Rockets Redglare
Known for ActingBorn 1949-05-08 — died 2001-05-28
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
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
Animal Factory
2000 · as Big Rand
Desperately Seeking Susan
1985 · as Taxi Driver
Basquiat
1996 · as Rockets
Trees Lounge
1996 · as Stan
Down by Law
1986 · as Gig
In the Soup
1992 · as Guy
Talk Radio
1988 · as Killer / Redneck Caller
Stars & Bars
1988 · as Peter Gint
Shakedown
1988 · as Ira
Fall
1997 · as Perfomance Priest
The Way It Is
1986 · as Rockets
Salvation!
1987 · as Ollie
In the Spirit
1990 · as Bartender
Little Noises
1992 · as Uncle Howard