Cast
Rockets Redglare
Acting
Cast
Rockets Redglare
Known for
Acting
Born
1949-05-08
Died
2001-05-28
Biography
Rockets Redglare (May 8, 1949 â 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.
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7.2
MOVIE1988
Big
as Motel Clerk
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7.5
MOVIE1985
After Hours
as Angry Mob Member
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7.3
MOVIE1989
Mystery Train
as Liquor Store Clerk
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7.2
MOVIE1984
Stranger Than Paradise
as Poker Player
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6.6
MOVIE1987
Salvation!
as Ollie
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7.3
MOVIE1986
Down by Law
as Gig
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6.1
MOVIE1985
Desperately Seeking Susan
as Taxi Driver
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5.6
MOVIE2008
Chelsea on the Rocks
as Self
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6.3
MOVIE2000
Animal Factory
as Big Rand
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6.6
MOVIE1996
Basquiat
as Rockets
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6.1
MOVIE1988
Candy Mountain
as Van Driver
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4.4
MOVIE1988
Stars & Bars
as Peter Gint
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6.7
MOVIE1992
In the Soup
as Guy
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6.9
MOVIE1996
Trees Lounge
as Stan
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8.0
MOVIE2003
Rockets Redglare!
as Self
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5.6
MOVIE1989
Cookie
as Carmine's Wiseguy
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4.5
MOVIE1990
In the Spirit
as Bartender
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4.8
MOVIE1989
Rooftops
as Carlos
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7.0
MOVIE1988
Talk Radio
as Killer / Redneck Caller
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9.0
MOVIE1990
Force of Circumstance
as The Factor
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5.8
MOVIE1988
Shakedown
as Ira
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5.9
MOVIE1992
Little Noises
as Uncle Howard
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6.3
MOVIE1997
Fall
as Perfomance Priest
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3.3
MOVIE1987
Her Name is Lisa
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9.0
MOVIE1997
Dreamland
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8.0
MOVIE1986
The Way It Is
as Rockets
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4.5
MOVIE1998
Louis & Frank
as Ralph
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5.0
MOVIE2009
Who Killed Nancy?
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
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5.3
MOVIE1990
Sons
as Man on Porch #1
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4.7
MOVIE1993
What About Me
as Frank
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8.0
MOVIE1999
The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man
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9.5
MOVIE1986
The Perils of P.K
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5.3
MOVIE1987
Police State
as Detective
MOVIE1991
Craps
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5.6
MOVIE1985
Where Evil Dwells
MOVIE1985
Last Rights
as Thomas Burke