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Thurston Moore

Acting

Thurston Moore

EN, FR, DE cinema · 124 credits

Born

25 July 1958 (age 68)

Birthplace

Coral Gables, Florida, USA

Also known as Sonic Youth

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.

Known for

Filmography

Sonic Youth - Gila Monster Jamboree - January 5, 1985 poster

Sonic Youth - Gila Monster Jamboree - January 5, 1985

EN10.0

Actor

Sonic Youth: Tibetan Freedom Concert 1996 poster

Sonic Youth: Tibetan Freedom Concert 1996

ENNot rated

Actor

Sonic Youth: Full Set From The Basement poster

Sonic Youth: Full Set From The Basement

ENNot rated

as Self

Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt poster

Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt

EN · 20268.0

as Self

Broken English poster

Broken English

EN · 20267.6

as Self

The Last Critic poster

The Last Critic

EN · 20265.0

Actor

The Best Summer poster

The Best Summer

EN · 2026Not rated

as Self

The Wizard of the Kremlin poster

The Wizard of the Kremlin

FR · 20266.4

as Synthesizer Player

The One. For New York.

2026

The One. For New York.

EN · 2026Not rated

Actor

Pavements poster

Pavements

EN · 20256.9

as Self (uncredited)

Sonic Youth: Live in 1991 poster

Sonic Youth: Live in 1991

EN · 2025Not rated

Actor

Scala!!! poster

Scala!!!

EN · 20247.8

as Self

Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story poster

Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story

EN · 2024Not rated

Actor

The Road to Ruane poster

The Road to Ruane

EN · 2024Not rated

as Self

Uncropped poster

Uncropped

EN · 20248.3

as Self

Louder Than You Think poster

Louder Than You Think

EN · 20238.0

as Self (archive footage)

Black Lodge poster

Black Lodge

EN · 2022Not rated

Executive Producer

Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr. poster

Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr.

EN · 20217.8

as Self

Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché poster

Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché

EN · 20216.6

as Self

The Sparks Brothers poster

The Sparks Brothers

EN · 20217.4

as Self

2020 poster

2020

EN · 2021Not rated

Music

Fire Music poster

Fire Music

EN · 20217.0

Executive Producer

Thick Air poster

Thick Air

EN · 20206.8

as Himself

Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over poster

Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over

EN · 20197.0

as Self

Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine poster

Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine

EN · 20196.7

as Self - Sonic Youth

Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation poster

Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation

EN · 2019Not rated

Actor

Swans: Where Does a Body End? poster

Swans: Where Does a Body End?

EN · 20197.9

as Self

Sonic Youth: NYC and Beyond

2019

Sonic Youth: NYC and Beyond

EN · 2019Not rated

Actor

SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions poster

SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions

EN · 201910.0

as Self

Desolation Center poster

Desolation Center

EN · 20189.3

Actor

The Public Image Is Rotten poster

The Public Image Is Rotten

EN · 20177.4

as Himself

Teenage Superstars poster

Teenage Superstars

EN · 20177.5

as Self

Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape poster

Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape

EN · 20166.4

as Self

Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90) poster

Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)

EN · 20156.9

as Self

It's Not Repetition, It's Discipline poster

It's Not Repetition, It's Discipline

EN · 2014Not rated

as Self

Station to Station poster

Station to Station

EN · 20146.8

Actor

I'm Now: The Story of Mudhoney poster

I'm Now: The Story of Mudhoney

EN · 20137.0

Actor

Lou Reed - Remembered poster

Lou Reed - Remembered

EN · 20136.5

Actor

Ben Lee: Catch My Disease poster

Ben Lee: Catch My Disease

EN · 20122.0

as Self

The Hardcore Collection poster

The Hardcore Collection

EN · 20127.7

as (archive footage)

Blank City poster

Blank City

EN · 20116.9

as Self

Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard poster

Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard

EN · 20117.5

as Self

Sonic Youth: Live at SWU Festival 2011 poster

Sonic Youth: Live at SWU Festival 2011

EN · 2011Not rated

Actor

Sonic Youth: Maquinaria Festival poster

Sonic Youth: Maquinaria Festival

EN · 2011Not rated

Actor

Street poster

Street

EN · 2011Not rated

Music

Clean poster

Clean

EN · 2011Not rated

Original Music Composer

Ecstatic Peace Archives

2010

Ecstatic Peace Archives

EN · 2010Not rated

Actor

Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child poster

Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child

EN · 20107.2

as Self

Sonic Youth & The Black Keys: Live at Austin City Limits 2011

2010

Sonic Youth & The Black Keys: Live at Austin City Limits 2011

EN · 2010Not rated

Actor

William S. Burroughs: A Man Within poster

William S. Burroughs: A Man Within

EN · 20106.6

Music

I Was Jack Goldstein poster

I Was Jack Goldstein

EN · 2010Not rated

Music

No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York

2009

No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York

DE · 200910.0

as Self

From the Basement poster

From the Basement

EN · 20096.0

as Self - Sonic Youth

Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB poster

Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB

EN · 20098.0

as Self

From The Basement poster

From The Basement

EN · 2009Not rated

as Self - Sonic Youth

I Need That Record! poster

I Need That Record!

EN · 20086.5

as Himself

New York Rock at the BBC poster

New York Rock at the BBC

EN · 20086.5

as Self - Sonic Youth

Llik Your Idols poster

Llik Your Idols

EN · 20074.6

as Himself

Dinosaur Jr: Live in the Middle East poster

Dinosaur Jr: Live in the Middle East

EN · 2007Not rated

as Self

365 Day Project poster

365 Day Project

EN · 200710.0

as Self

You're Gonna Miss Me: A Film About Roky Erickson poster

You're Gonna Miss Me: A Film About Roky Erickson

EN · 20076.5

as Self

Welcome to My Castle! poster

Welcome to My Castle!

EN · 2007Not rated

as Self

Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis poster

Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

EN · 20076.7

Music

Extra Action poster

Extra Action

EN · 20074.2

Music

Cut Shorts poster

Cut Shorts

EN · 20068.0

Actor

Kill Your Idols: More.

2006

Kill Your Idols: More.

EN · 20067.8

as Self

The Devil and Daniel Johnston poster

The Devil and Daniel Johnston

EN · 20067.7

as Self

Noise poster

Noise

FR · 20064.5

as Self

Punk: Attitude poster

Punk: Attitude

EN · 20057.1

as Self

Day Trip Maryanne poster

Day Trip Maryanne

EN · 2005Not rated

Actor

Sonic Youth: Live at Eurockéennes poster

Sonic Youth: Live at Eurockéennes

EN · 20054.5

Actor

We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen poster

We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen

EN · 20056.8

as Self

Cecil Taylor: All The Notes poster

Cecil Taylor: All The Notes

EN · 2005Not rated

as Himself

Sun Ra: Brother From Another Planet

2005

Sun Ra: Brother From Another Planet

EN · 20058.0

as Self

Classic Albums: Nirvana - Nevermind poster

Classic Albums: Nirvana - Nevermind

EN · 20057.0

as Self

Kill Your Idols poster

Kill Your Idols

EN · 20047.4

as Self

Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost poster

Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost

EN · 20046.2

Actor

(This Is Known as) The Blues Scale poster

(This Is Known as) The Blues Scale

EN · 20047.0

as Self

Sonic Youth: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (April 12, 2003) poster

Sonic Youth: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (April 12, 2003)

EN · 20035.0

Actor

Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage poster

Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage

EN · 2003Not rated

as Performer

Pavement: Slow Century poster

Pavement: Slow Century

EN · 20027.6

as Self

Demonlover poster

Demonlover

FR · 20025.8

Original Music Composer

25 Years of Punk poster

25 Years of Punk

EN · 20017.0

as Self

Money for Nothing: Behind the Business of Pop Music poster

Money for Nothing: Behind the Business of Pop Music

EN · 2001Not rated

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Things Behind the Sun poster

Things Behind the Sun

EN · 20016.0

Original Music Composer

Silver Rockets Kool Things - 20 Years of Sonic Youth poster

Silver Rockets Kool Things - 20 Years of Sonic Youth

DE · 2000Not rated

as Self

Record Player: Christian Marclay poster

Record Player: Christian Marclay

FR · 2000Not rated

as Himself

Sonic Youth: Live in São Paulo 2000 poster

Sonic Youth: Live in São Paulo 2000

EN · 2000Not rated

Actor

The Hardcore Collection poster

The Hardcore Collection

EN · 2000Not rated

Actor

David S. Ware poster

David S. Ware

EN · 1999Not rated

as Himself

Turn of the Century poster

Turn of the Century

EN · 1999Not rated

as Himself

Free Tibet poster

Free Tibet

EN · 19988.0

as Self - Sonic Youth

Sonic Youth: Festival Internacional de Benicàssim poster

Sonic Youth: Festival Internacional de Benicàssim

EN · 1998Not rated

Actor

Don't Bring A Dog

1997

Don't Bring A Dog

EN · 1997Not rated

as Himself

Sonic Youth: Rocknacht - Live In Dusseldorf 1996 poster

Sonic Youth: Rocknacht - Live In Dusseldorf 1996

EN · 1996Not rated

Actor

Tibetan Freedom Concert poster

Tibetan Freedom Concert

EN · 1996Not rated

as Self

Sonic Youth: Blood on the Beach poster

Sonic Youth: Blood on the Beach

EN · 1995Not rated

as Self

An Introduction to Harmolodics

1995

An Introduction to Harmolodics

EN · 1995Not rated

Actor

The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special poster

The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special

EN · 19954.0

as Self

Brian Wilson: I Just Wasn't Made for These Times poster

Brian Wilson: I Just Wasn't Made for These Times

EN · 19957.0

as Self

Sonic Youth: Screaming Fields of Sonic Love poster

Sonic Youth: Screaming Fields of Sonic Love

EN · 1995Not rated

Actor

Heavy poster

Heavy

EN · 19956.6

Original Music Composer

Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos poster

Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos

EN · 19947.5

as Self

Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!! poster

Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!

EN · 19947.6

Actor

Grunge Pedal poster

Grunge Pedal

EN · 1993Not rated

Actor

Changing Fashions poster

Changing Fashions

EN · 1993Not rated

Actor

Sonic Youth: Live at Campo Pequeno Lisboa poster

Sonic Youth: Live at Campo Pequeno Lisboa

EN · 1993Not rated

Actor

1991: The Year Punk Broke poster

1991: The Year Punk Broke

EN · 19926.8

as Self, Title Designer

Notebook poster

Notebook

EN · 1991Not rated

Actor

Rap Damage poster

Rap Damage

EN · 1991Not rated

Actor

Goo poster

Goo

EN · 19915.7

as Self, Writer, Director

Skeeno H.C. Rules poster

Skeeno H.C. Rules

EN · 1991Not rated

Actor

Hippy Porn poster

Hippy Porn

EN · 19915.1

Original Music Composer

Weatherman '69 poster

Weatherman '69

EN · 198910.0

as Jeff Jones

Put More Blood Into the Music poster

Put More Blood Into the Music

EN · 19887.8

as Himself

Lou Believers poster

Lou Believers

EN · 1988Not rated

as Himself

Sonic Youth: 930 Club poster

Sonic Youth: 930 Club

EN · 1988Not rated

Actor

Submit to Me Now poster

Submit to Me Now

EN · 19875.0

Music

Made in U.S.A. poster

Made in U.S.A.

EN · 19875.8

Original Music Composer

Sublapse Video Mag 1 poster

Sublapse Video Mag 1

EN · 19868.0

Actor

Sonic Youth: Mississippi Nights, St. Louis poster

Sonic Youth: Mississippi Nights, St. Louis

EN · 1986Not rated

Actor

Submit to Me poster

Submit to Me

EN · 19855.2

Actor

Sonic Youth: Gila Monster Jamboree poster

Sonic Youth: Gila Monster Jamboree

EN · 1985Not rated

Actor

Rock My Religion poster

Rock My Religion

EN · 1984Not rated

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