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
Cast Credits
Who Killed Nancy?
Character: Self - Actor (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2009
Chelsea on the Rocks
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2008
Rockets Redglare!
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2003
Animal Factory
Character: Big Rand
MOVIE • 2000
The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man
Character:
MOVIE • 1999
Louis & Frank
Character: Ralph
MOVIE • 1998
Oz
Character: Barber
TV • 1997
Fall
Character: Perfomance Priest
MOVIE • 1997
Basquiat
Character: Rockets
MOVIE • 1996
Trees Lounge
Character: Stan
MOVIE • 1996
What About Me
Character: Frank
MOVIE • 1993
In the Soup
Character: Guy
MOVIE • 1992
Little Noises
Character: Uncle Howard
MOVIE • 1992
Craps
Character:
MOVIE • 1991
Force of Circumstance
Character: The Factor
MOVIE • 1990
In the Spirit
Character: Bartender
MOVIE • 1990
Sons
Character: Man on Porch #1
MOVIE • 1990
Mystery Train
Character: Liquor Store Clerk
MOVIE • 1989
Cookie
Character: Carmine's Wiseguy
MOVIE • 1989
Rooftops
Character: Carlos
MOVIE • 1989