Acting
Thurston Moore
Acting · Born 1958-07-25 · Coral Gables, Florida, USA
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.
Credits · 85
FilmThe Last Critic
2026
FilmBroken English
2026 · Self
FilmThe Wizard of the Kremlin
2026 · Synthesizer Player
FilmPavements
2025 · Self (uncredited)
FilmUncropped
2024 · Self
FilmScala!!!
2024 · Self
FilmLouder Than You Think
2023 · Self (archive footage)
Irma Vep
2022 · Original Music Composer
FilmFreakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr.
2021 · himself
FilmFire Music
2021 · Executive Producer
Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson
2021 · Self
FilmThe Sparks Brothers
2021 · Self
FilmPoly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
2021 · Self
FilmThick Air
2020 · Himself
FilmSwans: Where Does a Body End?
2019 · Self
FilmLydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over
2019 · Self
FilmSY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions
2019 · Self
FilmCreem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine
2019 · Self - Sonic Youth
Punk
2019 · Self
FilmDesolation Center
2018
FilmTeenage Superstars
2017 · Self
FilmThe Public Image Is Rotten
2017 · Himself
FilmCassette: A Documentary Mixtape
2016 · Himself
FilmSalad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)
2015 · Self
FilmStation to Station
2014
FilmLou Reed - Remembered
2013
FilmI'm Now: The Story of Mudhoney
2013
FilmBen Lee: Catch My Disease
2012 · Self
FilmThe Hardcore Collection
2012 · (archive footage)
FilmAutoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard
2011 · Self
FilmBlank City
2011 · Self
FilmWilliam S. Burroughs: A Man Within
2010 · Music
FilmJean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
2010 · Self
No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York
FilmNo Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York
2009 · Self
FilmBurning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
2009 · Self
FilmFrom the Basement
2009 · Self - Sonic Youth
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009 · Self - Musical Guest
FilmNew York Rock at the BBC
2008 · Self - Sonic Youth
FilmI Need That Record!
2008 · Himself
Film365 Day Project
2007 · Self
FilmLlik Your Idols
2007 · Himself
FilmYou're Gonna Miss Me: A Film About Roky Erickson
2007 · Self
FilmJack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
2007 · Music
FilmExtra Action
2007 · Music
FilmCut Shorts
2006
Kill Your Idols: More.
FilmKill Your Idols: More.
2006 · Self
FilmNoise
2006 · Self
FilmThe Devil and Daniel Johnston
2006 · Self
FilmPunk: Attitude
2005 · Himself
FilmSonic Youth: Live at Eurockéennes
2005
FilmClassic Albums: Nirvana - Nevermind
2005 · Self
FilmWe Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen
2005 · Self
Sun Ra: Brother From Another Planet
FilmSun Ra: Brother From Another Planet
2005 · Self
Film(This Is Known as) The Blues Scale
2004 · Self
FilmSonic Youth: Corporate Ghost
2004
FilmKill Your Idols
2004 · Self
FilmSonic Youth: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (April 12, 2003)
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self - Musical Guest
FilmDemonlover
2002 · Original Music Composer
FilmPavement: Slow Century
2002 · Self
FilmThings Behind the Sun
2001 · Original Music Composer
Film25 Years of Punk
2001 · Self
Gilmore Girls
2000 · Cool Dad Troubadour
FilmFree Tibet
1998 · Self - Sonic Youth
Classic Albums
1997 · Self
FilmHeavy
1995 · Original Music Composer
FilmThe State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special
1995 · Self
FilmBrian Wilson: I Just Wasn't Made for These Times
1995 · Self
FilmNirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!
1994
FilmFreaks, Nerds & Weirdos
1994 · Self
Hi Octane
1994 · Self (Host)
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994 · Fred Cracklin
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Self - Musical Guest
Late Show with David Letterman
1993 · Self - Musical Guest
Film1991: The Year Punk Broke
1992 · Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 · Self - Musical Guest
FilmGoo
1991 · Self
FilmHippy Porn
1991 · Original Music Composer
FilmWeatherman '69
1989 · Jeff Jones
FilmPut More Blood Into the Music
1988 · Himself
FilmMade in U.S.A.
1987 · Original Music Composer
FilmSubmit to Me Now
1987 · Music
FilmSublapse Video Mag 1
1986
FilmSubmit to Me
1985
FilmSonic Youth - Gila Monster Jamboree - January 5, 1985