Lee Ranaldo

Known for: Acting
Born: February 3, 1956, Glen Cove, Long Island, New York, USA
Movies: 53

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.

Upcoming Lee Ranaldo Movies

Vinyl: An Unlikely History

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10.0

Sonic Youth - Gila Monster Jamboree - January 5, 1985

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Sonic Youth: Tibetan Freedom Concert 1996

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Sonic Youth: Full Set From The Basement

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Best-Known Movies

6.6

Daddy Longlegs

2010

6.8

1991: The Year Punk Broke

1992

5.2

Submit to Me

1985

6.8

We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen

2005

6.0

Sex and Broadcasting

2014

7.4

Kill Your Idols

2004

7.9

Swans: Where Does a Body End?

2019

6.2

Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost

2004

6.3

Omega

2016

5.7

Goo

1991

Filmography

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

Directing, Writing & Producing

1991	Goo	Writer
1991	Notebook	Director

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