Acting
Rockets Redglare
EN, DE cinema · 38 credits
Born
8 May 1949
Died
28 May 2001 (aged 52)
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?
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Animal Factory
as Big Rand
Louis & Frank
as Ralph
Fall
as Perfomance Priest
Basquiat
as Rockets
Trees Lounge
as Stan
What About Me
as Frank
Little Noises
as Uncle Howard
In the Soup
as Guy
Force of Circumstance
as The Factor
Sons
as Man on Porch #1
In the Spirit
as Bartender
Mystery Train
as Liquor Store Clerk
Rooftops
as Carlos
Cookie
as Carmine's Wiseguy
Stars & Bars
as Peter Gint
Talk Radio
as Killer / Redneck Caller
Shakedown
as Ira
Big
as Motel Clerk
Candy Mountain
as Van Driver
She Must Be Seeing Things
as Man on Roof
Salvation!
as Ollie
Police State
as Detective
Hotshot
Actor
Down by Law
as Gig
The Way It Is
as Rockets
After Hours
as Angry Mob Member
Last Rights
1985
Last Rights
as Thomas Burke
Desperately Seeking Susan
as Taxi Driver
Stranger Than Paradise
as Poker Player