Thurston Moore
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 25 July 1958 · Coral Gables, Florida, USA
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
Acting 113
- 2026Sonic Youth: Tibetan Freedom Concert 1996
- 2026Sonic Youth: Full Set From The Basement as Self
- 2026Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt as Self
- 2026Tibetan Freedom Concert as Self
- 2026The Last Critic
- 2026The Best Summer as Self
- 2026Broken English as Self
- 2026The Wizard of the Kremlin as Synthesizer Player
- 2025Sonic Youth - Gila Monster Jamboree - January 5, 1985
- 2025Sonic Youth: Live in 1991
- 2025Pavements as Self (uncredited)
- 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
- 2021The Sparks Brothers as Self
- 2021Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché as Self
- 2020Thick Air as Himself
- 2020Sonic Youth: From The Basement as self
- 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
- 2019Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation
- 2018Desolation Center
- 2017Teenage Superstars as Self
- 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
- 2014Station to Station
- 2014It's Not Repetition, It's Discipline as Himself
- 2013Lou Reed - Remembered
- 2013I'm Now: The Story of Mudhoney
- 2012Ben Lee: Catch My Disease as Self
- 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
- 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 as Self
- 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 Self
- 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 Self
- 2005Day Trip Maryanne
- 2005Cecil Taylor: All The Notes as Himself
- 2005Sun Ra: Brother From Another Planet as Self
- 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)
- 2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Musical Guest · 1 episode
- 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
- 2000Record Player: Christian Marclay as Himself
- 2000The Hardcore Collection
- 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
- 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
- 1994Space Ghost Coast to Coast as Fred Cracklin · 1 episode
- 1993Changing Fashions
- 1993Sonic Youth: Live at Campo Pequeno Lisboa
- 1993Grunge Pedal
- 1993Late Show with David Letterman as Self - Musical Guest · 6 episodes
- 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
- 1986Death Valley '69
- 1985Sonic Youth: Gila Monster Jamboree
- 1985Submit to Me
Production 2
- 2022Black Lodge · executive producer
- 2021Fire Music · executive producer
Sound 12
- 20212020 · music
- 2011Street · music
- 2011Clean · original music composer
- 2010William S. Burroughs: A Man Within · music
- 2010I Was Jack Goldstein · music
- 2007Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis · music
- 2002Demonlover · original music composer
- 2001Things Behind the Sun · original music composer
- 1995Heavy · original music composer
- 1991Hippy Porn · original music composer
- 1987Made in U.S.A. · original music composer
- 1987Submit to Me Now · music
Directing 2
- 2004Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost (The Videos: 1990-2002) · director
- 1991Goo · director
art 1
- 19921991: The Year Punk Broke · title designer
Writing 2
- 1991Goo · writer
- 1984Rock My Religion · idea