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Lee Ranaldo

Personal Information

Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birth DateFeb 3, 1956 (70 years old)
Zodiac Sign♒Aquarius
Place of BirthGlen Cove, Long Island, New York, USA
Career Span1985 – Present (42 yrs)
Known Credits72 Titles
Official Links
IMDbWWikidata
ActingPopularity Score 0.8

Lee Ranaldo

Also known as:Lee Mark RanaldoSonic Youth
Total Works

72

67 movies • 5 shows

Avg Rating

6 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#1

TMDB star index

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.

Signature Roles & Milestones

Late Show with David Letterman
6.5
as Self - Musical Guest
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
7.3
as Self - Musical Guest
SubUrbia
6.2
SubUrbia
1997•movie
Role: Musician
Daddy Longlegs
6.6
Daddy Longlegs
2010•movie
as Stepfather

Photos & Headshots1

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 72 titles featuring Lee Ranaldo

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

as Self - Musical Guest

Late Show with David Letterman
6.5
5 eps

as Self - Musical Guest

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
7.3
4 eps

as Self - Musical Guest

SubUrbia
6.2
SubUrbia
1997•movie

Role: Musician

Demonlover
5.8
Demonlover
2002•movie

Role: Original Music Composer

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

Daddy Longlegs
6.6
Daddy Longlegs
2010•movie

as Stepfather

1991: The Year Punk Broke
6.8

as Self

William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
6.6

Role: Music

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

Role: Original Music Composer

We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen
6.8

as Self

Frisk
4.2
Frisk
1996•movie

Role: Original Music Composer

Sex and Broadcasting
6.0

as Self

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

Swans: Where Does a Body End?
7.9

as Self

Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost
6.2
Omega
6.3
Omega
2016•movie

as Self

Goo
5.7
Goo
1991•movie

as Self

Noise
4.5
Noise
2006•movie

as Self

We Still Have the Deep Black Night
5.1

Role: Music Producer

Fragments of Paradise
6.5

as Self

Put More Blood Into the Music
7.8

as Himself

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

as Self

The Hardcore Collection
7.7

as (archive footage)

Desolation Center
9.3
Desolation Center
2018•movie
Hello Hello Hello: Lee Ranaldo, Electric Trim
6.7

as Self

Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr.
7.8

Role: Camera Operator

Velvet Suite
5.0
Velvet Suite
2023•movie

as himself

Sonic Youth: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (April 12, 2003)
5.0
From the Basement
6.0
From the Basement
2009•movie

as Self - Sonic Youth

New York Rock at the BBC
6.5

as Self - Sonic Youth

The System
5.5
The System
2025•movie

Role: Compositor

Sonic Youth: Live at Eurockéennes
4.5
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

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

Silver Rockets Kool Things - 20 Years of Sonic Youth

as Self

Record Player: Christian Marclay

as Himself

Sonic Youth: Rocknacht - Live In Dusseldorf 1996
Sonic Youth: Blood on the Beach

as Self

Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage

as Performer

Vinyl: An Unlikely History

as Himself

Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation
12 O'Clock High: Volumes 1 & 2
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
Peas and Carrots
Peas and Carrots
2025•movie

as Lee

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

Sonic Youth: Full Set From The Basement

as Self

From The Basement
From The Basement
2009•movie

as Self - Sonic Youth

Notebook
Notebook
1991•movie

Role: Director

DRIFT
DRIFT
2005•movie

Role: Music

Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY Underground

Role: Music

The Taxidermist
The Taxidermist
2019•movie

Role: Original Music Composer

Salt Marsh
Salt Marsh
2025•movie

Role: Music

She Put Away Her Heart in the Fridge

Role: Original Music Composer