Lee Ranaldo

Known for: Acting

Born: 1956-02-03 (age 70)

From: Glen Cove, Long Island, New York, USA

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.

Filmography (59)

MOVIE
Peas and Carrots
2025
as Lee
MOVIE
Sonic Youth: Live in 1991
2025
MOVIE★ 5.0
Velvet Suite
2023
as himself
MOVIE★ 6.5
Fragments of Paradise
2022
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.9
Swans: Where Does a Body End?
2019
as Self
MOVIE
Sonic Youth: NYC and Beyond
2019
MOVIE★ 10.0
SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions
2019
as Self
MOVIE
Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation
2019
MOVIE★ 9.3
Desolation Center
2018
MOVIE★ 6.7
Hello Hello Hello: Lee Ranaldo, Electric Trim
2017
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.3
Omega
2016
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.0
Sex and Broadcasting
2014
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.5
Sound and Chaos: The Story of BC Studio
2014
as Himself
MOVIE★ 7.7
The Hardcore Collection
2012
as (archive footage)
MOVIE
Sonic Youth: Live at SWU Festival 2011
2011
MOVIE
Sonic Youth: Maquinaria Festival
2011
MOVIE★ 6.6
Daddy Longlegs
2010
as Stepfather
MOVIE★ 6.0
From the Basement
2009
as Self - Sonic Youth
TV★ 5.9
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009
as Self - Musical Guest
MOVIE★ 6.5
New York Rock at the BBC
2008
as Self - Sonic Youth
MOVIE★ 10.0
365 Day Project
2007
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.8
Noise
2006
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.5
Sonic Youth: Live at Eurockéennes
2005
MOVIE★ 6.7
We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen
2005
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
(This Is Known as) The Blues Scale
2004
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.2
Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost
2004
MOVIE
12 O'Clock High: Volumes 1 & 2
2004
MOVIE★ 7.5
Kill Your Idols
2004
as Self
MOVIE
Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage
2003
as Performer
MOVIE★ 5.0
Sonic Youth: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (April 12, 2003)
2003
TV★ 5.3
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Musical Guest
MOVIE
Sonic Youth: Live in São Paulo 2000
2000
MOVIE
Record Player: Christian Marclay
2000
as Himself
MOVIE
Silver Rockets Kool Things - 20 Years of Sonic Youth
2000
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.0
Free Tibet
1998
as Self - Sonic Youth
MOVIE
Sonic Youth: Festival Internacional de Benicàssim
1998
MOVIE
Don't Bring A Dog
1997
as Himself
MOVIE
Sonic Youth: Rocknacht - Live In Dusseldorf 1996
1996
MOVIE
Tibetan Freedom Concert
1996
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.0
The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special
1995
as Self
MOVIE
Sonic Youth: Screaming Fields of Sonic Love
1995
MOVIE
Sonic Youth: Blood on the Beach
1995
as Self
TV★ 7.3
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Musical Guest
TV★ 6.4
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self - Musical Guest
MOVIE
Sonic Youth: Live at Campo Pequeno Lisboa
1993
MOVIE★ 6.8
1991: The Year Punk Broke
1992
as Self
TV★ 5.4
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
as Self - Musical Guest
MOVIE
Skeeno H.C. Rules
1991
MOVIE★ 5.7
Goo
1991
as Self
MOVIE
Sonic Youth: 930 Club
1988
MOVIE★ 7.8
Put More Blood Into the Music
1988
as Himself
MOVIE
Sonic Youth: Mississippi Nights, St. Louis
1986
MOVIE★ 8.0
Sublapse Video Mag 1
1986
MOVIE★ 5.1
Submit to Me
1986
MOVIE
Sonic Youth: Gila Monster Jamboree
1985
MOVIE
Sonic Youth Full Set From The Basement
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as Self
MOVIE
Sonic Youth: Tibetan Freedom Concert 1996
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MOVIE
Vinyl: An Unlikely History
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as Himself
MOVIE★ 10.0
Sonic Youth - Gila Monster Jamboree - January 5, 1985
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