Acting
Thurston Moore
Jul 25, 1958 (68 years) 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
7.9
Gilmore Girls
Cool Dad Troubadour
6.5
The Wizard of the Kremlin
Synthesizer Player
7.4
The Sparks Brothers
Self
7.7
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Self
7.4
Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson
Self
7.7
Classic Albums
Self
6.8
1991: The Year Punk Broke
Self
7.2
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
Self
7.6
Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!
1994 · Movie
7.9
Punk
Self
7.0
Classic Albums: Nirvana - Nevermind
Self
6.7
Pavements
Self (uncredited)
7.1
Punk: Attitude
Self
5.2
Submit to Me
1985 · Movie
6.9
Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)
Self
Filmography
10.0
Sonic Youth - Gila Monster Jamboree - January 5, 1985
Sonic Youth: Tibetan Freedom Concert 1996
6.5
The Wizard of the Kremlin
2026 · Synthesizer Player
7.6
Broken English
2026 · Self
5.0
The Last Critic
2026
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
2026 · Self
6.7
Pavements
2025 · Self (uncredited)
Sonic Youth: Live in 1991
2025
7.8
Scala!!!
2024 · Self
8.3
Uncropped
2024 · Self
Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story
2024
The Road to Ruane
2024 · Self
6.0
Louder Than You Think
2023 · Self (archive footage)
6.5
Irma Vep
2022 · Original Music Composer
Black Lodge
2022 · Executive Producer
7.4
The Sparks Brothers
2021 · Self
7.4
Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson
2021 · Self
6.6
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
2021 · Self
7.8
Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr.
2021 · Self
7.0
Fire Music
2021 · Executive Producer
2020
2021 · Music
6.8
Thick Air
2020 · Himself
7.9
Punk
2019 · Self
7.9
Swans: Where Does a Body End?
2019 · Self
6.7
Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine
2019 · Self - Sonic Youth
7.0
Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over
2019 · Self
10.0
SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions
2019 · Self
Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation
2019
9.3
Desolation Center
2018
7.4
The Public Image Is Rotten
2017 · Himself