Lee Ranaldo

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1956-02-03 (69 years old)

Place of Birth

Glen Cove, Long Island, New York, USA

Lee Ranaldo

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.

Acting

2023

Velvet Suite

as himself

2004

Kill Your Idols

as Himself

2016

Omega

as Self

2009

From The Basement

as Self - Sonic Youth

1997

1991

Goo

as Self

2012

The Hardcore Collection

as (archive footage)

2010

Daddy Longlegs

as Stepfather

1991

2006

Noise

as Self

2008

New York Rock at the BBC

as Self - Sonic Youth

1998

Free Tibet

as Self - Sonic Youth

Production

1991

Notebook

as Director

1991

Goo

as Writer

1987

Made in U.S.A.

as Original Music Composer

2005

DRIFT

as Music

2001

Things Behind the Sun

as Original Music Composer

2002

Demonlover

as Original Music Composer

1997

SubUrbia

as Musician

1992

1991: The Year Punk Broke

as Additional Director of Photography

1996

Frisk

as Original Music Composer

2019

The Taxidermist

as Original Music Composer

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