Person
Rockets Redglare
Acting · 1949–2001
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.
Known for
Oz
Barber
Monsters
Swlabr (voice)
Big
Motel Clerk
Mystery Train
Liquor Store Clerk
After Hours
Angry Mob Member
Stranger Than Paradise
Poker Player
Desperately Seeking Susan
Taxi Driver
Basquiat
Rockets
Down by Law
Gig
Animal Factory
Big Rand
Filmography
- 2009Who Killed Nancy?Self - Actor (archive footage)
- 2008Chelsea on the RocksSelf
- 2003Rockets Redglare!Self
- 2000Animal FactoryBig Rand
- 1999The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man
- 1998Louis & FrankRalph
- 1997OzBarber
- 1997FallPerfomance Priest
- 1997Dreamland
- 1996BasquiatRockets
- 1996Trees LoungeStan
- 1993What About MeFrank
- 1992In the SoupGuy
- 1992Little NoisesUncle Howard
- 1991Craps
- 1990Force of CircumstanceThe Factor
- 1990In the SpiritBartender
- 1990SonsMan on Porch #1
- 1989Mystery TrainLiquor Store Clerk
- 1989CookieCarmine's Wiseguy
- 1989RooftopsCarlos
- 1988Talk RadioKiller / Redneck Caller
- 1988MonstersSwlabr (voice)
- 1988BigMotel Clerk
- 1988ShakedownIra
- 1988Stars & BarsPeter Gint
- 1988Candy MountainVan Driver
- 1987Police StateDetective
- 1987Salvation!Ollie
- 1987Her Name is Lisa
- 1986Down by LawGig
- 1986The Perils of P.K
- 1986The Way It IsRockets
- 1985Where Evil Dwells
- 1985After HoursAngry Mob Member
- 1985Desperately Seeking SusanTaxi Driver
- 1985Last RightsThomas Burke
- 1984Stranger Than ParadisePoker Player
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