Rockets Redglare

Acting · Born 1949-05-08

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

• Who Killed Nancy? (2009)
• Chelsea on the Rocks (2008)
• Rockets Redglare! (2003)
• Animal Factory (2000)
• The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man (1999)
• Louis & Frank (1998)
• Fall (1997)
• Dreamland (1997)
• Basquiat (1996)
• Trees Lounge (1996)
• What About Me (1993)
• Little Noises (1992)
• In the Soup (1992)
• Craps (1991)
• Force of Circumstance (1990)
• Sons (1990)
• In the Spirit (1990)
• Mystery Train (1989)
• Rooftops (1989)
• Cookie (1989)
• Stars & Bars (1988)
• Talk Radio (1988)
• Shakedown (1988)
• Big (1988)