Rockets Redglare
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Acting Credits
Biography
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
Who Killed Nancy?
2009
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Chelsea on the Rocks
2008
as Self
Rockets Redglare!
2003
as Self
Animal Factory
2000
as Big Rand
The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man
1999
Louis & Frank
1998
as Ralph
Fall
1997
as Perfomance Priest
Dreamland
1997
Oz
1997
as Barber
Basquiat
1996
as Rockets
Trees Lounge
1996
as Stan
What About Me
1993
as Frank
Little Noises
1992
as Uncle Howard
In the Soup
1992
as Guy
Craps
1991
Force of Circumstance
1990
as The Factor
Sons
1990
as Man on Porch #1
In the Spirit
1990
as Bartender
Mystery Train
1989
as Liquor Store Clerk
Rooftops
1989
as Carlos
Cookie
1989
as Carmine's Wiseguy
Stars & Bars
1988
as Peter Gint
Talk Radio
1988
as Killer / Redneck Caller
Shakedown
1988
as Ira
Big
1988
as Motel Clerk
Candy Mountain
1988
as Van Driver
She Must Be Seeing Things
1988
as Man on Roof
Monsters
1988
as Swlabr (voice)
Salvation!
1987
as Ollie
Police State
1987
as Detective
Her Name is Lisa
1987
Hotshot
1987
Down by Law
1986
as Gig
The Way It Is
1986
as Rockets
The Perils of P.K
1986
After Hours
1985
as Angry Mob Member
Where Evil Dwells
1985
Last Rights
1985
as Thomas Burke
Desperately Seeking Susan
1985
as Taxi Driver
Stranger Than Paradise
1984
as Poker Player