Thurston Moore
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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.
Known for
Credits
The Wizard of the Kremlin (2026)
as Synthesizer Player
Pavements (2025)
as Self (uncredited)
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt (2026)
as Self
Changing Fashions (1993)
Actor
The Sparks Brothers (2021)
as Self
Scala!!! (2024)
as Self
Welcome to My Castle! (2007)
as Self
Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr. (2021)
as Self
The Best Summer (2026)
as Self
Sonic Youth: Screaming Fields of Sonic Love (1995)
Actor
Sonic Youth: Gila Monster Jamboree (1985)
Actor
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché (2021)
as Self
The Devil and Daniel Johnston (2006)
as Self
SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions (2019)
as Self
Sonic Youth: 930 Club (1988)
Actor
The Public Image Is Rotten (2017)
as Himself
From The Basement (2009)
as Self - Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth: Full Set From The Basement (—)
as Self
Submit to Me (1985)
Actor
The Last Critic (2026)
Actor
Record Player: Christian Marclay (2000)
as Himself
Lou Believers (1988)
as Himself
Uncropped (2024)
as Self
The One. For New York. (2026)
Actor
Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!! (1994)
Actor
Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard (2011)
as Self
Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos (1994)
as Self
Broken English (2026)
as Self
Cecil Taylor: All The Notes (2005)
as Himself
Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape (2016)
as Self
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child (2010)
as Self
Blank City (2011)
as Self
Ben Lee: Catch My Disease (2012)
as Self
Station to Station (2014)
Actor
Classic Albums: Nirvana - Nevermind (2005)
as Self
Noise (2006)
as Self
1991: The Year Punk Broke (1992)
as Self
The Hardcore Collection (2000)
Actor
We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen (2005)
as Self
Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90) (2015)
as Self
Thick Air (2020)
as Himself
Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine (2019)
as Self - Sonic Youth
David S. Ware (1999)
as Himself
25 Years of Punk (2001)
as Self
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB (2009)
as Self
Free Tibet (1998)
as Self - Sonic Youth
Cut Shorts (2006)
Actor
Day Trip Maryanne (2005)
Actor
The Road to Ruane (2024)
as Self
Money for Nothing: Behind the Business of Pop Music (2001)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special (1995)
as Self
Swans: Where Does a Body End? (2019)
as Self
365 Day Project (2007)
as Self
I Need That Record! (2008)
as Himself
Silver Rockets Kool Things - 20 Years of Sonic Youth (2000)
as Self
Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage (2003)
as Performer
Sonic Youth: Live at SWU Festival 2011 (2011)
Actor
Sonic Youth: Tibetan Freedom Concert 1996 (—)
Actor
Brian Wilson: I Just Wasn't Made for These Times (1995)
as Self
Sonic Youth: Blood on the Beach (1995)
as Self
Louder Than You Think (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
Sonic Youth: Mississippi Nights, St. Louis (1986)
Actor
Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation (2019)
Actor
Punk: Attitude (2005)
as Self
Sonic Youth: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (April 12, 2003) (2003)
Actor
Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story (2024)
Actor
Sonic Youth: Rocknacht - Live In Dusseldorf 1996 (1996)
Actor
Sonic Youth: NYC and Beyond (2019)
Actor
Sonic Youth: Festival Internacional de Benicàssim (1998)
Actor
Sonic Youth: Live at Campo Pequeno Lisboa (1993)
Actor
Sonic Youth: Live in 1991 (2025)
Actor
Put More Blood Into the Music (1988)
as Himself
Weatherman '69 (1989)
as Jeff Jones
You're Gonna Miss Me: A Film About Roky Erickson (2007)
as Self
Goo (1991)
as Self
From the Basement (2009)
as Self - Sonic Youth
Kill Your Idols: More. (2006)
as Self
Kill Your Idols (2004)
as Self
Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost (2004)
Actor
Sonic Youth: Live in São Paulo 2000 (2000)
Actor
Tibetan Freedom Concert (1996)
as Self
I'm Now: The Story of Mudhoney (2013)
Actor
Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over (2019)
as Self
Don't Bring A Dog (1997)
as Himself
Sonic Youth: Live at Eurockéennes (2005)
Actor
New York Rock at the BBC (2008)
as Self - Sonic Youth
Sublapse Video Mag 1 (1986)
Actor
An Introduction to Harmolodics (1995)
Actor
Pavement: Slow Century (2002)
as Self
Ecstatic Peace Archives (2010)
Actor
Dinosaur Jr: Live in the Middle East (2007)
as Self
Sun Ra: Brother From Another Planet (2005)
as Self
No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York (2009)
as Self
Skeeno H.C. Rules (1991)
Actor
Turn of the Century (1999)
as Himself
It's Not Repetition, It's Discipline (2014)
as Self
Sonic Youth: Maquinaria Festival (2011)
Actor
Sonic Youth - Gila Monster Jamboree - January 5, 1985 (—)
Actor
Teenage Superstars (2017)
as Self
(This Is Known as) The Blues Scale (2004)
as Self
Llik Your Idols (2007)
as Himself
Desolation Center (2018)
Actor
Notebook (1991)
Actor
Sonic Youth & The Black Keys: Live at Austin City Limits 2011 (2010)
Actor
Grunge Pedal (1993)
Actor
Rap Damage (1991)
Actor
Lou Reed - Remembered (2013)
Actor
The Hardcore Collection (2012)
as (archive footage)