Rockets Redglare

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1949-05-08 (52 years old)

Deathday

2001-05-28

Place of Birth

-

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.

Acting

1984

Stranger Than Paradise

as Poker Player

1996

Basquiat

as Rockets

1986

1988

Stars & Bars

as Peter Gint

2000

Animal Factory

as Big Rand

1996

1985

After Hours

as Angry Mob Member

1993

1987

Salvation!

as Ollie

1987

Police State

as Detective

1986

The Way It Is

as Rockets

1988

Talk Radio

as Killer / Redneck Caller

1990

1985

Last Rights

as Thomas Burke

1997

Fall

as Perfomance Priest

1985

1992

Little Noises

as Uncle Howard

1992

1990

Sons

as Man on Porch #1

1989

Mystery Train

as Liquor Store Clerk

1988

Shakedown

as Ira

1989

Rooftops

as Carlos

2009

Who Killed Nancy?

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

1988

Big

as Motel Clerk

1990

In the Spirit

as Bartender

1988

Candy Mountain

as Van Driver

1998

1991

1989

Cookie

as Carmine's Wiseguy

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