Known For
Acting
Born
May 08, 1949
Died
May 28, 2001
Credits
38 titles
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
Filmography
Who Killed Nancy?
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Chelsea on the Rocks
Self
Rockets Redglare!
Self
Animal Factory
Big Rand
The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man
Louis & Frank
Ralph
Oz
Barber
Fall
Perfomance Priest
Dreamland
Basquiat
Rockets
Trees Lounge
Stan
What About Me
Frank
In the Soup
Guy
Little Noises
Uncle Howard
Craps
Force of Circumstance
The Factor
In the Spirit
Bartender
Sons
Man on Porch #1
Mystery Train
Liquor Store Clerk
Cookie
Carmine's Wiseguy
Rooftops
Carlos
Talk Radio
Killer / Redneck Caller
Monsters
Swlabr (voice)
Big
Motel Clerk
Shakedown
Ira
Stars & Bars
Peter Gint
Candy Mountain
Van Driver
Police State
Detective
Salvation!
Ollie
Her Name is Lisa
Down by Law
Gig
The Perils of P.K
The Way It Is
Rockets
Where Evil Dwells
After Hours
Angry Mob Member
Desperately Seeking Susan
Taxi Driver
Last Rights
Thomas Burke
Stranger Than Paradise
Poker Player