Rockets Redglare | ALEFAST

Rockets Redglare

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: Acting

Born: null, 1949-05-08

Died: 2001-05-28

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1984	Stranger Than Paradise	Poker Player	72
2	1985	Last Rights	Thomas Burke	0
3	1985	Desperately Seeking Susan	Taxi Driver	61
4	1985	After Hours	Angry Mob Member	75
5	1985	Where Evil Dwells		73
6	1986	The Way It Is	Rockets	0
7	1986	The Perils of P.K		100
8	1986	Down by Law	Gig	73
9	1987	Her Name is Lisa		10
10	1987	Salvation!	Ollie	63
11	1987	Police State	Detective	50
12	1988	Candy Mountain	Van Driver	57
13	1988	Stars & Bars	Peter Gint	44
14	1988	Shakedown	Ira	58
15	1988	Big	Motel Clerk	72
16	1988	Talk Radio	Killer / Redneck Caller	70
17	1989	Rooftops	Carlos	46
18	1989	Cookie	Carmine's Wiseguy	52
19	1989	Mystery Train	Liquor Store Clerk	73
20	1990	Sons	Man on Porch #1	50
21	1990	In the Spirit	Bartender	33
22	1990	Force of Circumstance	The Factor	0
23	1991	Craps		0
24	1992	Little Noises	Uncle Howard	57
25	1992	In the Soup	Guy	66
26	1993	What About Me	Frank	43
27	1996	Trees Lounge	Stan	69
28	1996	Basquiat	Rockets	66
29	1997	Fall	Perfomance Priest	64
30	1998	Louis & Frank	Ralph	10
31	1999	The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man		0
32	2000	Animal Factory	Big Rand	64
33	2003	Rockets Redglare!	Self	60
34	2008	Chelsea on the Rocks	Self	56
35	2009	Who Killed Nancy?	Self - Actor (archive footage)	49

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1988	Monsters		71
2	1997	Oz	Barber	80