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