Rockets Redglare
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.
When a young boy makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big—he wakes up the following morning...
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Desperately Seeking Susan
as Taxi DriverA bored New Jersey suburban housewife's fascination with a free-spirited woman she has read...
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After Hours
as Angry Mob MemberDesperate to escape his mind-numbing routine, uptown Manhattan office worker Paul Hackett...
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Down by Law
as GigA disc jockey, a pimp and an Italian tourist escape from jail in New Orleans.
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Trees Lounge
as StanTommy has lost his job, his love and his life. He lives in a small apartment above the Trees...
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Basquiat
as RocketsThe brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with...
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Animal Factory
as Big RandSuburbanite Ron is spoiled, young and not overly worried about the marijuana charges leveled...
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Mystery Train
as Liquor Store ClerkIn Memphis, Tennessee, over the course of a single night, the Arcade Hotel, run by an eccentric...
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Shakedown
as IraWhen a local drug dealer shoots a dishonest cop in self-defense, lawyer and renegade undercover...
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Stranger Than Paradise
as Poker PlayerA Hungarian immigrant, his friend, and his cousin go on an unpredictable adventure across America.
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Talk Radio
as Killer / Redneck CallerA rude, contemptuous talk show host becomes overwhelmed by the hatred that surrounds his program...
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In the Soup
as GuyAn aspiring young filmmaker gets involved with an eccentric gangster for the financing of his...
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Salvation!
as OllieA troubled young woman hooks up with a money-crazed televangelist and becomes a rich,...
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Stars & Bars
as Peter GintA British art expert leaves New York to buy a long-lost Renoir from a Georgia eccentric.
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Rooftops
as CarlosT, as most of his friends, lives in a self-constructed 'house', built on top of an old building...
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Fall
as Perfomance PriestFor Michael Shiver, life as an easy-going cab driver in New York suddenly changes when he picks...
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Abnormal: The Sinema of Nick Zedd
as uncreditedTHE SINEMA OF NICK ZEDD is the first DVD collection of the filmmaker’s works, and includes 11 of...
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Sons
as Man on Porch #1A trio of stepbrothers accompany their paralysed father on a jaunt to Normandy where the old boy...
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Chelsea on the Rocks
as SelfChelsea on the Rocks celebrates the personalities and artistic voices that have emerged from New...
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In the Spirit
as BartenderAfter her husband loses his job, Marianne moves from Beverly Hills to a nightmare New York City....
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Where Evil Dwells
as uncreditedLoosely based on an infamous 1984 Long Island murder case involving Satan-worshiping, teenage...
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Rockets Redglare!
as SelfA portrait of Rockets Redglare, the morbidly obese fixture of New York's underground until his...
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What About Me
as FrankAfter a family tragedy, a young woman finds herself homeless and living on the streets of New York.
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Who Killed Nancy?
as Self - Actor (archive footage)On October 12th, 1978, New York Police discovered the lifeless body of a young woman, slumped...
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Force of Circumstance
as The FactorA courier who represents Moroccan dissidents arrives in Washington with secret documents.
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Police State
as DetectiveZedd is minding his business, when he is stopped by a cop who accuses him of being a junkie....
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Little Noises
as Uncle HowardA struggling writer steals poems written by his mute friend to achieve fame and fortune.
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The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man
as uncreditedThis is a dark story of a caring movie maker who struggles to make it and also struggles with...
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Her Name is Lisa
as uncreditedA Vermont farmer searches New York City for his dream girl, with his gay neighbor as his guide.
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The Perils of P.K
as uncreditedP.K., a former movie star now reduced to working as a stripper in a Las Vegas nightclub, is...
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Oz
as BarberThe daily lives of prisoners in Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum...
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Monsters
as uncreditedMonsters is a syndicated horror anthology series which originally ran from 1988 to 1991 and...
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