Cast & creator
Rockets Redglare
Best known for Oz, Monsters, Big
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.
38
film credits
2
television credits
40
1984–2009 · acting roles
6.4
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (40)
Showing 40 of 40 credits
Oz
Barber
1997
Monsters
Swlabr (voice)
1988
Big
Motel Clerk
1988
After Hours
Angry Mob Member
1985
Desperately Seeking Susan
Taxi Driver
1985
Mystery Train
Liquor Store Clerk
1989
Trees Lounge
Stan
1996
Who Killed Nancy?
Self - Actor (archive footage)
2009
Animal Factory
Big Rand
2000
Stranger Than Paradise
Poker Player
1984
Down by Law
Gig
1986
Basquiat
Rockets
1996
Talk Radio
Killer / Redneck Caller
1988
Shakedown
Ira
1988
Salvation!
Ollie
1987
Stars & Bars
Peter Gint
1988
In the Soup
Guy
1992
Hotshot
1987
Chelsea on the Rocks
Self
2008
Fall
Perfomance Priest
1997
Cookie
Carmine's Wiseguy
1989
Dreamland
1997
The Way It Is
Rockets
1986
The Perils of P.K
1986
Rooftops
Carlos
1989
In the Spirit
Bartender
1990
Sons
Man on Porch #1
1990
The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man
1999
Candy Mountain
Van Driver
1988
Louis & Frank
Ralph
1998
She Must Be Seeing Things
Man on Roof
1988
Her Name is Lisa
1987
Rockets Redglare!
Self
2003
Force of Circumstance
The Factor
1990Craps
1991
Little Noises
Uncle Howard
1992
What About Me
Frank
1993
Where Evil Dwells
1985Last Rights
Thomas Burke
1985
Police State
Detective
1987