Rockets Redglare
Actor
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
After Hours
as Angry Mob Member 1985
Down by Law
as Gig 1986
Stranger Than Paradise
as Poker Player 1984
Desperately Seeking Susan
as Taxi Driver 1985
Mystery Train
as Liquor Store Clerk 1989
Basquiat
as Rockets 1996
Animal Factory
as Big Rand 2000
Talk Radio
as Killer / Redneck Caller 1988
Trees Lounge
as Stan 1996
Shakedown
as Ira 1988
In the Soup
as Guy 1992
Fall
as Perfomance Priest 1997
Cookie
as Carmine's Wiseguy 1989
Stars & Bars
as Peter Gint 1988
Rooftops
as Carlos 1989
Who Killed Nancy?
as Self - Actor (archive footage) 2009