Thurston Moore
Known for Acting · 119 credits
- Born
- 1958-07-25 (age 67)
- Place of birth
- Coral Gables, Florida, USA
- Also known as
- Sonic Youth
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
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self - Musical Guest
Gilmore Girls
2000
as Cool Dad Troubadour
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Musical Guest
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Musical Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
as Self - Musical Guest
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994
as Fred Cracklin
TV Shows (11)
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self - Musical Guest
Gilmore Girls
2000
as Cool Dad Troubadour
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Musical Guest
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Musical Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
as Self - Musical Guest
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994
as Fred Cracklin
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009
as Self - Musical Guest
Classic Albums
1997
as Self
Punk
2019
as Self
Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson
2021
as Self
Hi Octane
1994
as Self (Host)
Movies (108)
The Wizard of the Kremlin
2026
as Synthesizer Player
The Sparks Brothers
2021
as Self
Pavements
2025
as Self (uncredited)
Broken English
2026
as Self
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
2025
as Self
The Best Summer
2026
as Self
Blank City
2011
as Self
The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special
1995
as Self
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
2006
as Self
The Last Critic
2026
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
2009
as Self
Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard
2011
as Self
Ben Lee: Catch My Disease
2012
as Self
Scala!!!
2024
as Self
Goo
1991
as Self
Changing Fashions
1993
25 Years of Punk
2001
as Self
1991: The Year Punk Broke
1992
as Self
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
2010
as Self
365 Day Project
2007
as Self
We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen
2005
as Self
Punk: Attitude
2005
as Himself
Brian Wilson: I Just Wasn't Made for These Times
1995
as Self
Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)
2015
as Self
Free Tibet
1998
as Self - Sonic Youth
Classic Albums: Nirvana - Nevermind
2005
as Self
Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr.
2021
as himself
No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York
2009
as Self
Uncropped
2024
as Self
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
2021
as Self
The Public Image Is Rotten
2017
as Himself
Noise
2006
as Self
Money for Nothing: Behind the Business of Pop Music
2001
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!
1994
It's Not Repetition, It's Discipline
2014
as Himself
Lou Reed - Remembered
2013
New York Rock at the BBC
2008
as Self - Sonic Youth
You're Gonna Miss Me: A Film About Roky Erickson
2007
as Self
Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos
1994
as Self
From the Basement
2009
as Self - Sonic Youth
I'm Now: The Story of Mudhoney
2013
(This Is Known as) The Blues Scale
2004
as Self
Weatherman '69
1989
as Jeff Jones
Desolation Center
2018
Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost
2004
Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine
2019
as Self - Sonic Youth
Put More Blood Into the Music
1988
as Himself
Dinosaur Jr: Live in the Middle East
2007
as Himself
I Need That Record!
2008
as Himself
Submit to Me
1986
Swans: Where Does a Body End?
2019
as Self
Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story
2024
Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage
2003
as Performer
Llik Your Idols
2007
as Himself
Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over
2019
as Self
Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape
2016
as Himself
Pavement: Slow Century
2002
as Self
Kill Your Idols
2004
as Self
Station to Station
2014
Louder Than You Think
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Sonic Youth: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (April 12, 2003)
2003
Lou Believers
1988
as Himself
Thick Air
2020
as Himself
Skeeno H.C. Rules
1991
Day Trip Maryanne
2005
The Road to Ruane
2024
as Self
Sonic Youth & The Black Keys: Live at Austin City Limits 2011
2010
Record Player: Christian Marclay
2000
as Himself
Sonic Youth: Live at SWU Festival 2011
2011
Sublapse Video Mag 1
1986
An Introduction to Harmolodics
1995
Tibetan Freedom Concert
as Self
Sonic Youth: Screaming Fields of Sonic Love
1995
Don't Bring A Dog
1997
as Himself
SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions
2019
as Self
Sonic Youth: Rocknacht - Live In Dusseldorf 1996
1996
Welcome to My Castle!
2007
as Self
Cecil Taylor: All The Notes
2005
as Himself
Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation
2019
Sonic Youth: NYC and Beyond
2019
Silver Rockets Kool Things - 20 Years of Sonic Youth
2000
as Self
Turn of the Century
1999
as Himself
Sun Ra: Brother From Another Planet
2005
as Self
Kill Your Idols: More.
2006
as Self
Teenage Superstars
2017
as Self
Rap Damage
1991
Notebook
1991
The Hardcore Collection
2000
Sonic Youth: Live at Eurockéennes
2005
Sonic Youth: Live in São Paulo 2000
2000
Sonic Youth - Gila Monster Jamboree - January 5, 1985
Cut Shorts
2006
Grunge Pedal
1993
Sonic Youth: Live at Campo Pequeno Lisboa
1993
Sonic Youth: Rockpalast 1998
1998
Ecstatic Peace Archives
2010
Sonic Youth: Gila Monster Jamboree
1985
Sonic Youth: Blood on the Beach
1995
as Self
Sonic Youth: Maquinaria Festival
2011
Sonic Youth: 930 Club
1988
David S. Ware
1999
as Himself
Sonic Youth: Festival Internacional de Benicàssim
1998
Sonic Youth: Tibetan Freedom Concert 1996
Sonic Youth: Rockpalast 2002
2002
Sonic Youth Full Set From The Basement
as Self
Sonic Youth: Live in 1991
2025
Sonic Youth: Mississippi Nights, St. Louis
1986
The Hardcore Collection
2012
as (archive footage)
About Thurston Moore
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. With 119 credits spanning from 1985 to 2026, Thurston Moore has appeared in 108 films and 11 TV shows.
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Most Popular Thurston Moore Movies
- The Wizard of the Kremlin (2026) — as Synthesizer Player
- The Sparks Brothers (2021) — as Self
- Pavements (2025) — as Self (uncredited)
- Broken English (2026) — as Self
- Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt (2025) — as Self
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