Person Details

Birthday:

Aliases: Rowdy Roddy Piper , Roderick George Toombs , "Rowdy" Roddy Piper , Roddy Piper , Hot Rod , The Hot Scot

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Homepage: http://rowdyroddypiper.com/

Movie Involvements: 132

TV Involvements: 13


Most Famous Work

Biography

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

Most Famous Work

Raw
Average
7

Raw

(1993) "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
WWF Wrestling Challenge
Average
7

WWF Wrestling Challenge

(1986) "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
Cold Case
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8

Cold Case

(2003) Sweet' Sil Tavern (2010)
Highlander: The Series
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7

Highlander: The Series

(1992) Anthony Galen
Walker, Texas Ranger
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7

Walker, Texas Ranger

(1993) Cody 'The Crusader' Conway
WWE SmackDown
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8

WWE SmackDown

(1999) "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
The Outer Limits
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8

The Outer Limits

(1995) Marlon
Saturday Night's Main Event
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8

Saturday Night's Main Event

(1985) Roddy Piper

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2024 “Rowdy” Roddy Piper (Archive Footage)
2023 Self (Archival Footage)
2022 Self (archival footage)
2021 Self (archive footage)
'Rowdy' Roddy Piper (archive footage)
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
2020 Himself (archive footage)
2019 Self (archive footage)
2018 N/A
Self (archive footage)
2017 Self
N/A
2016 Rowdy Roddy Piper
Mr. Jablonski
Rowdy Roddy Piper (archive footage)
Murphy
Nicky Stone
2015 Russ
Jack
Roddy Piper
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
Detective Callahan
Marek Slavomir
Himself
Oscar Wilde
2014 N/A
Himself
Himself
N/A
Eddie Starks
Himself
Himself
Rowdy Roddy Piper
Himself
Dean Evans
2013 Himself
Himself
Himself
2012 Wayne
N/A
Roddy Piper (archive footage)
Himself
2011 Himself
Father Mulluzzo
Himself
Himself
Smiley
Bolphunga (voice)
Mr. Weller
Self (archive footage)
Himself
2010 "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
Himself
N/A
Homeless George
William Thurgood
2009 Self
Self
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
Himself
Himself
2008 William Thurgood
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper (Appearance)
Narrator
Himself
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
2007 N/A
Roddy
Self - Guest
Mitch Connors
Fred Mears
Jackson Smith
2006 Bronco Bill
Himself
Self
Roddy Piper
'Rowdy' Roddy Piper
LT Tyrell
Yokum The Bartender
Himself
Lucas McMurter
Self
2005 Pastor Roberts
Da' Maniac
N/A
Self
N/A
Himself
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
Roddy Piper (Special Guest Referee)
2004 N/A
2003 Sweet' Sil Tavern (2010)
N/A
Roddy Piper
Roddy Piper
Rowdy Roddy Piper
N/A
2002 Nada (They Live) (archive footage)
2000 Detective Deeks
Roddy Piper (Referee)
1999 "Rowdy" Roddy Piper (Referee)
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
Nick Ford
Miles
1998 Rowdy Roddy Piper (archive footage)
Randy
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
N/A
N/A
1997 Dash Simms
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
Mick Leddy
N/A
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
Lieutenant Edward Ganz
1996 Det. Cameron Grayson
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper (Appearance)
Bartel
Frank Gibson
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper (WWE President)
1995 Self
N/A
Lt. Jacob 'Jake' Cornell
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper (Referee)
Marlon
Ice
Elmo Freech
Himself
1994 "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
Frank Rossi
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
John Keller
Himself
Roddy Piper (Referee)
N/A
1993 Cody 'The Crusader' Conway
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
1992 "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
Anthony Galen
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
Self
1991 "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper (Ringside)
Rick McDonald
1990 Roddy Piper
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
'Rowdy' Roddy Piper
Maurice Steiger
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
1989 "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
N/A
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper (Host)
Cowboy
1988 John Nada
Roddy Piper
Sam Hell
Self
1987 Preacher
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
Rowdy Roddy Piper
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
1986 N/A
Quick Rick Roberts
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
N/A
N/A
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
1985 "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
Roddy Piper
Self
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
N/A
Roddy Piper
N/A
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper (archive footage)
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
Roddy Piper
Roddy Piper
Self
1984 "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
1983 "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
1978 Leatherneck Joe Brady (uncredited)
1975 Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Year Character Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2008 Associate Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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