About:
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.

• Known For
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  Stranger Than Paradise
  as
  Poker Player
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  Basquiat
  as
  Rockets
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  Down by Law
  as
  Gig
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  Stars & Bars
  as
  Peter Gint
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  Animal Factory
  as
  Big Rand