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