Lee Ranaldo
Acting
Born
Feb 03, 1956
From
Glen Cove, Long Island, New York, USA
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.
Known For
10.0
365 Day Project
Self
6.6
Daddy Longlegs
Stepfather
Free Tibet
Self - Sonic Youth
6.0
Sex and Broadcasting
Self
Tibetan Freedom Concert
Self
5.7
Goo
Self
6.5
Fragments of Paradise
Self
6.6
We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen
Self
7.3
Kill Your Idols
Self
3.0
The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special
Self
Filmography — Acting
10.0
2007
365 Day Project
Self
6.6
2010
Daddy Longlegs
Stepfather
1998
Free Tibet
Self - Sonic Youth
6.0
2014
Sex and Broadcasting
Self
Tibetan Freedom Concert
Self
5.7
1991
Goo
Self
6.5
2022
Fragments of Paradise
Self
6.6
2005
We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen
Self
7.3
2004
Kill Your Idols
Self
3.0
1995
The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special
Self
6.8
1992
1991: The Year Punk Broke
Self
1995
Sonic Youth: Screaming Fields of Sonic Love
6.7
2017
Hello Hello Hello: Lee Ranaldo, Electric Trim
Self
4.8
2006
Noise
Self
1998
Sonic Youth: Festival Internacional de Benicàssim
2025
Peas and Carrots
Lee
2004
(This Is Known as) The Blues Scale
Self
9.3
2018
Desolation Center
6.0
2009
From the Basement
Self - Sonic Youth
6.5
2008
New York Rock at the BBC
Self - Sonic Youth
10.0
Sonic Youth - Gila Monster Jamboree - January 5, 1985
1991
Skeeno H.C. Rules
6.3
2016
Omega
Self
8.0
1986
Sublapse Video Mag 1
Vinyl: An Unlikely History
Himself
2011
Sonic Youth: Maquinaria Festival
2004
12 O'Clock High: Volumes 1 & 2
7.9
2019
Swans: Where Does a Body End?
Self
7.0
1988
Put More Blood Into the Music
Himself
5.1
1986
Submit to Me
2000
Silver Rockets Kool Things - 20 Years of Sonic Youth
Self
1996
Sonic Youth: Rocknacht - Live In Dusseldorf 1996
1986
Sonic Youth: Mississippi Nights, St. Louis
2019
Sonic Youth: NYC and Beyond
1988
Sonic Youth: 930 Club
1985
Sonic Youth: Gila Monster Jamboree
5.0
2003
Sonic Youth: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (April 12, 2003)
1993
Sonic Youth: Live at Campo Pequeno Lisboa
5.8
2004
Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost
2025
Sonic Youth: Live in 1991
1997
Don't Bring A Dog
Himself
4.5
2005
Sonic Youth: Live at Eurockéennes
6.5
2014
Sound and Chaos: The Story of BC Studio
Himself
2019
Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation
1995
Sonic Youth: Blood on the Beach
Self
2011
Sonic Youth: Live at SWU Festival 2011
2000
Sonic Youth: Live in São Paulo 2000
1998
Sonic Youth: Rockpalast 1998
2019
SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions
Self
2002
Sonic Youth: Rockpalast 2002
2003
Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage
Performer
2000
Record Player: Christian Marclay
Himself
Sonic Youth: Tibetan Freedom Concert 1996
5.0
2023
Velvet Suite
himself
7.7
2012
The Hardcore Collection
(archive footage)
