Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
5/8/1949
Rockets Redglare
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.
Known For
Big
as Motel Clerk
Rooftops
as Carlos
After Hours
as Angry Mob Member
Shakedown
as Ira
Talk Radio
as Killer / Redneck Caller
Mystery Train
as Liquor Store Clerk
Trees Lounge
as Stan
Animal Factory
as Big Rand
Candy Mountain
as Van Driver
Cookie
as Carmine's Wiseguy
Basquiat
as Rockets
Sons
as Man on Porch #1
Fall
as Perfomance Priest
Chelsea on the Rocks
as Self
Desperately Seeking Susan
as Taxi Driver
Louis & Frank
as Ralph
Stars & Bars
as Peter Gint
Down by Law
as Gig
Stranger Than Paradise
as Poker Player
Little Noises
as Uncle Howard