Thurston Moore

Thurston Moore

Known for
Acting
Born
July 25, 1958 (age 68)
Birthplace
Coral Gables, Florida, USA

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.

Known For

Photos

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Filmography

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

Sonic Youth - Gila Monster Jamboree - January 5, 1985

Movie

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Sonic Youth: Tibetan Freedom Concert 1996 poster

Sonic Youth: Tibetan Freedom Concert 1996

Movie

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Sonic Youth: Full Set From The Basement poster

Sonic Youth: Full Set From The Basement

Movie · as Self

2026
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt poster

Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt

Movie · as Self

2026
Broken English poster

Broken English

Movie · as Self

2026
The Last Critic poster

The Last Critic

Movie

2026
The Best Summer poster

The Best Summer

Movie · as Self

2026
The Wizard of the Kremlin poster

The Wizard of the Kremlin

Movie · as Synthesizer Player

2026
The One. For New York.

The One. For New York.

Movie

2025
Pavements poster

Pavements

Movie · as Self (uncredited)

2025
Sonic Youth: Live in 1991 poster

Sonic Youth: Live in 1991

Movie

2024
Scala!!! poster

Scala!!!

Movie · as Self

2024
Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story poster

Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story

Movie

2024
The Road to Ruane poster

The Road to Ruane

Movie · as Self

2024
Uncropped poster

Uncropped

Movie · as Self

2023
Louder Than You Think poster

Louder Than You Think

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2021
Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr. poster

Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr.

Movie · as Self

2021
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché poster

Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché

Movie · as Self

2021
The Sparks Brothers poster

The Sparks Brothers

Movie · as Self

2021
Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson poster

Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2020
Thick Air poster

Thick Air

Movie · as Himself

2019
Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over poster

Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over

Movie · as Self

2019
Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine poster

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

Movie · as Self - Sonic Youth

2019
Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation poster

Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation

Movie

2019
Swans: Where Does a Body End? poster

Swans: Where Does a Body End?

Movie · as Self

2019
Sonic Youth: NYC and Beyond

Sonic Youth: NYC and Beyond

Movie

2019
SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions poster

SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions

Movie · as Self

2019
Punk poster

Punk

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2018
Desolation Center poster

Desolation Center

Movie

2017
The Public Image Is Rotten poster

The Public Image Is Rotten

Movie · as Himself

2017
Teenage Superstars poster

Teenage Superstars

Movie · as Self

2016
Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape poster

Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape

Movie · as Self

2015
Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90) poster

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

Movie · as Self

2014
It's Not Repetition, It's Discipline poster

It's Not Repetition, It's Discipline

Movie · as Self

2014
Station to Station poster

Station to Station

Movie

2013
I'm Now: The Story of Mudhoney poster

I'm Now: The Story of Mudhoney

Movie

2013
Lou Reed - Remembered poster

Lou Reed - Remembered

Movie

2012
Ben Lee: Catch My Disease poster

Ben Lee: Catch My Disease

Movie · as Self

2012
The Hardcore Collection poster

The Hardcore Collection

Movie · as (archive footage)

2011
Blank City poster

Blank City

Movie · as Self

2011
Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard poster

Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard

Movie · as Self

2011
Sonic Youth: Live at SWU Festival 2011 poster

Sonic Youth: Live at SWU Festival 2011

Movie

2011
Sonic Youth: Maquinaria Festival poster

Sonic Youth: Maquinaria Festival

Movie

2010
Ecstatic Peace Archives

Ecstatic Peace Archives

Movie

2010
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child poster

Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child

Movie · as Self

2010
Sonic Youth & The Black Keys: Live at Austin City Limits 2011

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

Movie

2009
No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York

No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York

Movie · as Self

2009
From the Basement poster

From the Basement

Movie · as Self - Sonic Youth

2009
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB poster

Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB

Movie · as Self

2009
From The Basement poster

From The Basement

Movie · as Self - Sonic Youth

2009
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon poster

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self - Musical Guest · 1 ep

2008
I Need That Record! poster

I Need That Record!

Movie · as Himself

2008
New York Rock at the BBC poster

New York Rock at the BBC

Movie · as Self - Sonic Youth

2007
Llik Your Idols poster

Llik Your Idols

Movie · as Himself

2007
Dinosaur Jr: Live in the Middle East poster

Dinosaur Jr: Live in the Middle East

Movie · as Self

2007
365 Day Project poster

365 Day Project

Movie · as Self

2007
You're Gonna Miss Me: A Film About Roky Erickson poster

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

Movie · as Self

2007
Welcome to My Castle! poster

Welcome to My Castle!

Movie · as Self

2006
Cut Shorts poster

Cut Shorts

Movie

2006
Kill Your Idols: More.

Kill Your Idols: More.

Movie · as Self

2006
The Devil and Daniel Johnston poster

The Devil and Daniel Johnston

Movie · as Self

2006
Noise poster

Noise

Movie · as Self

2005
Punk: Attitude poster

Punk: Attitude

Movie · as Self

2005
Day Trip Maryanne poster

Day Trip Maryanne

Movie

2005
Sonic Youth: Live at Eurockéennes poster

Sonic Youth: Live at Eurockéennes

Movie

2005
We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen poster

We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen

Movie · as Self

2005
Cecil Taylor: All The Notes poster

Cecil Taylor: All The Notes

Movie · as Himself

2005
Sun Ra: Brother From Another Planet

Sun Ra: Brother From Another Planet

Movie · as Self

2005
Classic Albums: Nirvana - Nevermind poster

Classic Albums: Nirvana - Nevermind

Movie · as Self

2004
Kill Your Idols poster

Kill Your Idols

Movie · as Self

2004
Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost poster

Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost

Movie

2004
(This Is Known as) The Blues Scale poster

(This Is Known as) The Blues Scale

Movie · as Self

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

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

Movie

2003
Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage poster

Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage

Movie · as Performer

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self - Musical Guest · 1 ep

2002
Pavement: Slow Century poster

Pavement: Slow Century

Movie · as Self

2001
25 Years of Punk poster

25 Years of Punk

Movie · as Self

2001
Money for Nothing: Behind the Business of Pop Music poster

Money for Nothing: Behind the Business of Pop Music

Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)

2000
Silver Rockets Kool Things - 20 Years of Sonic Youth poster

Silver Rockets Kool Things - 20 Years of Sonic Youth

Movie · as Self

2000
Record Player: Christian Marclay poster

Record Player: Christian Marclay

Movie · as Himself

2000
Sonic Youth: Live in São Paulo 2000 poster

Sonic Youth: Live in São Paulo 2000

Movie

2000
The Hardcore Collection poster

The Hardcore Collection

Movie

2000
Gilmore Girls poster

Gilmore Girls

TV · as Cool Dad Troubadour · 1 ep

1999
David S. Ware poster

David S. Ware

Movie · as Himself

1999
Turn of the Century poster

Turn of the Century

Movie · as Himself

1998
Free Tibet poster

Free Tibet

Movie · as Self - Sonic Youth

1998
Sonic Youth: Festival Internacional de Benicàssim poster

Sonic Youth: Festival Internacional de Benicàssim

Movie

1997
Don't Bring A Dog

Don't Bring A Dog

Movie · as Himself

1997
Classic Albums poster

Classic Albums

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1996
Sonic Youth: Rocknacht - Live In Dusseldorf 1996 poster

Sonic Youth: Rocknacht - Live In Dusseldorf 1996

Movie

1996
Tibetan Freedom Concert poster

Tibetan Freedom Concert

Movie · as Self

1995
Sonic Youth: Blood on the Beach poster

Sonic Youth: Blood on the Beach

Movie · as Self

1995
An Introduction to Harmolodics

An Introduction to Harmolodics

Movie

1995
The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special poster

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

Movie · as Self

1995
Brian Wilson: I Just Wasn't Made for These Times poster

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

Movie · as Self

1995
Sonic Youth: Screaming Fields of Sonic Love poster

Sonic Youth: Screaming Fields of Sonic Love

Movie

1994
Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos poster

Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos

Movie · as Self

1994
Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!! poster

Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!

Movie

1994
Space Ghost Coast to Coast poster

Space Ghost Coast to Coast

TV · as Fred Cracklin · 1 ep

1994
Hi Octane poster

Hi Octane

TV · as Self (Host) · 4 eps

1993
Grunge Pedal poster

Grunge Pedal

Movie

1993
Changing Fashions poster

Changing Fashions

Movie

1993
Sonic Youth: Live at Campo Pequeno Lisboa poster

Sonic Youth: Live at Campo Pequeno Lisboa

Movie

1993
Late Show with David Letterman poster

Late Show with David Letterman

TV · as Self - Musical Guest · 6 eps

1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Musical Guest · 4 eps

1992
1991: The Year Punk Broke poster

1991: The Year Punk Broke

Movie · as Self

1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno poster

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

TV · as Self - Musical Guest · 1 ep

1992
Later... with Jools Holland poster

Later... with Jools Holland

TV · 2 eps

1991
Notebook poster

Notebook

Movie

1991
Rap Damage poster

Rap Damage

Movie

1991
Goo poster

Goo

Movie · as Self

1991
Skeeno H.C. Rules poster

Skeeno H.C. Rules

Movie

1989
Weatherman '69 poster

Weatherman '69

Movie · as Jeff Jones

1988
Put More Blood Into the Music poster

Put More Blood Into the Music

Movie · as Himself

1988
Lou Believers poster

Lou Believers

Movie · as Himself

1988
Sonic Youth: 930 Club poster

Sonic Youth: 930 Club

Movie

1986
Sublapse Video Mag 1 poster

Sublapse Video Mag 1

Movie

1986
Sonic Youth: Mississippi Nights, St. Louis poster

Sonic Youth: Mississippi Nights, St. Louis

Movie

1985
Submit to Me poster

Submit to Me

Movie

1985
Sonic Youth: Gila Monster Jamboree poster

Sonic Youth: Gila Monster Jamboree

Movie