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Rockets Redglare
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.
Top Filmography
7.2
Big
1988 // MOVIE
7.5
After Hours
1985 // MOVIE
7.3
Down by Law
1986 // MOVIE
8.0
Oz
1997 // TV
7.2
Stranger Than Paradise
1984 // MOVIE
7.3
Mystery Train
1989 // MOVIE
6.1
Desperately Seeking Susan
1985 // MOVIE
6.6
Basquiat
1996 // MOVIE
6.3
Animal Factory
2000 // MOVIE
7.0
Talk Radio
1988 // MOVIE
6.9
Trees Lounge
1996 // MOVIE
5.8
Shakedown
1988 // MOVIE
6.6
In the Soup
1992 // MOVIE
6.3
Fall
1997 // MOVIE
5.3
Cookie
1989 // MOVIE