
Rockets Redglare
Known for: Acting
Born: May 8, 1949
Died: May 28, 2001
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

Rockets Redglare!
2003

Her Name is Lisa
1987

Police State
1987
Last Rights
1985

Where Evil Dwells
1985

Sons
1990
Craps
1991

Salvation!
1987

The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man
1999

Force of Circumstance
1990

Down by Law
1986

What About Me
1993

The Way It Is
1986

Chelsea on the Rocks
2008

Stranger Than Paradise
1984

Trees Lounge
1996

Dreamland
1997

Animal Factory
2000

Fall
1997

Little Noises
1992

In the Soup
1992

Desperately Seeking Susan
1985

Rooftops
1989

Stars & Bars
1988

Louis & Frank
1998

Basquiat
1996

Candy Mountain
1988

Big
1988

Talk Radio
1988

Cookie
1989

The Perils of P.K
1986

In the Spirit
1990

Shakedown
1988

Mystery Train
1989

After Hours
1985

Oz
1997

Monsters
1988

Who Killed Nancy?
2009