Rockets Redglare
May 8, 1949 (75 years old) in
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
Credits
- 2009 · Who Killed Nancy? as Self - Actor (archive footage)
- 2008 · Chelsea on the Rocks as Self
- 2003 · Rockets Redglare! as Self
- 2001 · Abnormal: The Sinema of Nick Zedd as
- 2000 · Animal Factory as Big Rand
- 1999 · The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man as
- 1997 · Oz as Barber
- 1997 · Fall as Perfomance Priest
- 1996 · Basquiat as Rockets
- 1996 · Trees Lounge as Stan
- 1993 · What About Me as Frank
- 1992 · In the Soup as Guy
- 1992 · Little Noises as Uncle Howard
- 1990 · Force of Circumstance as The Factor
- 1990 · In the Spirit as Bartender
- 1990 · Sons as Man on Porch #1
- 1989 · Mystery Train as Liquor Store Clerk
- 1989 · Rooftops as Carlos
- 1988 · Talk Radio as Killer / Redneck Caller
- 1988 · Monsters as
- 1988 · Big as Motel Clerk
- 1988 · Shakedown as Ira
- 1988 · Stars & Bars as Peter Gint
- 1987 · Police State as Detective
- 1987 · Salvation! as Ollie
- 1987 · Her Name is Lisa as
- 1986 · Down by Law as Gig
- 1986 · The Perils of P.K as
- 1986 · The Way It Is as Rockets
- 1985 · Where Evil Dwells as
- 1985 · After Hours as Angry Mob Member
- 1985 · Desperately Seeking Susan as Taxi Driver
- 1985 · Last Rights as Thomas Burke
- 1984 · Stranger Than Paradise as Poker Player