Thurston Moore
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.
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Acting History
2025
Broken English as Self
2025Sonic Youth: Live in 1991
2025Pavements as Self (uncredited)
2025Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt as Self
2024The Road to Ruane as Self
2024Uncropped as Self
2024Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story
2024Scala!!! as Self
2023Louder Than You Think as Self (archive footage)
2021Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr. as himself
2021Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson as Self
2021The Sparks Brothers as Self
2021Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché as Self
2020Thick Air as Himself
2019Swans: Where Does a Body End? as Self
2019Sonic Youth: NYC and Beyond
2019Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over as Self
2019SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions as Self
2019Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine as Self - Sonic Youth
2019Punk as Self
2019Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation
2018Desolation Center
2017Teenage Superstars as Himself
2017The Public Image Is Rotten as Himself
2016Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape as Himself
2015Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90) as Self
2014It's Not Repetition, It's Discipline as Himself
2013I'm Now: The Story of Mudhoney
2012Ben Lee: Catch My Disease as Self
2012The Hardcore Collection as (archive footage)
2011Sonic Youth: Live at SWU Festival 2011
2011Sonic Youth: Maquinaria Festival
2011Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard as Self
2011Blank City as Self
2010Sonic Youth & The Black Keys: Live at Austin City Limits 2011
2010Ecstatic Peace Archives
2010Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child as Self
2009No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York as Self
2009Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB as Self
2009From the Basement as Self - Sonic Youth
2008New York Rock at the BBC as Self - Sonic Youth
2008I Need That Record! as Himself
2007365 Day Project
2007Welcome to My Castle! as Self
2007Llik Your Idols as Himself
2007You're Gonna Miss Me: A Film About Roky Erickson as Self
2007Dinosaur Jr: Live in the Middle East as Himself
2006Cut Shorts
2006Kill Your Idols: More. as Himself
2006Noise as Self
2006The Devil and Daniel Johnston as Self
2005Punk: Attitude as Himself
2005Sonic Youth: Live at Eurockéennes
2005Classic Albums: Nirvana - Nevermind as Self
2005We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen as Himself
2005Sun Ra: Brother From Another Planet as Self
2005Cecil Taylor: All The Notes as Himself
2005Day Trip Maryanne
2004(This Is Known as) The Blues Scale as Self
2004Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost
2004Kill Your Idols as Self
2003Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage as Performer
2003Sonic Youth: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (April 12, 2003)
2002Pavement: Slow Century as Self
2002Sonic Youth: Rockpalast 2002
200125 Years of Punk as Self
2001Money for Nothing: Behind the Business of Pop Music as Self - Narrator (voice)
2000Sonic Youth: Live in São Paulo 2000
2000Gilmore Girls as Cool Dad Troubadour
2000Record Player: Christian Marclay as Himself
2000Silver Rockets Kool Things - 20 Years of Sonic Youth as Self
1999David S. Ware as Himself
1999Turn of the Century as Himself
1998Free Tibet as Self - Sonic Youth
1998Sonic Youth: Festival Internacional de Benicàssim
1998Sonic Youth: Rockpalast 1998
1997Classic Albums as Self
1997Don't Bring A Dog as Himself
1996Sonic Youth: Rocknacht - Live In Dusseldorf 1996
1995An Introduction to Harmolodics
1995The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special as Self
1995Brian Wilson: I Just Wasn't Made for These Times as Self
1995Sonic Youth: Screaming Fields of Sonic Love
1995Sonic Youth: Blood on the Beach as Self
1994Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!
1994Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos as Self
1994Hi Octane as Self (Host)
1994Space Ghost Coast to Coast as Fred Cracklin
1993Changing Fashions
1993Sonic Youth: Live at Campo Pequeno Lisboa
1993Grunge Pedal
19921991: The Year Punk Broke as Self
1991Skeeno H.C. Rules
1991Goo as Self
1991Rap Damage
1991Notebook
1989Weatherman '69 as Jeff Jones
1988Sonic Youth: 930 Club
1988Put More Blood Into the Music as Himself
1988Lou Believers as Himself
1986Sonic Youth: Mississippi Nights, St. Louis
1986Sublapse Video Mag 1
1986Submit to Me
1985Sonic Youth: Gila Monster Jamboree
—Tibetan Freedom Concert
—Sonic Youth - Gila Monster Jamboree - January 5, 1985
—Sonic Youth: Tibetan Freedom Concert 1996