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.
Stranger Than Paradise
(Poker Player)
Basquiat
(Rockets)
Down by Law
(Gig)
Stars & Bars
(Peter Gint)
Animal Factory
(Big Rand)
Trees Lounge
(Stan)
After Hours
(Angry Mob Member)
What About Me
(Frank)
The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man
Salvation!
(Ollie)
Police State
(Detective)
Rockets Redglare!
(Self)
The Way It Is
(Rockets)
Where Evil Dwells
Talk Radio
(Killer / Redneck Caller)
Force of Circumstance
(The Factor)
Last Rights
(Thomas Burke)
Fall
(Perfomance Priest)
Abnormal: The Sinema of Nick Zedd
Desperately Seeking Susan
(Taxi Driver)
Little Noises
(Uncle Howard)
In the Soup
(Guy)
Sons
(Man on Porch #1)
The Perils of P.K
Mystery Train
(Liquor Store Clerk)
Shakedown
(Ira)
Rooftops
(Carlos)
Chelsea on the Rocks
(Self)
Who Killed Nancy?
(Self - Actor (archive footage))
Big
(Motel Clerk)
Her Name is Lisa
In the Spirit
(Bartender)
Oz
(Barber)
Monsters