021 · himself	himself
The Sparks Brothers2021 · Self	Self
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché2021 · Self	Self
Thick Air2020 · Himself	Himself
Swans: Where Does a Body End?2019 · Self	Self
SSonic Youth: NYC and Beyond2019 · Actor	Actor
Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over2019 · Self	Self
SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions2019 · Self	Self
Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine2019 · Self - Sonic Youth	Self - Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation2019 · Actor	Actor
Desolation Center2018 · Actor	Actor
Teenage Superstars2017 · Self	Self
The Public Image Is Rotten2017 · Himself	Himself
Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape2016 · Himself	Himself
Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)2015 · Self	Self
Station to Station2014 · Actor	Actor
It's Not Repetition, It's Discipline2014 · Himself	Himself
Lou Reed - Remembered2013 · Actor	Actor
I'm Now: The Story of Mudhoney2013 · Actor	Actor
Ben Lee: Catch My Disease2012 · Self	Self
The Hardcore Collection2012 · (archive footage)	(archive footage)
Sonic Youth: Live at SWU Festival 20112011 · Actor	Actor
Sonic Youth: Maquinaria Festival2011 · Actor	Actor
Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard2011 · Self	Self
Blank City2011 · Self	Self
SSonic Youth & The Black Keys: Live at Austin City Limits 20112010 · Actor	Actor
EEcstatic Peace Archives2010 · Actor	Actor
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child2010 · Self	Self
NNo Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York2009 · Self	Self
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB2009 · Self	Self
From the Basement2009 · Self - Sonic Youth	Self - Sonic Youth
New York Rock at the BBC2008 · Self - Sonic Youth	Self - Sonic Youth
I Need That Record!2008 · Himself	Himself
365 Day Project2007 · Self	Self
Welcome to My Castle!2007 · Self	Self
Llik Your Idols2007 · Himself	Himself