Rockets Redglare
Known for: Acting
Born: May 8, 1949
Died: May 28, 2001
Place of birth: —
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.
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Filmography
38 movies · 2 TV shows, newest first
5.0
Who Killed Nancy?
2009
5.7
Chelsea on the Rocks
2008
7.7
Rockets Redglare!
2003
6.3
Animal Factory
2000
8.0
The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man
1999
4.5
Louis & Frank
1998
8.0
Oz
1997
6.2
Fall
1997
9.0
Dreamland
1997
6.6
Basquiat
1996
6.9
Trees Lounge
1996
4.7
What About Me
1993
6.7
In the Soup
1992
5.9
Little Noises
1992NR
Craps
1991
9.0
Force of Circumstance
1990
4.5
In the Spirit
1990
5.3
Sons
1990
7.3
Mystery Train
1989
5.6
Cookie
1989
4.8
Rooftops
1989
7.1
Talk Radio
1988
7.0
Monsters
1988
7.2
Big
1988
5.8
Shakedown
1988
5.5
She Must Be Seeing Things
1988
4.4
Stars & Bars
1988
6.1
Candy Mountain
1988
5.4
Police State
1987
6.6
Salvation!
1987
4.4
Hotshot
1987
3.3
Her Name is Lisa
1987
7.4
Down by Law
1986
9.5
The Perils of P.K
1986
8.0
The Way It Is
1986
5.6
Where Evil Dwells
1985
7.5
After Hours
1985
6.1
Desperately Seeking Susan
1985NR
Last Rights
1985
7.2
Stranger Than Paradise
1984