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Rockets Redglare

Acting · Born 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.

Movies with Rockets Redglare

• Big (1988) — Motel Clerk
• After Hours (1985) — Angry Mob Member
• Mystery Train (1989) — Liquor Store Clerk
• Desperately Seeking Susan (1985) — Taxi Driver
• Animal Factory (2000) — Big Rand
• Down by Law (1986) — Gig
• Stranger Than Paradise (1984) — Poker Player
• Trees Lounge (1996) — Stan
• Talk Radio (1988) — Killer / Redneck Caller
• Basquiat (1996) — Rockets
• Shakedown (1988) — Ira
• In the Soup (1992) — Guy