Lee Ranaldo
Acting
Born: 1956-02-03 · Glen Cove, Long Island, New York, USA
Biography
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.
🎬 Movies (30)
Peas and Carrots
2025
Lee
Sonic Youth: Live in 1991
2025
The System
2025
Compositor
Salt Marsh
2025
Music
Velvet Suite
2023
himself
Fragments of Paradise
2022
Self
Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr.
2021
Camera Operator
Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation
2019
Swans: Where Does a Body End?
2019
Self
Sonic Youth: NYC and Beyond
2019
SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions
2019
Self
We Still Have the Deep Black Night
2019
Music Producer
The Taxidermist
2019
Original Music Composer
Desolation Center
2018
Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY Underground
2018
Music
Hello Hello Hello: Lee Ranaldo, Electric Trim
2017
Self
Omega
2016
Self
Sound and Chaos: The Story of BC Studio
2014
Himself
Sex and Broadcasting
2014
Self
The Hardcore Collection
2012
(archive footage)
Sonic Youth: Live at SWU Festival 2011
2011
Sonic Youth: Maquinaria Festival
2011
Daddy Longlegs
2010
Stepfather
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
2010
Music
From the Basement
2009
Self - Sonic Youth
New York Rock at the BBC
2008
Self - Sonic Youth
365 Day Project
2007
Self
Noise
2006
Self
Sonic Youth: Live at Eurockéennes
2005
We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen
2005
Self
