Rockets Redglare
Actor
- Born
- May 8, 1949
- Died
- May 28, 2001 (age 52)
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
Big
June 3, 1988
After Hours
September 13, 1985
Down by Law
September 20, 1986
Stranger Than Paradise
October 1, 1984
Desperately Seeking Susan
March 29, 1985
Mystery Train
September 6, 1989
Basquiat
August 9, 1996
Animal Factory
October 13, 2000
Talk Radio
December 23, 1988
Trees Lounge
May 11, 1996
Shakedown
May 6, 1988
In the Soup
October 23, 1992
Acting38
- 2009Who Killed Nancy? as Self - Actor (archive footage)
- 2008Chelsea on the Rocks as Self
- 2003Rockets Redglare! as Self
- 2000Animal Factory as Big Rand
- 1999The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man
- 1998Louis & Frank as Ralph
- 1997Fall as Perfomance Priest
- 1997Dreamland
- 1996Basquiat as Rockets
- 1996Trees Lounge as Stan
- 1993