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.

Filmography

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

Appearances as themselves (3)

• 2009Who Killed Nancy? — Self - Actor (archive footage)
• 2008Chelsea on the Rocks — Self
• 2003Rockets Redglare! — Self