Rockets Redglare

Rockets Redglare

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.

Movies (38)

Big
7.2

Big

1988Movie7.2
After Hours
7.5

After Hours

1985Movie7.5
Mystery Train
7.3

Mystery Train

1989Movie7.3
Talk Radio
7.1

Talk Radio

1988Movie7.1
Desperately Seeking Susan
6.1

Desperately Seeking Susan

1985Movie6.1
Basquiat
6.6

Basquiat

1996Movie6.6
Down by Law
7.4

Down by Law

1986Movie7.4
Trees Lounge
6.9

Trees Lounge

1996Movie6.9
Stranger Than Paradise
7.2

Stranger Than Paradise

1984Movie7.2
Cookie
5.6

Cookie

1989Movie5.6
In the Soup
6.7

In the Soup

1992Movie6.7
Animal Factory
6.3

Animal Factory

2000Movie6.3
Fall
6.2

Fall

1997Movie6.2
Shakedown
5.8

Shakedown

1988Movie5.8
Stars & Bars
4.4

Stars & Bars

1988Movie4.4
Candy Mountain
6.1

Candy Mountain

1988Movie6.1
Salvation!
6.6

Salvation!

1987Movie6.6
Rooftops
4.8

Rooftops

1989Movie4.8
Hotshot
4.4

Hotshot

1987Movie4.4
Dreamland
9.0

Dreamland

1997Movie9.0
Sons
5.3

Sons

1990Movie5.3
The Way It Is
8.0

The Way It Is

1986Movie8.0
Rockets Redglare!
7.7

Rockets Redglare!

2003Movie7.7
In the Spirit
4.5

In the Spirit

1990Movie4.5
Louis & Frank
4.5

Louis & Frank

1998Movie4.5
Little Noises
5.9

Little Noises

1992Movie5.9
Chelsea on the Rocks
5.7

Chelsea on the Rocks

2008Movie5.7
The Perils of P.K
9.5

The Perils of P.K

1986Movie9.5
She Must Be Seeing Things
5.5

She Must Be Seeing Things

1988Movie5.5
Craps

Craps

1991Movie
The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man
8.0

The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man

1999Movie8.0
Who Killed Nancy?
5.0

Who Killed Nancy?

2009Movie5.0
Where Evil Dwells
5.6

Where Evil Dwells

1985Movie5.6
Her Name is Lisa
3.3

Her Name is Lisa

1987Movie3.3
Force of Circumstance
9.0

Force of Circumstance

1990Movie9.0
Police State
5.4

Police State

1987Movie5.4
What About Me
4.7

What About Me

1993Movie4.7
Last Rights

Last Rights

1985Movie

TV Shows (2)

Oz
8.0

Oz

1997Series8.0
Monsters
7.0

Monsters

1988Series7.0