Rockets Redglare
Birthday
1949/05/08
Day of death
2001/05/28 (52 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Also know as
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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.
Acting
(1984) Stranger Than Paradise
as Poker Player
(1996) Basquiat
as Rockets
(1986) Down by Law
as Gig
(1988) Stars & Bars
as Peter Gint
(2000) Animal Factory
as Big Rand
(1996) Trees Lounge
as Stan
(1985) After Hours
as Angry Mob Member
(1993) What About Me
as Frank
(1999) The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man
as ---
(1987) Salvation!
as Ollie
(1987) Police State
as Detective
(2003) Rockets Redglare!
as Self
(1986) The Way It Is
as Rockets
(1985) Where Evil Dwells
as ---
(1988) Talk Radio
as Killer / Redneck Caller
(1990) Force of Circumstance
as The Factor
(1985) Last Rights
as Thomas Burke
(1997) Fall
as Perfomance Priest
(2001) Abnormal: The Sinema of Nick Zedd
as ---
(1985) Desperately Seeking Susan
as Taxi Driver
(1992) Little Noises
as Uncle Howard
(1992) In the Soup
as Guy
(1990) Sons
as Man on Porch #1
(1986) The Perils of P.K
as ---
(1989) Mystery Train
as Liquor Store Clerk
(1988) Shakedown
as Ira
(1989) Rooftops
as Carlos
(2008) Chelsea on the Rocks
as Self
(2009) Who Killed Nancy?
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
(1988) Big
as Motel Clerk
(1987) Her Name is Lisa
as ---
(1990) In the Spirit
as Bartender
(1988) Candy Mountain
as Van Driver
(1998) Louis & Frank
as Ralph
(1991) Craps
as ---
(1989) Cookie
as Carmine's Wiseguy
(1997) Oz
as Barber
(1988) Monsters
as ---