Cast & creator
Riki Rachtman
Best known for Pacific Blue, Unhappily Ever After, Rebel Highway
David Andrew "Riki" Rachtman is an American television and radio personality. He is best known for his association with the late 1980s and early-to-mid 1990s hard rock and heavy metal scene, hosting MTV's Headbangers Ball from 1990 to the show's cancellation in 1995, and he was the owner of the Hollywood-based nightclub The Cathouse.
Movies
9
film credits
Series
6
television credits
Career
15
1987–2023 · acting roles
Credit score
6.2
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (15)
Showing 15 of 15 credits
Series
★ 5.3
Pacific Blue
Dick Ellis
1996
Series
★ 7.0
Unhappily Ever After
Riki Rachtman (voice)
1995
Series
★ 8.0
Rebel Highway
Eddie Cochran
1994
Movie
★ 5.9
Mystery Men
Frat Boy
1999
Movie
★ 6.8
The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years
Self
1988W
Series
When Metal Ruled The World
Himself
2004
Series
★ 7.2
I Wanna Rock: The '80s Metal Dream
Self
2023
Movie
★ 3.7
Plump Fiction
Clerk #2
1997
Movie
★ 7.6
Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1994
Movie
★ 6.0
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
Eddie Cochran
1994
Movie
VH1's 100 Most Shocking Music Moments
Self
2009
Movie
When Metal Ruled The World
Himself
2003
Series
★ 8.7
Headbangers Ball
Host
1987
Movie
★ 2.5
Cool As Hell 2
Riki
2017U
Movie