Rockets Redglare
Known for Acting
Born May 8, 1949
Died May 28, 2001 (aged 52)
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.
Filmography
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Big
1988
as Motel Clerk
After Hours
1985
as Angry Mob Member
Mystery Train
1989
as Liquor Store Clerk
Stranger Than Paradise
1984
as Poker Player
Basquiat
1996
as Rockets
Animal Factory
2000
as Big Rand
Desperately Seeking Susan
1985
as Taxi Driver
Down by Law
1986
as Gig
Fall
1997
as Perfomance Priest
Trees Lounge
1996
as Stan
In the Soup
1992
as Guy
Stars & Bars
1988
as Peter Gint
Shakedown
1988
as Ira
Talk Radio
1988
as Killer / Redneck Caller
Cookie
1989
as Carmine's Wiseguy
Salvation!
1987
as Ollie
Rooftops
1989
as Carlos
Sons
1990
as Man on Porch #1
In the Spirit
1990
as Bartender
Chelsea on the Rocks
2008
as Self
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