---
name: "Charles Rocket"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/charles-rocket"
fi1m_id: "charles-rocket"
imdb_id: "nm0734236"
tmdb_id: 7867
wikidata_id: "Q325082"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "24 August 1949"
died: "7 October 2005"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-04T20:46:08.622429+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Charles Rocket

## Identity

Charles Rocket

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/charles-rocket
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** charles-rocket
- **IMDb ID:** nm0734236
- **TMDB ID:** 7867
- **Wikidata ID:** Q325082
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Rocket, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q325082, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0734236/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7867

Actor. Born 24 August 1949 in Bangor, Maine, USA. Died 7 October 2005.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 24 August 1949, Bangor, Maine, USA
- **Died:** 7 October 2005
- **Active:** 1988–1994
- **Also known as:** Чарльз Рокет, Чарли Кеннеди, Чарли Гамбургер, Charlie Hamburger, Charlie Kennedy, Charles Adams Claverie
- **Frequently works with:** [Jim Carrey](https://film.one/person/jim-carrey.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 74 (1), 1990s 80 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 70 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 3 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Drama 2, Adventure 1, Romance 1, Science Fiction 1, Western 1
- **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $682m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Rocket, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q325082, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0734236/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7867

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Dances with Wolves*](https://film.one/film/dances-with-wolves.md) (80)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Earth Girls Are Easy*](https://film.one/film/earth-girls-are-easy.md) (74)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Charles Rocket was an American actor, comedian and former television news reporter. Born in Bangor, Maine, he worked as a local news anchor in the 1970s before joining the cast of Saturday Night Live for its 1980–1981 season, where he anchored Weekend Update.

His film roles include Lieutenant Elgin in Dances with Wolves (1990) and the villain Nicholas Andre in Dumb and Dumber (1994). He also appeared in Hocus Pocus (1993) and Short Cuts (1993), and provided voice work for animated projects including Titan A.E. (2000) and Batman Beyond (1999). Rocket died in 2005.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Dumb and Dumber* (1994), Fi1m 76, as Nicholas Andre — [page](https://film.one/film/dumb-and-dumber.md)
- *Short Cuts* (1993), Fi1m 84, as Wally Littleton — [page](https://film.one/film/short-cuts.md)
- *Dances with Wolves* (1990), Fi1m 80, as Lieutenant Elgin — [page](https://film.one/film/dances-with-wolves.md)
- *Earth Girls Are Easy* (1988), Fi1m 74, as Dr. Ted Gallagher — [page](https://film.one/film/earth-girls-are-easy.md)

## Complete filmography (53)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Shade* (2003), as Tony D.
- *New Suit* (2003), as Del Strontium
- *Law & Order: Criminal Intent* (2001), series, as Donny DePalma
- *The Zeta Project* (2001), series, Actor
- *Normal, Ohio* (2000), series, as Danny
- *Static Shock* (2000), series, as Crewcut (voice)
- *Titan A.E.* (2000), as Firrikash / Slave Trader Guard (voice)
- *Tex, the Passive/Aggressive Gunslinger* (2000), as Challenger
- *Batman Beyond* (1999), series, as Donny's Dad (voice)
- *The King of Queens* (1998), series, as Steve
- *Touched by an Angel: A Christmas Miracle* (1998), as Adam
- *The Killing Grounds* (1998), as Mel Desordo
- *The New Batman Adventures* (1997), series, as Frederick Fournier / Henchman (voice), Guru (voice), Security Guard (voice)
- *Fathers' Day* (1997), as Russ Trainor
- *Murder at 1600* (1997), as Jeffrey
- *Valley Girls* (1996), as Dino Coppello
- *Superman: The Animated Series* (1996), series, as Used Car Salesman (voice)
- *3rd Rock from the Sun* (1996), series, as Gary Hemmings
- *Tom and Huck* (1995), as Judge Thatcher
- *Charlie's Ghost Story* (1995), as Van Leer
- *The Home Court* (1995), series, as Judge Gil Fitzpatrick
- *Steal Big Steal Little* (1995), as Sheriff Otis
- *Star Trek: Voyager* (1995), series, as Jippeq
- *Cybill* (1995), series, as Charlie Addison
- *Dumb and Dumber* (1994), as Nicholas Andre — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/dumb-and-dumber.md)
- *Touched by an Angel* (1994), series, as Adam
- *It's Pat: The Movie* (1994), as Kyle Jacobsen
- *Wagons East!* (1994), as Gen. Larchmont
- *Brain Smasher... A Love Story* (1993), as Jones
- *Short Cuts* (1993), as Wally Littleton — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/short-cuts.md)
- *Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman* (1993), series, as Ryan Wiley
- *The X-Files* (1993), series, as Grant Ellis — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md)
- *Hocus Pocus* (1993), as Dave Dennison
- *Wild Palms* (1993), series, as Stitch
- *Tequila and Bonetti* (1992), series, as Midian Knight
- *Delirious* (1991), as Ty Hedison
- *Dances with Wolves* (1990), as Lieutenant Elgin — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/dances-with-wolves.md)
- *Wings* (1990), series, as Danny
- *For Better or for Worse* (1989), as DeBains
- *How I Got Into College* (1989), as Leo Whitman
- *Quantum Leap* (1989), series, as Commander Dirk Riker, Michael G. Blake
- *Murphy's Law* (1988), series, as Victor Beaudine
- *Earth Girls Are Easy* (1988), as Dr. Ted Gallagher — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/earth-girls-are-easy.md)
- *Max Headroom* (1987), series, as Grossberg
- *Down Twisted* (1987), as Reno
- *Miracles* (1986), as Michael
- *Fraternity Vacation* (1985), as Madman Mac
- *The Steel Collar Man* (1985), as D5B
- *California Girls* (1985), as Barry
- *Moonlighting* (1985), series, as Richard Addison — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/moonlighting.md)
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Lt. Stuyvesant
- *Miami Vice* (1984), series, as Marty Worthington — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/miami-vice.md)
- *The Outlaws* (1984), as Stanley Flynn

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