Biography
Roderick George Toombs (April 17, 1954 – July 31, 2015), 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.
Acted in 177
2020s
- 2024
- 2022
- 2021
2010s
- 2018
Randy Savage Unreleased: The Unseen Matches of The Macho Man
Movie
- 2017
WWE Unreleased: 1986-1995
Movie
- 2016
WWE: The U.S. Championship: A Legacy of Greatness
Rowdy Roddy Piper (archive footage)
- 2015
The Reconciler
Russ
Portal to Hell!!!
Jack
WWE Table For 3
Roddy Piper · 1 episode
The Old Boys
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
Lights Out
Detective Callahan
Adventures of a Pizza Guy
Marek Slavomir
The Green Fairy
Oscar Wilde
- 2014
WWE Rivalries
TV
Pro Wrestlers vs Zombies
Rowdy Roddy Piper
Other Plans
Dean Evans
- 2012
Clear Lake
Wayne
WWE RAW 1000
Movie
WWE: The Best of SmackDown - 10th Anniversary, 1999-2009
Roddy Piper (archive footage)
- 2011
- 2010
WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
WWE: Legends of Wrestling - Roddy Piper and Terry Funk
Movie
Billy Owens and the Secret of the Runes
William Thurgood
The Portal
Homeless George
2000s
- 2009
WWE WrestleMania XXV
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 2008
WWE Cyber Sunday 2008
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper (Appearance)
WWE Royal Rumble 2008
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 2007
Life In The Fast Lane
Movie
Street Team Massacre
Roddy
Super Sweet 16: The Movie
Mitch Connors
Blind Eye
Fred Mears
Ghosts of Goldfield
Jackson Smith
- 2006
Domestic Import
Bronco Bill
WWE Cyber Sunday 2006
Roddy Piper
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
'Rowdy' Roddy Piper
Honor
LT Tyrell
Shut Up and Shoot!
Yokum The Bartender
Legion : The Final Exorcism
Lucas McMurter
- 2005
Three Wise Guys
Pastor Roberts
The Lost Episodes of the XWF
Movie
WWE: Wrestlemania Recall
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
TNA Final Resolution 2005
Roddy Piper (Special Guest Referee)
- 2004
- 2003
WWE Judgment Day 2003
Roddy Piper
WWE Backlash 2003
Roddy Piper
WWE Wrestlemania XIX
Rowdy Roddy Piper
- 2002
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
Nada (They Live) (archive footage)
- 2000
WCW SuperBrawl 2000
Roddy Piper (Referee)
1990s
- 1999
WCW Starrcade 1999
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper (Referee)
WCW Bash at the Beach 1999
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
WCW The Great American Bash 1999
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
WCW Slamboree 1999
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
WCW SuperBrawl IX
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 1998
Hard Time
Randy
WCW Fall Brawl 1998
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
The Shepherd
Miles
WCW The Great American Bash 1998
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
WCW Slamboree 1998
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
WCW Spring Stampede 1998
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends
TV
WCW Thunder
TV
- 1997
WCW Halloween Havoc 1997
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
Dead Tides
Mick Leddy
WWF Summer Flashback!
Movie
WCW Bash at the Beach 1997
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
WCW The Great American Bash 1997
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
WCW Slamboree 1997
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
WCW Uncensored 1997
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
WCW SuperBrawl VII
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
First Encounter
Lieutenant Edward Ganz
- 1996
WCW Starrcade 1996
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
WCW Halloween Havoc 1996
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper (Appearance)
Terminal Rush
Bartel
WWE WrestleMania XII
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
WWE In Your House 6: Rage in the Cage
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper (WWE President)
- 1995
Jungleground
Lt. Jacob 'Jake' Cornell
WWE WrestleMania XI
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper (Referee)
Tough and Deadly
Elmo Freech
WWF 1994: The Year In Review
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 1994
German Fan Favorites
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
Bret "Hit Man" Hart
Roddy Piper
Back in Action
Frank Rossi
WWE King of the Ring 1994
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
Immortal Combat
John Keller
WWE WrestleMania X
Roddy Piper (Referee)
The History Of WrestleMania
Movie
- 1993
- 1992
WWE Wrestling's Hottest Matches
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
WWE SummerSlam 1992
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper (Appearance)
WWE World Tour 1992
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
3rd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
WWE Crunch Classic
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
WWE WrestleMania VIII
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
WWE Royal Rumble 1992
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 1991
WWE Survivor Series 1991
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
WWE Battle Royal at the Albert Hall
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
WWE World Tour 1991
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
2nd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
WWE SuperTape: Volume 4
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
WWE Greatest Hits
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
WWE WrestleMania VII
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper (Ringside)
WWE Funniest Moments
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
Tagteam
Rick McDonald
- 1990
WWE Survivor Series 1990
Roddy Piper
Hulkamania Forever
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
WWE SuperTape: Volume 2
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
WWE WrestleFest '90
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
WWE WrestleMania VI
'Rowdy' Roddy Piper
Wrestling Superheroes
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
The Love Boat: A Valentine Voyage
Maurice Steiger
WWE Royal Rumble 1990
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
1980s
- 1989
WWE Survivor Series 1989
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
WWE WrestleMania V
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper (Host)
The Brains Behind the Brawn
Roddy Piper
Buy & Cell
Cowboy
- 1988
Hulkamania 3
Roddy Piper
Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake
Roddy Piper
- 1987
Wrestling's Most Embarrassing Moments
Roddy Piper
The Highwayman
Preacher · 1 episode
The Best of the WWF: volume 11
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
WWE WrestleMania III
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
The Best of the WWF: volume 10
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 1986
Inside the Steel Cage
Roddy Piper
Body Slam
Quick Rick Roberts
Villains of the Squared Circle
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
The Best of the WWF: volume 7
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat
Roddy Piper
WrestleMania II
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
WWE Grudge Match
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
The Life and Times of Captain Lou Albano
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 1985
The Wrestling Classic
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
Rowdy Roddy Piper's Greatest Hits
Roddy Piper
The Best of the WWF: volume 4
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
WrestleMania
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper (archive footage)
WWE War to Settle the Score
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
Best of the WWF Volume 1
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
Best of the WWF Volume 3
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
Most Unusual Matches
Roddy Piper
Wrestling's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest!
Roddy Piper
- 1984
- 1983
NWA Starrcade 1983
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
NWA The Final Conflict
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 1981
1970s
- 1978
The One and Only
Leatherneck Joe Brady (uncredited)
- 1975
- 1973
Produced 1
Appearances41
2020s
- 2023
Superfan: The Story of Vladimir
Self (Archival Footage)
- 2022
Biography: Wrestlemania I
Self (archival footage)
- 2020
The Firefly Funhouse Match
Himself (archive footage)
2010s
- 2018
- 2017
The Price of Fame
Self
- 2015
It's Good To Be The King: The Jerry Lawler Story
Himself
- 2014
WWE: Macho Man - The Randy Savage Story
Himself
I Am Santa Claus
Himself
WWE United We Slam: The Best of The Great American Bash
Himself
WWE Legends' House
Himself · 10 episodes
- 2013
WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden
Himself
PWG Sells Out: Volume 3
Himself
The Very Best of Monday Nitro: Volume 2
Self
Cyndi Lauper: Still So Unusual
Self · 12 episodes
- 2012
WWE: Starrcade - The Essential Collection
Himself
- 2011
The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.1
Himself
Pizza Man
Self
Timeline The History of WWE – 1984 – As Told By Roddy Piper
Himself
PWG: Kurt Russellreunion 2 - The Reunioning
Himself
- 2010
2000s
- 2009
WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event
Himself
Bloodstained Memoirs
Himself
- 2008
A Gothic Tale
Narrator
Nature Boy Ric Flair - The Definitive Collection
Himself
- 2006
TNA: The 50 Greatest Moments
Self
Born to Controversy: The Roddy Piper Story
Self
The Damn! Show
Self
- 2005
The Greatest Wrestling Stars of the '80s
Self
WWE Hall of Fame
Self · 1 episode
WWE Hall of Fame 2005
Himself
- 2003
1990s
- 1999
- 1995
MADtv
Self · 1 episode
The Misery Brothers
Himself
- 1994
The Life And Times of Paul Boesch
Himself
1980s
- 1988
The Making of 'They Live'
Self
- 1985
Wrestling's Bloopers, Bleeps, & Bodyslams
Self
No release date
The Damn! Show : Vol. 3
Self