Roddy Piper
Roderick George Toombs, better known as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, was a Canadian professional wrestler, amateur wrestler, comedian and actor. In professional wrestling, Piper was best known to international audiences for his work with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW) between 1984 and 2000. Although he was Canadian, because of his Scottish heritage he was billed as coming from Glasgow and was known for his signature kilt and bagpipe entrance music. Piper earned the nicknames "Rowdy" and "Hot Rod" by displaying his trademark "Scottish" short temper, spontaneity, and quick wit. According to The Daily Telegraph, he is "considered by many to be the greatest 'heel' (or villain) wrestler ever". One of wrestling's most recognizable stars, Piper headlined multiple PPV events, including the WWF and WCW's respective premier annual events, WrestleMania and Starrcade. He accumulated 34 championships and hosted the popular WWF/E interview segment "Piper's Pit", which facilitated numerous feuds. In 2005, Piper was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame by Ric Flair, who dubbed him "the most gifted entertainer in the history of professional wrestling". Outside of wrestling, Piper acted in dozens of films and TV shows, most notably taking the lead role of John Nada in the 1988 cult classic They Live and a recurring role as a deranged professional wrestler called Da' Maniac on the FX comedy series It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. He is also widely known for his role in Hell Comes to Frogtown as the character Sam Hell. Description above from the Wikipedia article Roddy Piper, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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- Born:
- Apr 17, 1954 In Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 215
- First Appeared:
- In the series Saturday Night Live 1975-10-11
- Latest Project:
- Series Mr. McMahon 2024-09-25
Known For
Filmography
| Series | Mr. McMahon | “Rowdy” Roddy Piper (Archive Footage) | 2024-09-25 |
| Movie | Superfan: The Story of Vladimir | Self (Archival Footage) | 2023-10-29 |
| Movie | Biography: Wrestlemania I | Self (archival footage) | 2022-09-04 |
| Series | Biography: WWE Legends | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper | 2021-04-18 |
| Movie | Biography: “Rowdy” Roddy Piper | (archive footage) | 2021-04-25 |
| Movie | Biography: Shawn Michaels | Self (archive footage) | 2021-05-16 |
| Movie | The Firefly Funhouse Match | Himself (archive footage) | 2020-04-05 |
| Movie | Cyndi Lauper: Japanese Singles Collection - Greatest Hits | Self (archive footage) | 2019-07-10 |
| Movie | Andre the Giant | Self (archive footage) | 2018-04-10 |
| Movie | Randy Savage Unreleased: The Unseen Matches of The Macho Man | Unknown | 2018-05-29 |
| Movie | WWE Unreleased: 1986-1995 | Unknown | 2017-09-05 |
| Movie | The Price of Fame | Self | 2017-11-07 |
| Movie | The Masked Saint | Nicky Stone | 2016-01-08 |
| Movie | WWE: The U.S. Championship: A Legacy of Greatness | Rowdy Roddy Piper (archive footage) | 2016-04-26 |
| Movie | The Chair | Murphy | 2016-04-22 |
| Movie | The Bet | Mr. Jablonski | 2016-05-03 |
| Movie | Our Nation's Pride: The Best of Canadian Superstars | Rowdy Roddy Piper | 2016-05-24 |
| Movie | It's Good To Be The King: The Jerry Lawler Story | Himself | 2015-05-19 |
| Movie | The Green Fairy | Oscar Wilde | 2015-01-22 |
| Movie | Lights Out | Detective Callahan | 2015-06-10 |
| Movie | Adventures of a Pizza Guy | Marek Slavomir | 2015-05-30 |
| Movie | The Old Boys | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper | 2015-06-20 |
| Movie | Portal to Hell!!! | Jack | 2015-09-12 |
| Movie | The Reconciler | Russ | 2015-12-12 |
| Series | WWE Table For 3 | Roddy Piper | 2015-08-06 |
| Movie | WWE WrestleMania XXX | Roddy Piper | 2014-04-06 |
| Series | WWE Legends' House | Himself | 2014-04-17 |
| Movie | Pro Wrestlers vs Zombies | Rowdy Roddy Piper | 2014-03-28 |
| Movie | WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1 | Himself | 2014-03-11 |
| Movie | WWE United We Slam: The Best of The Great American Bash | Himself | 2014-07-15 |
| Movie | Other Plans | Dean Evans | 2014-01-01 |
| Movie | WWE: Macho Man - The Randy Savage Story | Himself | 2014-11-18 |
| Series | The Monday Night War: WWE vs. WCW | Self | 2014-08-22 |
| Movie | I Am Santa Claus | Himself | 2014-11-04 |
| Movie | WWE Tribute to the Troops 2014 | Unknown | 2014-12-17 |
| Series | WWE Rivalries | Unknown | 2014-10-28 |
| Movie | Don't Look Back | Eddie Starks | 2014-09-01 |
| Movie | The Very Best of Monday Nitro: Volume 2 | Himself | 2013-02-12 |
| Movie | WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden | Himself | 2013-08-13 |
| Movie | PWG Sells Out: Volume 3 | Himself | 2013-07-04 |
| Movie | WWE: Starrcade - The Essential Collection | Himself | 2012-01-03 |
| Movie | WWE: The Best of SmackDown - 10th Anniversary, 1999-2009 | Roddy Piper (archive footage) | 2012-01-03 |
| Movie | WWE RAW 1000 | Unknown | 2012-07-23 |
| Movie | Clear Lake | Wayne | 2012-11-01 |
| Movie | Green Lantern: Emerald Knights | Bolphunga (voice) | 2011-04-09 |
| Movie | PWG: Kurt Russellreunion 2 - The Reunioning | Himself | 2011-01-29 |
| Movie | Fancypants | Smiley | 2011-04-15 |
| Movie | The True Story of WrestleMania | Self (archive footage) | 2011-03-13 |
| Movie | Timeline: The History of WWE – 1984 – As Told By Roddy Piper | Himself | 2011-04-29 |
| Movie | Pizza Man | Himself | 2011-06-15 |
| Movie | The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.1 | Himself | 2011-08-07 |
| Movie | Alien Opponent | Father Mulluzzo | 2011-08-05 |
| Movie | Billy Owens and the Secret of the Runes | William Thurgood | 2010-01-01 |
| Movie | The Portal | Homeless George | 2010-01-01 |
| Movie | WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper | 2010-12-07 |
| Movie | WWE: Legends of Wrestling - Roddy Piper and Terry Funk | Unknown | 2010-08-24 |
| Series | Storage Wars | Himself | 2010-12-01 |
| Movie | Bloodstained Memoirs | Himself | 2009-01-01 |
| Movie | WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event | Himself | 2009-02-10 |
| Movie | WWE WrestleMania XXV | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper | 2009-04-05 |
| Series | Celebrity Ghost Stories | Self | 2009-10-03 |
| Movie | A Family Underground | Self | 2009-05-12 |
| Movie | WWE Royal Rumble 2008 | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper | 2008-01-27 |
| Movie | A Gothic Tale | Narrator | 2008-10-05 |
| Movie | Nature Boy Ric Flair - The Definitive Collection | Himself | 2008-07-08 |
| Movie | The Mystical Adventures of Billy Owens | William Thurgood | 2008-12-12 |
| Movie | WWE Cyber Sunday 2008 | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper (Appearance) | 2008-10-26 |
| Movie | Ghosts of Goldfield | Jackson Smith | 2007-03-27 |
| Movie | Blind Eye | Fred Mears | 2007-05-13 |
| Movie | Super Sweet 16: The Movie | Mitch Connors | 2007-07-07 |
| Movie | Life In The Fast Lane | Unknown | 2007-11-20 |
| Movie | Street Team Massacre | Roddy | 2007-10-11 |
| Series | Inside MMA | Self - Guest | 2007-09-14 |
| Movie | Legends Never Die | Himself | 2006-06-01 |
| Movie | The Damn! Show | Self | 2006-01-01 |
| Movie | Honor | LT Tyrell | 2006-07-29 |
| Movie | Legion : The Final Exorcism | Lucas McMurter | 2006-01-18 |
| Movie | Shut Up and Shoot! | Yokum The Bartender | 2006-06-27 |
| Movie | WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology | 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper | 2006-10-17 |
| Movie | TNA: The 50 Greatest Moments | Himself | 2006-11-21 |
| Movie | Domestic Import | Bronco Bill | 2006-12-12 |
| Movie | Born to Controversy: The Roddy Piper Story | Self | 2006-11-14 |
| Movie | WWE Cyber Sunday 2006 | Roddy Piper | 2006-11-05 |
| Series | Celebrity Wrestling | Unknown | 2005-04-23 |
| Movie | WWE Hall of Fame 2005 | Himself | 2005-03-25 |
| Movie | WWE: Wrestlemania Recall | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper | 2005-02-01 |
| Movie | WWE: The Greatest Wrestling Stars of the 80's | Self | 2005-06-14 |
| Movie | TNA Final Resolution 2005 | Roddy Piper (Special Guest Referee) | 2005-01-16 |
| Movie | The Lost Episodes of the XWF | Unknown | 2005-07-10 |
| Movie | WWE: Bret 'Hitman' Hart - The Best There Is, The Best There Was, The Best There Ever Will Be | 2005-11-14 | |
| Movie | Three Wise Guys | Pastor Roberts | 2005-11-30 |
| Series | It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia | Da' Maniac | 2005-08-04 |
| Series | TNA iMPACT! | Unknown | 2004-06-04 |
| Movie | WWE Wrestlemania XIX | Rowdy Roddy Piper | 2003-03-30 |
| Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Unknown | 2003-01-26 |
| Movie | WWE Backlash 2003 | Roddy Piper | 2003-04-27 |
| Movie | WWE Judgment Day 2003 | Roddy Piper | 2003-05-18 |
| Series | Cold Case | Sweet' Sil Tavern (2010) | 2003-09-28 |
| Series | The Mullets | Unknown | 2003-09-11 |
| Movie | Ultimate Fights from the Movies | Nada (They Live) (archive footage) | 2002-04-16 |
| Movie | WCW SuperBrawl 2000 | Roddy Piper (Referee) | 2000-02-20 |
| Movie | Jack of Hearts | Detective Deeks | 2000-11-02 |
| Series | WWE SmackDown | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper | 1999-04-29 |
| Movie | Last to Surrender | Nick Ford | 1999-01-04 |
| Movie | The Shepherd | Miles | 1999-01-01 |
| Movie | WCW SuperBrawl IX | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper | 1999-02-21 |
| Movie | WCW Slamboree 1999 | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper | 1999-05-09 |
| Movie | WCW Bash at the Beach 1999 | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper | 1999-07-11 |
| Movie | WCW Starrcade 1999 | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper (Referee) | 1999-12-19 |
| Movie | WCW The Great American Bash 1999 | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper | 1999-06-13 |
| Series | Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends | Unknown | 1998-01-15 |
| Series | WCW Thunder | Unknown | 1998-01-08 |
| Movie | WCW Spring Stampede 1998 | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper | 1998-04-19 |
| Movie | WCW Slamboree 1998 | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper | 1998-05-17 |
| Movie | Hard Time | Randy | 1998-12-12 |
| Movie | WCW Fall Brawl 1998 | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper | 1998-09-13 |
| Movie | Hitman Hart: Wrestling With Shadows | Rowdy Roddy Piper (archive footage) | 1998-12-20 |
| Movie | WCW The Great American Bash 1998 | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper | 1998-06-14 |
| Movie | WCW Slamboree 1997 | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper | 1997-05-18 |
| Movie | WCW Uncensored 1997 | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper | 1997-03-16 |
| Movie | First Encounter | Lieutenant Edward Ganz | 1997-02-07 |
| Movie | WCW The Great American Bash 1997 | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper | 1997-06-15 |
| Movie | WCW SuperBrawl VII | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper | 1997-02-23 |
| Movie | WWF Summer Flashback! | Unknown | 1997-07-14 |
| Movie | WCW Bash at The Beach 1997 | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper | 1997-07-13 |
| Movie | Dead Tides | Mick Leddy | 1997-08-19 |
| Movie | WCW Halloween Havoc 1997 | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper | 1997-10-26 |
| Movie | The Bad Pack | Dash Simms | 1997-11-11 |
| Movie | Marked Man | Frank Gibson | 1996-05-24 |
| Movie | WWE WrestleMania XII | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper | 1996-03-31 |
| Movie | Terminal Rush | Bartel | 1996-09-01 |
| Movie | WCW Halloween Havoc 1996 | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper (Appearance) | 1996-10-27 |
| Movie | WCW Starrcade 1996 | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper | 1996-12-29 |
| Movie | Sci-fighters | Det. Cameron Grayson | 1996-12-30 |
| Movie | Tough and Deadly | Elmo Freech | 1995-02-14 |
| Movie | The Misery Brothers | Himself | 1995-01-01 |
| Movie | No Contest | Ice | 1995-03-02 |
| Movie | Jungleground | Lt. Jacob 'Jake' Cornell | 1995-01-01 |
| Series | MADtv | Self | 1995-10-14 |
| Series | The Outer Limits | Marlon | 1995-03-26 |
| Series | WCW Monday Nitro | Unknown | 1995-09-04 |
| Movie | WWE WrestleMania XI | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper (Referee) | 1995-04-02 |
| Movie | WWE WrestleMania X | Roddy Piper (Referee) | 1994-03-20 |
| Movie | The History Of WrestleMania | Unknown | 1994-02-02 |
| Movie | Immortal Combat | John Keller | 1994-05-06 |
| Movie | The Life And Times of Paul Boesch | Himself | 1994-04-01 |
| Movie | Back in Action | Frank Rossi | 1994-07-13 |
| Movie | WWE King of the Ring 1994 | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper | 1994-06-19 |
| Movie | German Fan Favorites 2 | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper | 1994-10-24 |
| Series | WWE Raw | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper | 1993-01-11 |
| Series | Walker, Texas Ranger | Cody 'The Crusader' Conway | 1993-04-21 |
| Movie | WWE March to WrestleMania VIII | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper | 1992-03-29 |
| Movie | WWE Royal Rumble 1992 | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper | 1992-01-19 |
| Movie | Fighting Fit with Rowdy Roddy Piper | Self | 1992-01-01 |
| Movie | WWE WrestleMania VIII | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper | 1992-04-05 |
| Movie | WWE Wrestling's Hottest Matches | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper | 1992-11-05 |
| Movie | WWE Crunch Classic | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper | 1992-05-28 |
| Movie | WWE World Tour 1992 | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper | 1992-08-27 |
| Series | Highlander: The Series | Anthony Galen | 1992-10-03 |
| Movie | 3rd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper | 1992-06-25 |
| Movie | WWE WrestleMania VII | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper (Ringside) | 1991-03-24 |
| Movie | WWE Superstars & Stripes Forever: The March to WrestleMania VII | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper | 1991-03-17 |
| Movie | Tagteam | Rick McDonald | 1991-01-26 |
| Movie | 2nd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper | 1991-06-27 |
| Movie | WWE Survivor Series 1991 | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper | 1991-11-27 |
| Movie | WWE World Tour 1991 | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper | 1991-08-22 |
| Movie | WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1991 | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper | 1991-11-24 |
| Movie | WWE Battle Royal at the Albert Hall | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper | 1991-10-03 |
| Movie | The Love Boat: A Valentine Voyage | Maurice Steiger | 1990-02-12 |
| Movie | WWE Royal Rumble 1990 | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper | 1990-01-21 |
| Movie | WWE WrestleMania VI | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper | 1990-04-01 |
| Movie | WWF SuperTape vol. 2 | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper | 1990-07-25 |
| Movie | WWE WrestleFest '90 | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper | 1990-06-28 |
| Movie | WWE Survivor Series 1990 | Roddy Piper | 1990-11-22 |
| Movie | WWE WrestleMania V | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper (Host) | 1989-04-02 |
| Movie | Buy & Cell | Cowboy | 1989-01-27 |
| Series | The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! | Unknown | 1989-09-04 |
| Movie | WWE Survivor Series 1989 | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper | 1989-11-23 |
| Movie | The Making of 'They Live' | Self | 1988-01-01 |
| Movie | Hell Comes to Frogtown | Sam Hell | 1988-01-29 |
| Movie | Hulkamania 3 | Roddy Piper | 1988-08-27 |
| Movie | They Live | John Nada | 1988-11-04 |
| Movie | Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper | 1987-01-01 |
| Movie | The Best of the WWF: volume 10 | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper | 1987-03-01 |
| Series | The Highwayman | Preacher | 1987-09-20 |
| Movie | WWE WrestleMania III | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper | 1987-03-29 |
| Movie | The Best of the WWF: volume 11 | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper | 1987-06-24 |
| Series | WWF Superstars Of Wrestling | Unknown | 1986-09-06 |
| Movie | WrestleMania II | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper | 1986-04-07 |
| Movie | Wrestling's Living Legend Bruno Sammartino | 1986-06-06 | |
| Series | WWF Wrestling Challenge | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper | 1986-09-07 |
| Movie | WWE's Inside the Steel Cage | Unknown | 1986-12-11 |
| Movie | Body Slam | Quick Rick Roberts | 1986-11-21 |
| Movie | Wrestling's Bloopers, Bleeps and Bodyslams! | Self | 1985-01-01 |
| Movie | WWE War to Settle the Score | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper | 1985-02-18 |
| Movie | WWF's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest | Roddy Piper | 1985-01-01 |
| Movie | Best of the WWF Volume 3 | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper | 1985-01-01 |
| Movie | Best of the WWF Volume 1 | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper | 1985-01-01 |
| Movie | The WWF's Most Unusual Matches | Roddy Piper | 1985-01-01 |
| Series | WWE Pay Per View | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper | 1985-03-31 |
| Movie | Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper (archive footage) | 1985-03-01 |
| Movie | All-Star Rock 'N' Wrestling Saturday Spectacular | Self | 1985-09-13 |
| Movie | WrestleMania | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper | 1985-03-31 |
| Movie | The Wrestling Classic | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper | 1985-11-07 |
| Movie | The Best of the WWF: volume 4 | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper | 1985-09-01 |
| Movie | Rowdy Roddy Piper's Greatest Hits | Roddy Piper | 1985-09-15 |
| Movie | PNW 60th Anniversary Wrestling Extravaganza | Unknown | 1985-05-21 |
| Movie | Cyndi Lauper: The Goonies 'R' Good Enough | Rowdy | 1985-05-06 |
| Series | Saturday Night's Main Event | 1985-05-11 | |
| Movie | WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: July '84 | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper | 1984-07-15 |
| Movie | NWA The Final Conflict | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper | 1983-03-12 |
| Movie | NWA Starrcade 1983 | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper | 1983-11-24 |
| Movie | NWA The Race to Starrcade | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper | 1983-09-07 |
| Movie | The One and Only | Leatherneck Joe Brady (uncredited) | 1978-02-03 |
| Series | Saturday Night Live | Self - Cameo (uncredited) | 1975-10-11 |