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