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)
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)
Candy Mountain
(Van Driver)
Louis & Frank
(Ralph)
Craps
Cookie
(Carmine's Wiseguy)
Oz
(Barber)
Monsters