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