1988Nominee
Best Performance
Big
Rockets Redglare
Actor
May 8, 1949
Biography
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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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1985Nominee
Best Performance
After Hours
1989Nominee
Best Performance
Mystery Train
Career Highlights
1988Highlight
Best Performance
Talk Radio
1986Highlight
Best Performance
Down by Law