Lee Ranaldo
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Musical Guest
1993
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Musical Guest
2003
Series
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self - Musical Guest
1992
Series
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Musical Guest
1993
Series
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Self - Musical Guest
2009
Film
Daddy Longlegs
Stepfather
2010
Film
Omega
Self
2016
Film
The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special
Self
1995
Film
Hello Hello Hello: Lee Ranaldo, Electric Trim
Self
2017
Film
365 Day Project
Self
2007
Film
Velvet Suite
himself
2023
Film
Submit to Me
1986
Film
1991: The Year Punk Broke
Self
1992
Film
Kill Your Idols
Self
2004
Film
Peas and Carrots
Lee
2025
Film
From The Basement
Self - Sonic Youth
2009
Film
Fragments of Paradise
Self
2022
Film
New York Rock at the BBC
Self - Sonic Youth
2008
Film
Tibetan Freedom Concert
Self
1996
Film
Sonic Youth: Gila Monster Jamboree
1985
Film
Free Tibet
Self - Sonic Youth
1998
Film
Sex and Broadcasting
Self
2014
Film
Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost
2004
Film
Swans: Where Does a Body End?
Self
2019
Film
Sonic Youth: Screaming Fields of Sonic Love
1995
Film
Noise
Self
2006
Sonic Youth: NYC and Beyond
2019
Film
Vinyl: An Unlikely History
Himself
Film
Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage
Performer
2003
Film
Goo
Self
1991
Film
(This Is Known as) The Blues Scale
Self
2004
Film
From the Basement
Self - Sonic Youth
2009
Film
Sublapse Video Mag 1
1986
Film
Desolation Center
2018
Film
Sonic Youth: 930 Club
1988
Film
Sonic Youth Full Set From The Basement
Self
Film
Sonic Youth - Gila Monster Jamboree - January 5, 1985
Film
SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions
Self
2019
Film
Sonic Youth: Festival Internacional de Benicàssim
1998
Don't Bring A Dog
Himself
1997
Film
We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen
Self
2005
Film
Put More Blood Into the Music
Himself
1988
Film
Record Player: Christian Marclay
Himself
2000
Film
Skeeno H.C. Rules
1991
Film
Sonic Youth: Live at Campo Pequeno Lisboa
1993
Film
Sonic Youth: Rocknacht - Live In Dusseldorf 1996
1996
Film
Sonic Youth: Blood on the Beach
Self
1995
Film
Sonic Youth: Live in São Paulo 2000
2000
Film
Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation
2019
Film
Sonic Youth: Live at Eurockéennes
2005
Film
Sonic Youth: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (April 12, 2003)
2003
Film
12 O'Clock High: Volumes 1 & 2
2004
Film
Silver Rockets Kool Things - 20 Years of Sonic Youth
Self
2000
Film
Sonic Youth: Tibetan Freedom Concert 1996
Film
Sonic Youth: Maquinaria Festival
2011
Film
Sonic Youth: Mississippi Nights, St. Louis
1986
Film
Sonic Youth: Live in 1991
2025
Sound and Chaos: The Story of BC Studio
Himself
2014
Film
Sonic Youth: Live at SWU Festival 2011
2011
Film
The Hardcore Collection
(archive footage)
2012