Lee Ranaldo
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 3 February 1956 · 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
Acting 58
- 2026Sonic Youth: Full Set From The Basement as Self
- 2026Vinyl: An Unlikely History as Himself
- 2026Tibetan Freedom Concert as Self
- 2025Sonic Youth: Tibetan Freedom Concert 1996
- 2025Sonic Youth - Gila Monster Jamboree - January 5, 1985
- 2025Peas and Carrots as Lee
- 2025Sonic Youth: Live in 1991
- 2023Velvet Suite as himself
- 2022Fragments of Paradise as Self
- 2020Sonic Youth: From The Basement as self
- 2019Swans: Where Does a Body End? as Self
- 2019Sonic Youth: NYC and Beyond
- 2019SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions as Self
- 2019Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation
- 2018Desolation Center
- 2017Hello Hello Hello: Lee Ranaldo, Electric Trim as Self
- 2016Omega as Self
- 2014Sex and Broadcasting as Self
- 2014Sound and Chaos: The Story of BC Studio as Himself
- 2011Sonic Youth: Live at SWU Festival 2011
- 2011Sonic Youth: Maquinaria Festival
- 2010Daddy Longlegs as Stepfather
- 2009From the Basement as Self - Sonic Youth
- 2009From The Basement as Self - Sonic Youth
- 2008New York Rock at the BBC as Self - Sonic Youth
- 2007365 Day Project as Self
- 2006Noise as Self
- 2005Sonic Youth: Live at Eurockéennes
- 2005We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen as Self
- 2004(This Is Known as) The Blues Scale as Self
- 2004Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost
- 200412 O'Clock High: Volumes 1 & 2
- 2004Kill Your Idols as Self
- 2003Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage as Performer
- 2003Sonic Youth: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (April 12, 2003)
- 2002Sonic Youth: Rockpalast 2002
- 2000Sonic Youth: Live in São Paulo 2000
- 2000Record Player: Christian Marclay as Himself
- 2000Silver Rockets Kool Things - 20 Years of Sonic Youth as Self
- 1998Free Tibet as Self - Sonic Youth
- 1998Sonic Youth: Festival Internacional de Benicàssim
- 1998Sonic Youth: Rockpalast 1998
- 1997Don't Bring A Dog as Himself
- 1996Sonic Youth: Rocknacht - Live In Dusseldorf 1996
- 1995The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special as Self
- 1995Sonic Youth: Screaming Fields of Sonic Love
- 1995Sonic Youth: Blood on the Beach as Self
- 1993Sonic Youth: Live at Campo Pequeno Lisboa
- 19921991: The Year Punk Broke as Self
- 1991Skeeno H.C. Rules
- 1991Goo as Self
- 1988Sonic Youth: 930 Club
- 1988Put More Blood Into the Music as Himself
- 1986Sonic Youth: Mississippi Nights, St. Louis
- 1986Sublapse Video Mag 1
- 1986Death Valley '69
- 1985Sonic Youth: Gila Monster Jamboree
- 1985Submit to Me
Sound 13
- 2026She Put Away Her Heart in the Fridge · original music composer
- 2025Peas and Carrots · songs
- 2025Salt Marsh · music
- 2019We Still Have the Deep Black Night · music producer
- 2019The Taxidermist · original music composer
- 2018Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY Underground · music
- 2010William S. Burroughs: A Man Within · music
- 2005DRIFT · music
- 2002Demonlover · original music composer
- 2001Things Behind the Sun · original music composer
- 1997SubUrbia · musician
- 1996Frisk · original music composer
- 1987Made in U.S.A. · original music composer
crew 1
- 2025The System · compositor
Camera 2
- 2021Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr. · camera operator
- 19921991: The Year Punk Broke · additional director of photography
Directing 2
- 2004Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost (The Videos: 1990-2002) · director
- 1991Notebook · director
Writing 1
- 1991Goo · writer