Rockets Redglare
Known For
Acting
Born
1949-05-08
Died
2001-05-28
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.
Most Known For
Oz
as Barber
Big
as Motel Clerk
Monsters
Mystery Train
as Liquor Store Clerk
After Hours
as Angry Mob Member
Salvation!
as Ollie
Stranger Than Paradise
as Poker Player
Down by Law
as Gig
Desperately Seeking Susan
as Taxi Driver
Animal Factory
as Big Rand
Basquiat
as Rockets
Talk Radio
as Killer / Redneck Caller
Trees Lounge
as Stan
Cookie
as Carmine's Wiseguy
Shakedown
as Ira
In the Soup
as Guy
Fall
as Perfomance Priest
Chelsea on the Rocks
as Self
Craps
Who Killed Nancy?
as Self - Actor (archive footage)