May 8, 1949 -
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.
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| Movie | 1984 | Stranger Than Paradise | Poker Player | |
| Movie | 1996 | Basquiat | Rockets | |
| Movie | 1986 | Down by Law | Gig | |
| Movie | 1988 | Stars & Bars | Peter Gint | |
| Movie | 2000 | Animal Factory | Big Rand | |
| Movie | 1996 | Trees Lounge | Stan | |
| Movie | 1985 | After Hours | Angry Mob Member | |
| Movie | 1993 | What About Me | Frank | |
| Movie | 1999 | The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man | ||
| Movie | 1987 | Salvation! | Ollie | |
| Movie | 1987 | Police State | Detective | |
| Movie | 2003 | Rockets Redglare! | Self | |
| Movie | 1986 | The Way It Is | Rockets | |
| Movie | 1985 | Where Evil Dwells | ||
| Movie | 1988 | Talk Radio | Killer / Redneck Caller | |
| Movie | 1990 | Force of Circumstance | The Factor | |
| Movie | 1985 | Last Rights | Thomas Burke | |
| Movie | 1997 | Fall | Perfomance Priest | |
| Movie | 1985 | Desperately Seeking Susan | Taxi Driver | |
| Movie | 1992 | Little Noises | Uncle Howard | |
| Movie | 1992 | In the Soup | Guy | |
| Movie | 1990 | Sons | Man on Porch #1 | |
| Movie | 1986 | The Perils of P.K | ||
| Movie | 1989 | Mystery Train | Liquor Store Clerk | |
| Movie | 1988 | Shakedown | Ira | |
| Movie | 1989 | Rooftops | Carlos | |
| Movie | 2008 | Chelsea on the Rocks | Self | |
| Movie | 2009 | Who Killed Nancy? | Self - Actor (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1988 | Big | Motel Clerk | |
| Movie | 1987 | Her Name is Lisa | ||
| Movie | 1990 | In the Spirit | Bartender | |
| Movie | 1988 | Candy Mountain | Van Driver | |
| Movie | 1998 | Louis & Frank | Ralph | |
| Movie | 1991 | Craps | ||
| Movie | 1989 | Cookie | Carmine's Wiseguy | |
| TV Show | 1997 | Oz | Barber | 1 |
| TV Show | 1988 | Monsters | 1 |
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