Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
May 8, 1949
Died
May 28, 2001 (52 years old)
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.
Known For
Acting
5.0
Who Killed Nancy?
2009
5.6
Chelsea on the Rocks
2008
6.3
Animal Factory
2000
8.0
Oz
1997
6.3
Fall
1997
6.6
Basquiat
1996
6.9
Trees Lounge
1996
6.6
In the Soup
1992
7.3
Mystery Train
1989
5.2
Cookie
1989
4.4
Rooftops
1989
7.0
Talk Radio
1988
7.1
Monsters
1988
7.2
Big
1988
5.8
Shakedown
1988
4.3
Stars & Bars
1988
5.8
Candy Mountain
1988
7.3
Down by Law
1986
7.5
After Hours
1985
6.1
Desperately Seeking Susan
1985
7.1
Stranger Than Paradise
1984