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BornMay 8, 1949
DiedMay 28, 2001 (age 52)
Film credits38
Rockets Redglare
DeceasedKnown for 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.
Filmography
Who Killed Nancy?
2009
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Chelsea on the Rocks
2008
as Self
Rockets Redglare!
2003
as Self
Animal Factory
2000
as Big Rand
The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man
1999
Louis & Frank
1998
as Ralph
Fall
1997
as Perfomance Priest
Dreamland
1997
Basquiat
1996
as Rockets
Trees Lounge
1996
as Stan
What About Me
1993
as Frank
In the Soup
1992
as Guy
Little Noises
1992
as Uncle Howard
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Craps
1991
Force of Circumstance
1990
as The Factor
In the Spirit
1990
as Bartender
Sons
1990
as Man on Porch #1
Mystery Train
1989
as Liquor Store Clerk
Cookie
1989
as Carmine's Wiseguy
Rooftops
1989
as Carlos
Talk Radio
1988
as Killer / Redneck Caller
Big
1988
as Motel Clerk
Shakedown
1988
as Ira
She Must Be Seeing Things
1988
as Man on Roof