Lee Ranaldo
Known for Acting · 61 credits
- Born
- 1956-02-03 (age 70)
- Place of birth
- Glen Cove, Long Island, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Lee Mark Ranaldo · Sonic Youth
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.
Known For
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self - Musical Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Musical Guest
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Musical Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
as Self - Musical Guest
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009
as Self - Musical Guest
Daddy Longlegs
2010
as Stepfather
TV Shows (5)
Movies (56)
Daddy Longlegs
2010
as Stepfather
The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special
1995
as Self
1991: The Year Punk Broke
1992
as Self
Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation
2019
Sex and Broadcasting
2014
as Self
New York Rock at the BBC
2008
as Self - Sonic Youth
365 Day Project
2007
as Self
Free Tibet
1998
as Self - Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost
2004
We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen
2005
as Self
Submit to Me
1986
Kill Your Idols
2004
as Self
(This Is Known as) The Blues Scale
2004
as Self
Sonic Youth: Rocknacht - Live In Dusseldorf 1996
1996
Record Player: Christian Marclay
2000
as Himself
Goo
1991
as Self
Desolation Center
2018
Silver Rockets Kool Things - 20 Years of Sonic Youth
2000
as Self
Fragments of Paradise
2022
as Self
Sonic Youth: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (April 12, 2003)
2003
Tibetan Freedom Concert
as Self
Sonic Youth Full Set From The Basement
as Self
Velvet Suite
2023
as himself
12 O'Clock High: Volumes 1 & 2
2004
Sonic Youth: Live in São Paulo 2000
2000
Hello Hello Hello: Lee Ranaldo, Electric Trim
2017
as Self
Sonic Youth: Screaming Fields of Sonic Love
1995
Sonic Youth: Festival Internacional de Benicàssim
1998
From the Basement
2009
as Self - Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth: Live at SWU Festival 2011
2011
Sonic Youth: Blood on the Beach
1995
as Self
Don't Bring A Dog
1997
as Himself
Skeeno H.C. Rules
1991
Sonic Youth: Tibetan Freedom Concert 1996
Peas and Carrots
2025
as Lee
Swans: Where Does a Body End?
2019
as Self
Put More Blood Into the Music
1988
as Himself
Sonic Youth: Rockpalast 1998
1998
Sonic Youth - Gila Monster Jamboree - January 5, 1985
Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage
2003
as Performer
Sonic Youth: Maquinaria Festival
2011
Sonic Youth: 930 Club
1988
SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions
2019
as Self
Sound and Chaos: The Story of BC Studio
2014
as Himself
Sonic Youth: Mississippi Nights, St. Louis
1986
Sonic Youth: NYC and Beyond
2019
Sonic Youth: Live in 1991
2025
Omega
2016
as Self
Sonic Youth: Live at Campo Pequeno Lisboa
1993
Vinyl: An Unlikely History
as Himself
Noise
2006
as Self
Sonic Youth: Rockpalast 2002
2002
Sonic Youth: Gila Monster Jamboree
1985
Sublapse Video Mag 1
1986
Sonic Youth: Live at Eurockéennes
2005
The Hardcore Collection
2012
as (archive footage)
About Lee Ranaldo
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. With 61 credits spanning from 1985 to 2025, Lee Ranaldo has appeared in 56 films and 5 TV shows.
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Most Popular Lee Ranaldo Movies
- Daddy Longlegs (2010) — as Stepfather
- The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special (1995) — as Self
- 1991: The Year Punk Broke (1992) — as Self
- Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation (2019)
- Sex and Broadcasting (2014) — as Self
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