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Thurston Moore

Personal Information

Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birth DateJul 25, 1958 (68 years old)
Zodiac Sign♌Leo
Place of BirthCoral Gables, Florida, USA
Career Span1984 – Present (43 yrs)
Known Credits128 Titles
Official Links
IMDbWWikidata
ActingPopularity Score 0.9

Thurston Moore

Also known as:Sonic Youth
Total Works

128

115 movies • 13 shows

Avg Rating

6.7 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#1

TMDB star index

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.

Signature Roles & Milestones

Gilmore Girls
7.9
Gilmore Girls
2000•series
as Cool Dad Troubadour
The Wizard of the Kremlin
6.5
as Synthesizer Player
Late Show with David Letterman
6.5
as Self - Musical Guest
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
7.3
as Self - Musical Guest

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Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 128 titles featuring Thurston Moore

Gilmore Girls
7.9
1 eps
Gilmore Girls
2000•series

as Cool Dad Troubadour

The Wizard of the Kremlin
6.5

as Synthesizer Player

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
5.3
1 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003•series

as Self - Musical Guest

Late Show with David Letterman
6.5
6 eps

as Self - Musical Guest

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
7.3
4 eps

as Self - Musical Guest

The Devil and Daniel Johnston
7.7

as Self

Irma Vep
6.5
Irma Vep
2022•series

Role: Original Music Composer

Demonlover
5.8
Demonlover
2002•movie

Role: Original Music Composer

Space Ghost Coast to Coast
7.8
1 eps

as Fred Cracklin

The Sparks Brothers
7.4

as Self

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
5.9
1 eps

as Self - Musical Guest

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
5.3
1 eps

as Self - Musical Guest

Heavy
6.6
Heavy
1995•movie

Role: Original Music Composer

Punk: Attitude
7.1
Punk: Attitude
2005•movie

as Self

1991: The Year Punk Broke
6.8

as Self

Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!
7.6
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
7.2

as Self

Classic Albums: Nirvana - Nevermind
7.0

as Self

William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
6.6

Role: Music

Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)
6.9

as Self

Submit to Me
5.2
Submit to Me
1985•movie
Things Behind the Sun
6.0

Role: Original Music Composer

Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape
6.4

as Self

Submit to Me Now
5.0
Submit to Me Now
1987•movie

Role: Music

Blank City
6.9
Blank City
2011•movie

as Self

Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson
7.3
1 eps

as Self

We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen
6.8

as Self

Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
6.6

as Self

Pavements
6.9
Pavements
2025•movie

as Self (uncredited)

Punk
7.9
2 eps
Punk
2019•series

as Self

I Need That Record!
6.5

as Himself

Made in U.S.A.
5.8
Made in U.S.A.
1987•movie

Role: Original Music Composer

Kill Your Idols
7.4
Kill Your Idols
2004•movie

as Self

You're Gonna Miss Me: A Film About Roky Erickson
6.5

as Self

Swans: Where Does a Body End?
7.9

as Self

Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard
7.5

as Self

Station to Station
6.8
Station to Station
2014•movie
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
6.7

Role: Music

Hippy Porn
5.1
Hippy Porn
1991•movie

Role: Original Music Composer

Scala!!!
7.8
Scala!!!
2024•movie

as Self

Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine
6.7

as Self - Sonic Youth

Later... with Jools Holland
5.9
2 eps
Pavement: Slow Century
7.6

as Self

Classic Albums
7.7
1 eps
Classic Albums
1997•series

as Self

Extra Action
4.2
Extra Action
2007•movie

Role: Music

Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over
7.0

as Self

Llik Your Idols
4.6
Llik Your Idols
2007•movie

as Himself

The Public Image Is Rotten
7.4

as Himself

Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost
6.2
Goo
5.7
Goo
1991•movie

as Self

I'm Now: The Story of Mudhoney
7.0
Noise
4.5
Noise
2006•movie

as Self

Broken English
7.6
Broken English
2026•movie

as Self

Put More Blood Into the Music
7.8

as Himself

Thick Air
6.8
Thick Air
2020•movie

as Himself

The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special
4.0

as Self

Brian Wilson: I Just Wasn't Made for These Times
7.0

as Self

The Hardcore Collection
7.7

as (archive footage)

Desolation Center
9.3
Desolation Center
2018•movie
Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr.
7.8

as Self

Uncropped
8.3
Uncropped
2024•movie

as Self

Hi Octane
8.3
4 eps
Hi Octane
1994•series

as Self (Host)

25 Years of Punk
7.0
25 Years of Punk
2001•movie

as Self

Sonic Youth: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (April 12, 2003)
5.0
Louder Than You Think
8.0

as Self (archive footage)

From the Basement
6.0
From the Basement
2009•movie

as Self - Sonic Youth

Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos
7.5

as Self

Teenage Superstars
7.5
Teenage Superstars
2017•movie

as Self

New York Rock at the BBC
6.5

as Self - Sonic Youth

Lou Reed - Remembered
6.5
Cut Shorts
8.0
Cut Shorts
2006•movie
Sonic Youth: Live at Eurockéennes
4.5
Weatherman '69
10.0
Weatherman '69
1989•movie

as Jeff Jones

Ben Lee: Catch My Disease
2.0

as Self

Sublapse Video Mag 1
8.0
365 Day Project
10.0
365 Day Project
2007•movie

as Self

(This Is Known as) The Blues Scale
7.0

as Self

Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
8.0

as Self

SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions
10.0

as Self

Sonic Youth - Gila Monster Jamboree - January 5, 1985
10.0
Free Tibet
8.0
Free Tibet
1998•movie

as Self - Sonic Youth

The Last Critic
5.0
The Last Critic
2026•movie
Fire Music
7.0
Fire Music
2021•movie

Role: Executive Producer

Notebook
Notebook
1991•movie
David S. Ware
David S. Ware
1999•movie

as Himself

Silver Rockets Kool Things - 20 Years of Sonic Youth

as Self

Sonic Youth: Blood on the Beach

as Self

Day Trip Maryanne
Day Trip Maryanne
2005•movie
Record Player: Christian Marclay

as Himself

Sonic Youth: Rocknacht - Live In Dusseldorf 1996
Turn of the Century

as Himself

Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story
Dinosaur Jr: Live in the Middle East

as Self

Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt

as Self

Cecil Taylor: All The Notes

as Himself

The Road to Ruane
The Road to Ruane
2024•movie

as Self

Rap Damage
Rap Damage
1991•movie
Grunge Pedal
Grunge Pedal
1993•movie
Changing Fashions
Changing Fashions
1993•movie
It's Not Repetition, It's Discipline

as Self

Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage

as Performer

Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation
Lou Believers
Lou Believers
1988•movie

as Himself

Welcome to My Castle!

as Self

Skeeno H.C. Rules
Skeeno H.C. Rules
1991•movie
Sonic Youth: Live at SWU Festival 2011
Sonic Youth: Live in São Paulo 2000
Sonic Youth: Gila Monster Jamboree
Money for Nothing: Behind the Business of Pop Music

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Sonic Youth: Live in 1991
Sonic Youth: Live at Campo Pequeno Lisboa
Sonic Youth: Festival Internacional de Benicàssim
Sonic Youth: Maquinaria Festival
Sonic Youth: Screaming Fields of Sonic Love
Sonic Youth: 930 Club
Sonic Youth: Mississippi Nights, St. Louis
Sonic Youth: Tibetan Freedom Concert 1996
Tibetan Freedom Concert

as Self

The Hardcore Collection
The Best Summer
The Best Summer
2026•movie

as Self

Sonic Youth: Full Set From The Basement

as Self

From The Basement
From The Basement
2009•movie

as Self - Sonic Youth

2020
2020
2021•movie

Role: Music

Black Lodge
Black Lodge
2022•movie

Role: Executive Producer

I Was Jack Goldstein

Role: Music

Street
Street
2011•movie

Role: Music

Clean
Clean
2011•movie

Role: Original Music Composer

Rock My Religion
Rock My Religion
1984•movie

Role: Idea