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Rockets Redglare
0.5 Popularity
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
Credits
Who Killed Nancy?
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2009
5.0
Chelsea on the Rocks
as Self
2008
5.6
Rockets Redglare!
as Self
2003
6.0
Animal Factory
as Big Rand
2000
6.3
The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man
1999
0.0
Louis & Frank
as Ralph
1998
1.0
Oz
as Barber
1997
8.0
Fall
as Perfomance Priest
1997
6.2
Basquiat
as Rockets
1996
6.6
Trees Lounge
as Stan
1996
6.9
What About Me
as Frank
1993
4.0
In the Soup
as Guy
1992
6.5
Little Noises
as Uncle Howard
1992
5.7
🎬
Craps
1991
0.0
Force of Circumstance
as The Factor
1990
0.0
In the Spirit
as Bartender
1990
3.3
Sons
as Man on Porch #1
1990
5.0
Mystery Train
as Liquor Store Clerk
1989
7.3
Cookie
as Carmine's Wiseguy
1989
5.2
Rooftops
as Carlos
1989
4.4
Talk Radio
as Killer / Redneck Caller
1988
7.0
Monsters
1988
7.1
Big
as Motel Clerk
1988
7.2
Shakedown
as Ira
1988
5.8
Stars & Bars
as Peter Gint
1988
4.3
Candy Mountain
as Van Driver
1988
5.8
Police State
as Detective
1987
5.0
Salvation!
as Ollie
1987
5.8
Her Name is Lisa
1987
1.0
Down by Law
as Gig
1986
7.3
The Perils of P.K
1986
10.0
The Way It Is
as Rockets
1986
0.0
Where Evil Dwells
1985
7.3
After Hours
as Angry Mob Member
1985
7.5
Desperately Seeking Susan
as Taxi Driver
1985
6.1
🎬
Last Rights
as Thomas Burke
1985
0.0
Stranger Than Paradise
as Poker Player
1984
7.1