Rockets Redglare

Born: 1949-05-08

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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as Motel Clerk
Released: 1988-06-03

When a young boy makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big—he wakes up the following morning...

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After Hours

as Angry Mob Member
Released: 1985-08-16

Desperate to escape his mind-numbing routine, uptown Manhattan office worker Paul Hackett...

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Animal Factory

as Big Rand
Released: 2000-10-13

Suburbanite Ron is spoiled, young and not overly worried about the marijuana charges leveled...

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Down by Law

as Gig
Released: 1986-09-20

A disc jockey, a pimp and an Italian tourist escape from jail in New Orleans.

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Desperately Seeking Susan

as Taxi Driver
Released: 1985-03-29

A bored New Jersey suburban housewife's fascination with a free-spirited woman she has read...

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Mystery Train

as Liquor Store Clerk
Released: 1989-09-06

In Memphis, Tennessee, over the course of a single night, the Arcade Hotel, run by an eccentric...

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Stranger Than Paradise

as Poker Player
Released: 1984-10-01

A Hungarian immigrant, his friend, and his cousin go on an unpredictable adventure across America.

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Talk Radio

as Killer / Redneck Caller
Released: 1988-12-21

A rude, contemptuous talk show host becomes overwhelmed by the hatred that surrounds his program...

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Shakedown

as Ira
Released: 1988-05-06

When a local drug dealer shoots a dishonest cop in self-defense, lawyer and renegade undercover...

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Basquiat

as Rockets
Released: 1996-08-09

The brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with...

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Trees Lounge

as Stan
Released: 1996-05-11

Tommy has lost his job, his love and his life. He lives in a small apartment above the Trees...

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In the Soup

as Guy
Released: 1992-10-23

An aspiring young filmmaker gets involved with an eccentric gangster for the financing of his...

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Fall

as Perfomance Priest
Released: 1997-06-20

For Michael Shiver, life as an easy-going cab driver in New York suddenly changes when he picks...

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Stars & Bars

as Peter Gint
Released: 1988-03-18

A British art expert leaves New York to buy a long-lost Renoir from a Georgia eccentric.

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Rooftops

as Carlos
Released: 1989-03-17

T, as most of his friends, lives in a self-constructed 'house', built on top of an old building...

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What About Me

as Frank
Released: 1993-01-10

After 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)
Released: 2009-04-11

On October 12th, 1978, New York Police discovered the lifeless body of a young woman, slumped...

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In the Spirit

as Bartender
Released: 1990-04-06

After her husband loses his job, Marianne moves from Beverly Hills to a nightmare New York City....

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The Perils of P.K

as uncredited
Released: 1986-06-06

P.K., a former movie star now reduced to working as a stripper in a Las Vegas nightclub, is...

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Chelsea on the Rocks

as Self
Released: 2008-05-23

Chelsea on the Rocks celebrates the personalities and artistic voices that have emerged from New...

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Salvation!

as Ollie
Released: 1987-09-11

A troubled young woman hooks up with a money-crazed televangelist and becomes a rich,...

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Police State

as Detective
Released: 1987-11-28

Zedd is minding his business, when he is stopped by a cop who accuses him of being a junkie....

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The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man

as uncredited
Released: 1999-01-01

This is a dark story of a caring movie maker who struggles to make it and also struggles with...

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Sons

as Man on Porch #1
Released: 1990-01-01

A trio of stepbrothers accompany their paralysed father on a jaunt to Normandy where the old boy...

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Rockets Redglare!

as Self
Released: 2003-05-02

A portrait of Rockets Redglare, the morbidly obese fixture of New York's underground until his...

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Where Evil Dwells

as uncredited
Released: 1985-09-27

Loosely based on an infamous 1984 Long Island murder case involving Satan-worshiping, teenage...

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Abnormal: The Sinema of Nick Zedd

as uncredited
Released: 2001-01-23

THE SINEMA OF NICK ZEDD is the first DVD collection of the filmmaker’s works, and includes 11 of...

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Force of Circumstance

as The Factor
Released: 1990-06-01

A courier who represents Moroccan dissidents arrives in Washington with secret documents.

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Her Name is Lisa

as uncredited
Released: 1987-01-09

A Vermont farmer searches New York City for his dream girl, with his gay neighbor as his guide.

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Little Noises

as Uncle Howard
Released: 1992-04-24

A struggling writer steals poems written by his mute friend to achieve fame and fortune.

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Oz

as Barber
First aired: 1997-07-12

The daily lives of prisoners in Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum...

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Monsters

as uncredited
First aired: 1988-10-22

Monsters is a syndicated horror anthology series which originally ran from 1988 to 1991 and...

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