Rockets Redglare
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 8, 1949
- Died
- May 28, 2001
- Movies
- 38
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2009 | Who Killed Nancy? | Self - Actor (archive footage) |
| 2008 | Chelsea on the Rocks | Self |
| 2003 | Rockets Redglare! | Self |
| 2000 | Animal Factory | Big Rand |
| 1999 | The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man | |
| 1998 | Louis & Frank | Ralph |
| 1997 | Fall | Perfomance Priest |
| 1997 | Dreamland | |
| 1996 | Basquiat | Rockets |
| 1996 | Trees Lounge | Stan |
| 1993 | What About Me | Frank |
| 1992 | In the Soup | Guy |
| 1992 | Little Noises | Uncle Howard |
| 1991 | Craps | |
| 1990 | Force of Circumstance | The Factor |
| 1990 | In the Spirit | Bartender |
| 1990 | Sons | Man on Porch #1 |
| 1989 | Mystery Train | Liquor Store Clerk |
| 1989 | Cookie | Carmine's Wiseguy |
| 1989 | Rooftops | Carlos |
| 1988 | Talk Radio | Killer / Redneck Caller |
| 1988 | Big | Motel Clerk |
| 1988 | Shakedown | Ira |
| 1988 | She Must Be Seeing Things | Man on Roof |
| 1988 | Stars & Bars | Peter Gint |
| 1988 | Candy Mountain | Van Driver |
| 1987 | Police State | Detective |
| 1987 | Salvation! | Ollie |
| 1987 | Hotshot | |
| 1987 | Her Name is Lisa | |
| 1986 | Down by Law | Gig |
| 1986 | The Perils of P.K | |
| 1986 | The Way It Is | Rockets |
| 1985 | Where Evil Dwells | |
| 1985 | After Hours | Angry Mob Member |
| 1985 | Desperately Seeking Susan | Taxi Driver |
| 1985 | Last Rights | Thomas Burke |
| 1984 | Stranger Than Paradise | Poker Player |
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