Acting · Born May 8, 1949
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.
MovieWho Killed Nancy?
2009
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
MovieChelsea on the Rocks
2008
as Self
MovieRockets Redglare!
2003
as Self
MovieAnimal Factory
2000
as Big Rand
MovieThe Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man
1999
MovieLouis & Frank
1998
as Ralph
TVOz
1997
as Barber
MovieFall
1997
as Perfomance Priest
MovieDreamland
1997
MovieBasquiat
1996
as Rockets
MovieTrees Lounge
1996
as Stan
MovieWhat About Me
1993
as Frank
MovieIn the Soup
1992
as Guy
MovieLittle Noises
1992
as Uncle Howard
Craps
1991
MovieForce of Circumstance
1990
as The Factor
MovieIn the Spirit
1990
as Bartender
MovieSons
1990
as Man on Porch #1
MovieMystery Train
1989
as Liquor Store Clerk
MovieCookie
1989
as Carmine's Wiseguy
MovieRooftops
1989
as Carlos
MovieTalk Radio
1988
as Killer / Redneck Caller
TVMonsters
1988
as Swlabr (voice)
MovieBig
1988
as Motel Clerk
MovieShakedown
1988
as Ira
MovieStars & Bars
1988
as Peter Gint
MovieCandy Mountain
1988
as Van Driver
MoviePolice State
1987
as Detective
MovieSalvation!
1987
as Ollie
MovieHer Name is Lisa
1987
MovieDown by Law
1986
as Gig
MovieThe Perils of P.K
1986
MovieThe Way It Is
1986
as Rockets
MovieWhere Evil Dwells
1985
MovieAfter Hours
1985
as Angry Mob Member
MovieDesperately Seeking Susan
1985
as Taxi Driver
Last Rights
1985
as Thomas Burke
MovieStranger Than Paradise
1984
as Poker Player
