Rockets Redglare
Acting
Born
May 08, 1949
Died
May 28, 2001
Rockets Redglare (May 8, 1949 – May 28, 2001) was an American character actor and stand-up comedian. As well as his career as an entertainer, he worked as a roadie for a band called The Hassles (with a young Billy Joel), and as a bodyguard and drug supplier to punk rock bassist Sid Vicious and artist-musician Jean Michel Basquiat.
Known For
Filmography — Acting
7.2
1988
Big
Motel Clerk
7.5
1985
After Hours
Angry Mob Member
6.6
1996
Basquiat
Rockets
7.3
1989
Mystery Train
Liquor Store Clerk
6.6
1992
In the Soup
Guy
6.1
1985
Desperately Seeking Susan
Taxi Driver
7.2
1984
Stranger Than Paradise
Poker Player
6.9
1996
Trees Lounge
Stan
7.3
1986
Down by Law
Gig
6.3
2000
Animal Factory
Big Rand
5.3
1989
Cookie
Carmine's Wiseguy
5.8
1988
Shakedown
Ira
7.0
1988
Talk Radio
Killer / Redneck Caller
6.3
1997
Fall
Perfomance Priest
5.0
1990
Sons
Man on Porch #1
4.3
1988
Stars & Bars
Peter Gint
4.4
1989
Rooftops
Carlos
5.7
1992
Little Noises
Uncle Howard
5.8
1988
Candy Mountain
Van Driver
3.3
1990
In the Spirit
Bartender
10.0
1986
The Perils of P.K
6.0
2003
Rockets Redglare!
Self
5.8
1987
Salvation!
Ollie
5.6
2008
Chelsea on the Rocks
Self
1.0
1998
Louis & Frank
Ralph
5.0
2009
Who Killed Nancy?
Self - Actor (archive footage)
1999
The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man
4.0
1993
What About Me
Frank
1986
The Way It Is
Rockets
1990
Force of Circumstance
The Factor
7.3
1985
Where Evil Dwells
1985
Last Rights
Thomas Burke
1991
Craps
1997
Dreamland
5.0
1987
Police State
Detective
1.0
1987