
Rockets Redglare
Acting
1949-05-08
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.
Filmography(38)
movieWho Killed Nancy?
as Self - Actor (archive footage) · 2009 · 5.0
movieChelsea on the Rocks
as Self · 2008 · 5.6
movieRockets Redglare!
as Self · 2003 · 8.0
movieAnimal Factory
as Big Rand · 2000 · 6.3
movieThe Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man
as · 1999 · 8.0
movieLouis & Frank
as Ralph · 1998 · 4.5
tvOz
as Barber · 1997 · 8.1
movieFall
as Perfomance Priest · 1997 · 6.3
movieDreamland
as · 1997 · 9.0
movieBasquiat
as Rockets · 1996 · 6.6
movieTrees Lounge
as Stan · 1996 · 6.9
movieWhat About Me
as Frank · 1993 · 4.7
movieIn the Soup
as Guy · 1992 · 6.7
movieLittle Noises
as Uncle Howard · 1992 · 5.9
Craps
as · 1991 · 0.0
movieForce of Circumstance
as The Factor · 1990 · 9.0
movieIn the Spirit
as Bartender · 1990 · 4.5
movieSons
as Man on Porch #1 · 1990 · 6.3
movieMystery Train
as Liquor Store Clerk · 1989 · 7.3
movieCookie
as Carmine's Wiseguy · 1989 · 5.6
movieRooftops
as Carlos · 1989 · 4.8
movieTalk Radio
as Killer / Redneck Caller · 1988 · 7.0
tvMonsters
as Swlabr (voice) · 1988 · 7.1
movieBig
as Motel Clerk · 1988 · 7.2