Rockets Redglare
Known for Acting
Born May 8, 1949
Died May 28, 2001
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
Big
1988
as Motel Clerk
After Hours
1985
as Angry Mob Member
Animal Factory
2000
as Big Rand
Desperately Seeking Susan
1985
as Taxi Driver
In the Soup
1992
as Guy
Basquiat
1996
as Rockets
Down by Law
1986
as Gig
Mystery Train
1989
as Liquor Store Clerk
Stranger Than Paradise
1984
as Poker Player
Trees Lounge
1996
as Stan
Talk Radio
1988
as Killer / Redneck Caller
Shakedown
1988
as Ira
Rooftops
1989
as Carlos
Cookie
1989
as Carmine's Wiseguy
Stars & Bars
1988
as Peter Gint
Fall
1997
as Perfomance Priest
Candy Mountain
1988
as Van Driver
Chelsea on the Rocks
2008
as Self
Rockets Redglare!
2003
as Self
Little Noises
1992
as Uncle Howard
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