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.
Acting
Movie
Big
as Motel Clerk
1988
Movie
After Hours
as Angry Mob Member
1985
Movie
Down by Law
as Gig
1986
TV
Oz
as Barber
1997
Movie
Stranger Than Paradise
as Poker Player
1984
Movie
Mystery Train
as Liquor Store Clerk
1989
Movie
Desperately Seeking Susan
as Taxi Driver
1985
Movie
Basquiat
as Rockets
1996
Movie
Animal Factory
as Big Rand
2000
Movie
Talk Radio
as Killer / Redneck Caller
1988
Movie
Trees Lounge
as Stan
1996
Movie
Shakedown
as Ira
1988
Movie
In the Soup
as Guy
1992
Movie
Fall
as Perfomance Priest
1997
Movie
Cookie
as Carmine's Wiseguy
1989
TV
Monsters
as Swlabr (voice)
1988
Movie
Stars & Bars
as Peter Gint
1988
Movie
Rooftops
as Carlos
1989
Movie
Who Killed Nancy?
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2009
Movie
Candy Mountain
as Van Driver
1988
Movie
Chelsea on the Rocks
as Self
2008
Movie
What About Me
as Frank
1993
Movie
Police State
as Detective
1987
Movie
Little Noises
as Uncle Howard
1992