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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Filmography
all 98
Movies 90
self 60
TV Shows 8
Producer 1
Director 1
Writer 1
Self
Uncropped (2024)
Movie
Self
Scala!!! (2024)
Movie
Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story (2023)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Louder Than You Think (2023)
Movie
Self
The Butthole Surfers Movie (2023)
Movie
Executive Producer
Black Lodge (2022)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Irma Vep (2022)
TV
Music
2020 (2021)
Movie
Self
Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr. (2021)
Movie
Self
Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson (2021)
TV
Self
The Sparks Brothers (2021)
Movie
9
Self
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché (2021)
Movie
Himself
Thick Air (2020)
Movie
Self
Swans: Where Does a Body End? (2019)
Movie
Self
Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over (2019)
Movie
Self
SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions (2019)
Movie
Self - Sonic Youth
Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine (2019)
Movie
Self
Punk (2019)
TV
Self - Sonic Youth
Daydream Nation (2019)
Movie
Desolation Center (2018)
Movie
Himself
Teenage Superstars (2017)
Movie
Himself
The Public Image Is Rotten (2017)
Movie
Self
Borbetomagus: A Pollock of Sound (2016)
Movie
Self
Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape (2016)
Movie
Himself
Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90) (2015)
Movie
Self
It's Not Repetition, It's Discipline (2014)
Movie
Actor
Lou Reed - Remembered (2013)
Movie
I'm Now: The Story of Mudhoney (2013)
Movie
Self
Ben Lee: Catch My Disease (2012)
Movie
Composer
Dignity (2012)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Clean (2012)
Movie
Self
Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard (2011)
Movie
Self
Blank City (2011)
Movie
Composer
Street (2011)
Movie
Composer
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within (2010)
Movie
Ecstatic Peace Archives (2010)
Movie
Self
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child (2010)
Movie
Music
I Was Jack Goldstein (2010)
Movie
Himself
Turn of the Century (2009)
Movie
Self
No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York (2009)
Movie
Self
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB (2009)
Movie
Self
From The Basement (2009)
Movie
Narrator / Self - Narrator
Hard Time (2009)
TV
Self - Sonic Youth
New York Rock at the BBC (2008)
Movie
Himself
I Need That Record! (2008)
Movie
Himself
Welcome to My Castle! (2007)
Movie
Himself
Llik Your Idols (2007)
Movie
Self
You're Gonna Miss Me: A Film About Roky Erickson (2007)
Movie
Self
Dinosaur Jr: Live in the Middle East (2007)
Movie
Composer
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis (2007)
Movie
Cut Shorts (2006)
Movie
Himself
Kill Your Idols: More. (2006)
Movie
Noise (2006)
Movie
Self
The Devil and Daniel Johnston (2006)
Movie
7
Himself
Punk: Attitude (2005)
Movie
Sonic Youth: Live at Eurockéennes (2005)
Movie
Self
Classic Albums: Nirvana - Nevermind (2005)
Movie
Himself
We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen (2005)
Movie
Day Trip Maryanne (2005)
Movie
Himself
Cecil Taylor: All The Notes (2005)
Movie
Self
(This Is Known as) The Blues Scale (2004)
Movie
Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost (2004)
Movie
Himself
Kill Your Idols (2004)
Movie
Self
Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage (2003)
Movie
Sonic Youth: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (April 12, 2003) (2003)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Demonlover (2002)
Movie
6
Director
Pavement: Slow Century (2002)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Things Behind the Sun (2001)
Movie
Self
25 Years of Punk (2001)
Movie
Cool Dad Troubadour
Gilmore Girls (2000)
TV
6.71
Self
Record Player: Christian Marclay (2000)
Movie
Self
Silver Rockets/Kool Things: 20 Years of Sonic Youth (2000)
Movie
Himself
David S. Ware (1999)
Movie
Self
Classic Albums (1997)
TV
Sonic Youth: Rocknacht - Live In Dusseldorf 1996 (1996)
Movie
Composer
Heavy (1995)
Movie
An Introduction to Harmolodics (1995)
Movie
Self
The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special (1995)
Movie
Self
Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos (1994)
Movie
Self - Host
Hi Octane (1994)
TV
Fred Cracklin
Space Ghost Coast to Coast (1994)
TV
7
Self - Sonic Youth
1991: The Year Punk Broke (1992)
Movie
Himself
Sonic Youth - Goo (1991)
Movie
Himself / Director
Goo (1991)
Movie
Self
Goo VHS (1991)
Movie
Notebook (1991)
Movie
Jeff Jones
Weatherman '69 (1989)
Movie
Actor
Put More Blood Into the Music (1988)
Movie
Himself
Lou Believers (1988)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Made in U.S.A. (1987)
Movie
Composer
Submit to Me Now (1987)
Movie
Death Valley '69 (1986)
Movie
Submit to Me (1985)
Movie
Writer
Rock My Religion (1984)
Movie
Self
Blood on the Beach
Movie
self
Sonic Youth: From The Basement
Movie
Sonic Youth - Gila Monster Jamboree - January 5, 1985
Movie
Sonic Youth: NYC and Beyond
Movie
Ratings
Average 5.52
Based on 214 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1958-07-25 (65 years old)
Birth NameThurston Joseph Moore
Birth PlaceCoral Gables, United States of America
RelationshipsKim Gordon (1984-06-09 - 2013-04-01)
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsSonic Youth
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