Lee Ranaldo
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.
Gallery
Known For
Acting History
2025
Peas and Carrots as Lee
2025Sonic Youth: Live in 1991
2023Velvet Suite as himself
2022Fragments of Paradise as Self
2019Swans: Where Does a Body End? as Self
2019Sonic Youth: NYC and Beyond
2019SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions as Self
2019Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation
2018Desolation Center
2017Hello Hello Hello: Lee Ranaldo, Electric Trim as Self
2016Omega as Self
2014Sex and Broadcasting as Self
2014Sound and Chaos: The Story of BC Studio as Himself
2012The Hardcore Collection as (archive footage)
2011Sonic Youth: Live at SWU Festival 2011
2011Sonic Youth: Maquinaria Festival
2010Daddy Longlegs as Stepfather
2009From the Basement as Self - Sonic Youth
2008New York Rock at the BBC as Self - Sonic Youth
2007365 Day Project
2006Noise as Self
2005Sonic Youth: Live at Eurockéennes
2005We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen as Himself
2004(This Is Known as) The Blues Scale as Self
2004Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost
200412 O'Clock High: Volumes 1 & 2
2004Kill Your Idols as Self
2003Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage as Performer
2003Sonic Youth: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (April 12, 2003)
2002Sonic Youth: Rockpalast 2002
2000Sonic Youth: Live in São Paulo 2000
2000Record Player: Christian Marclay as Himself
2000Silver Rockets Kool Things - 20 Years of Sonic Youth as Self
1998Free Tibet as Self - Sonic Youth
1998Sonic Youth: Festival Internacional de Benicàssim
1998Sonic Youth: Rockpalast 1998
1997Don't Bring A Dog as Himself
1996Sonic Youth: Rocknacht - Live In Dusseldorf 1996
1995The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special as Self
1995Sonic Youth: Screaming Fields of Sonic Love
1995Sonic Youth: Blood on the Beach as Self
1993Sonic Youth: Live at Campo Pequeno Lisboa
19921991: The Year Punk Broke as Self
1991Skeeno H.C. Rules
1991Goo as Self
1988Sonic Youth: 930 Club
1988Put More Blood Into the Music 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
—Vinyl: An Unlikely History as Himself
—Sonic Youth: Tibetan Freedom Concert 1996