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Rockets Redglare

Acting

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.

Born: May 8, 1949

Filmography

2009
Who Killed Nancy?

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

2000
Animal Factory

as Big Rand

1998
1997
Oz

as Barber

1997
Fall

as Perfomance Priest

1996
Basquiat

as Rockets

1996
1993
1992
1992
Little Noises

as Uncle Howard

1990
1990
In the Spirit

as Bartender

1990
Sons

as Man on Porch #1

1989
Mystery Train

as Liquor Store Clerk

1989
Cookie

as Carmine's Wiseguy

1989
Rooftops

as Carlos

1988
Talk Radio

as Killer / Redneck Caller

1988
Big

as Motel Clerk

1988
Shakedown

as Ira

1988
Stars & Bars

as Peter Gint

1988
Candy Mountain

as Van Driver

1987
Police State

as Detective

1987
Salvation!

as Ollie

1986
1986
The Way It Is

as Rockets

1985
After Hours

as Angry Mob Member

1985
1984
Stranger Than Paradise

as Poker Player

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