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Thurston Moore

Actor · Born July 25, 1958 · Coral Gables, Florida, USA

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Biography

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.

Acted in 41

2020s

  1. 2026

    The Last Critic

    Movie

  2. The Wizard of the Kremlin

    Synthesizer Player

    57
  3. 2025

    Sonic Youth: Live in 1991

    Movie

  4. 2024

    Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story

    Movie

2010s

  1. 2019

    Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation

    Movie

  2. 2018

    Desolation Center

    Movie

  3. 2014

    Station to Station

    Movie

  4. 2013

    Lou Reed - Remembered

    Movie

  5. I'm Now: The Story of Mudhoney

    Movie

  6. 2012

    The Hardcore Collection

    (archive footage)

  7. 2011

    Sonic Youth: Live at SWU Festival 2011

    Movie

  8. Sonic Youth: Maquinaria Festival

    Movie

2000s

  1. 2006

    Cut Shorts

    Movie

  2. 2005

    Sonic Youth: Live at Eurockéennes

    Movie

  3. Day Trip Maryanne

    Movie

  4. 2004

    Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost

    Movie

  5. 2003

    Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage

    Performer

  6. Sonic Youth: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (April 12, 2003)

    Movie

  7. 2000

    Sonic Youth: Live in São Paulo 2000

    Movie

  8. Gilmore Girls

    Cool Dad Troubadour · 1 episode

    81

  9. The Hardcore Collection

    Movie

1990s

  1. 1998

    Sonic Youth: Festival Internacional de Benicàssim

    Movie

  2. 1996

    Sonic Youth: Rocknacht - Live In Dusseldorf 1996

    Movie

  3. 1995

    Sonic Youth: Screaming Fields of Sonic Love

    Movie

  4. 1994

    Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!

    Movie

  5. Space Ghost Coast to Coast

    Fred Cracklin · 1 episode

    79
  6. 1993

    Changing Fashions

    Movie

  7. Sonic Youth: Live at Campo Pequeno Lisboa

    Movie

  8. Grunge Pedal

    Movie

  9. 1992

    Later... with Jools Holland

    TV · 69 Seasons · Talk

  10. 1991

    Skeeno H.C. Rules

    Movie

  11. Rap Damage

    Movie

  12. Notebook

    Movie

1980s

  1. 1989

    Weatherman '69

    Jeff Jones

  2. 1988

    Sonic Youth: 930 Club

    Movie

  3. 1986

    Sonic Youth: Mississippi Nights, St. Louis

    Movie

  4. Sublapse Video Mag 1

    Movie

  5. 1985

    Sonic Youth: Gila Monster Jamboree

    Movie

  6. Submit to Me

    Movie

No release date

  1. Sonic Youth - Gila Monster Jamboree - January 5, 1985

    Movie

  2. Sonic Youth: Tibetan Freedom Concert 1996

    Movie

Sound 14

2020s

  1. 2022

    Irma Vep

    Original Music Composer

    66
  2. 2021

    2020

    Music

2010s

  1. 2011

    Street

    Music

  2. Clean

    Original Music Composer

  3. 2010

    William S. Burroughs: A Man Within

    Music

  4. I Was Jack Goldstein

    Music

2000s

  1. 2007

    Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

    Music

  2. Extra Action

    Music

  3. 2002

    Demonlover

    Original Music Composer

    59
  4. 2001

    Things Behind the Sun

    Original Music Composer

1990s

  1. 1995

    Heavy

    Original Music Composer

    73
  2. 1991

    Hippy Porn

    Original Music Composer

1980s

  1. 1987

    Made in U.S.A.

    Original Music Composer

  2. Submit to Me Now

    Music

Produced 2

2020s

  1. 2022

    Black Lodge

    Executive Producer

  2. 2021

    Fire Music

    Executive Producer

Wrote 2

1990s

  1. 1991

    Goo

    Writer

1980s

  1. 1984

    Rock My Religion

    Idea

Directed 1

1990s

  1. 1991

    Goo

    Director

Art department 1

1990s

  1. 1992

    1991: The Year Punk Broke

    Title Designer

Appearances70

2020s

  1. 2026

    Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt

    Self

  2. The Best Summer

    Self

  3. Broken English

    Self

  4. 2025

    Pavements

    Self (uncredited)

    76
  5. 2024

    The Road to Ruane

    Self

  6. Uncropped

    Self

  7. Scala!!!

    Self

  8. 2023

    Louder Than You Think

    Self (archive footage)

  9. 2021

    Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr.

    Self

  10. Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson

    Self · 1 episode

    78

  11. The Sparks Brothers

    Self

    81

  12. Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché

    Self

    78
  13. 2020

    Thick Air

    Himself

2010s

  1. 2019

    Swans: Where Does a Body End?

    Self

  2. Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over

    Self

  3. SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions

    Self

  4. Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine

    Self - Sonic Youth

  5. Punk

    Self · 2 episodes

  6. 2017

    Teenage Superstars

    Self

  7. The Public Image Is Rotten

    Himself

  8. 2016

    Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape

    Self

    63
  9. 2015

    Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)

    Self

  10. 2014

    It's Not Repetition, It's Discipline

    Self

  11. 2012

    Ben Lee: Catch My Disease

    Self

  12. 2011

    Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard

    Self

  13. Blank City

    Self

  14. 2010

    Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child

    Self

2000s

  1. 2009

    Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB

    Self

  2. From the Basement

    Self - Sonic Youth

  3. From The Basement

    Self - Sonic Youth

  4. Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

    Self - Musical Guest · 1 episode

    65
  5. 2008

    New York Rock at the BBC

    Self - Sonic Youth

  6. I Need That Record!

    Himself

  7. 2007

    365 Day Project

    Self

  8. Welcome to My Castle!

    Self

  9. Llik Your Idols

    Himself

  10. You're Gonna Miss Me: A Film About Roky Erickson

    Self

  11. Dinosaur Jr: Live in the Middle East

    Self

  12. 2006

    Noise

    Self

  13. The Devil and Daniel Johnston

    Self

    80
  14. 2005

    Punk: Attitude

    Self

  15. Classic Albums: Nirvana - Nevermind

    Self

  16. We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen

    Self

  17. Cecil Taylor: All The Notes

    Himself

  18. 2004

    (This Is Known as) The Blues Scale

    Self

  19. Kill Your Idols

    Self

  20. 2003

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Self - Musical Guest · 1 episode

    61
  21. 2002

    Pavement: Slow Century

    Self

  22. 2001

    25 Years of Punk

    Self

  23. Money for Nothing: Behind the Business of Pop Music

    Self - Narrator (voice)

  24. 2000

    Record Player: Christian Marclay

    Himself

  25. Silver Rockets Kool Things - 20 Years of Sonic Youth

    Self

1990s

  1. 1999

    David S. Ware

    Himself

  2. Turn of the Century

    Himself

  3. 1998

    Free Tibet

    Self - Sonic Youth

  4. 1997

    Classic Albums

    Self · 1 episode

  5. 1996

    Tibetan Freedom Concert

    Self

  6. 1995

    The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special

    Self

  7. Brian Wilson: I Just Wasn't Made for These Times

    Self

  8. Sonic Youth: Blood on the Beach

    Self

  9. 1994

    Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos

    Self

  10. Hi Octane

    Self (Host) · 4 episodes

  11. 1993

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Self - Musical Guest · 4 episodes

    79

  12. Late Show with David Letterman

    Self - Musical Guest · 6 episodes

    69
  13. 1992

    1991: The Year Punk Broke

    Self

  14. The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

    Self - Musical Guest · 1 episode

    53
  15. 1991

    Goo

    Self

1980s

  1. 1988

    Put More Blood Into the Music

    Himself

  2. Lou Believers

    Himself

No release date

  1. Sonic Youth: Full Set From The Basement

    Self