'Mad' Mike Hughes: 'Mad' Mike Hughes. Self: Rocketman. 'Mad' Mike Hughes was born on 9 February 1956 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA. He was an actor, known for Rocketman (2019), Death Valley Girls: (One Less Thing) Before I Die (2018) and Homemade Astronauts (2021). He died on 22 February 2020 in Barstow, California, USA.