Rockets Redglare
Acting
Born May 8, 1949
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.
Films (36)
Who Killed Nancy?
2009
Chelsea on the Rocks
2008
Rockets Redglare!
2003
Animal Factory
2000
The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man
1999
Louis & Frank
1998
Fall
1997
Dreamland
1997
Basquiat
1996
Trees Lounge
1996
What About Me
1993
In the Soup
1992
Little Noises
1992
Craps
1991
Force of Circumstance
1990
In the Spirit
1990
Sons
1990
Mystery Train
1989
Cookie
1989
Rooftops
1989
Talk Radio
1988
Big
1988
Shakedown
1988
Stars & Bars
1988
Candy Mountain
1988
Police State
1987
Salvation!
1987
Her Name is Lisa
1987
Down by Law
1986
The Perils of P.K
1986
The Way It Is
1986
After Hours
1985
Where Evil Dwells
1985
Desperately Seeking Susan
1985
Last Rights
1985
Stranger Than Paradise
1984