Roddy Piper
160 movies · 25 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Apr 17, 1954
- Died
- Jul 31, 2015 (age 61)
- Place of birth
- Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Also known as
- Rowdy Roddy Piper · Roderick George Toombs · "Rowdy" Roddy Piper · Roddy Piper
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".
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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.
Known for
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★ 7.3 They Live
1988 · Film
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★ 8.2 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005 · TV
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★ 7.0 Walker, Texas Ranger
1993 · TV
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★ 6.7 Green Lantern: Emerald Knights
2011 · Film
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★ 7.7 Cold Case
2003 · TV
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★ 7.4 Highlander: The Series
1992 · TV
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★ 7.7 The Outer Limits
1995 · TV
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★ 5.5 Hell Comes to Frogtown
1988 · Film
Roddy Piper: movies and TV shows
Acting (185)
- 2024
- 2021
- 2018
- 2017
- 2016 Our Nation's Pride: The Best of Canadian Superstars
as Rowdy Roddy Piper
- 2016 The Bet
as Mr. Jablonski
- 2016 WWE: The U.S. Championship: A Legacy of Greatness
as Rowdy Roddy Piper (archive footage)
- 2016 The Chair
as Murphy
- 2016 The Masked Saint
as Nicky Stone
- 2015 The Reconciler
as Russ
- 2015 Portal to Hell!!!
as Jack
- 2015
- 2015 The Old Boys
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 2015 Lights Out
as Detective Callahan
- 2015 Adventures of a Pizza Guy
as Marek Slavomir
- 2015 The Green Fairy
as Oscar Wilde
- 2014
- 2014
- 2014 Don't Look Back
as Eddie Starks
- 2014 Pro Wrestlers vs Zombies
as Rowdy Roddy Piper
- 2014
- 2014 Other Plans
as Dean Evans
- 2012 Clear Lake
as Wayne
- 2012
- 2012 WWE: The Best of SmackDown - 10th Anniversary, 1999-2009
as Roddy Piper (archive footage)
- 2011 JCW Legends and Icons
as Roddy Piper
- 2011 Alien Opponent
as Father Mulluzzo
- 2011 Green Lantern: Emerald Knights
as Bolphunga (voice)
- 2011 Fancypants
as Smiley
- 2011
- 2010 WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 2010
- 2010 Billy Owens and the Secret of the Runes
as William Thurgood
- 2010 The Portal
as Homeless George
- 2009 WWE WrestleMania XXV
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 2008 The Mystical Adventures of Billy Owens
as William Thurgood
- 2008 WWE Cyber Sunday 2008
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper (Appearance)
- 2008 A Gothic Tale
as Narrator
- 2008 WWE Royal Rumble 2008
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 2007
- 2007 Street Team Massacre
as Roddy
- 2007 Super Sweet 16: The Movie
as Mitch Connors
- 2007 Blind Eye
as Fred Mears
- 2007 Ghosts of Goldfield
as Jackson Smith
- 2006 Domestic Import
as Bronco Bill
- 2006 WWE Cyber Sunday 2006
as Roddy Piper
- 2006 Sin-Jin Smyth
as Trent Polly
- 2006 WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
as 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper
- 2006 Honor
as LT Tyrell
- 2006 Shut Up and Shoot!
as Yokum The Bartender
- 2006 Legion : The Final Exorcism
as Lucas McMurter
- 2005 Three Wise Guys
as Pastor Roberts
- 2005
- 2005
- 2005
- 2005 WWE: Wrestlemania Recall
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 2005 TNA Final Resolution 2005
as Roddy Piper (Special Guest Referee)
- 2004
- 2003
- 2003
- 2003 WWE Judgment Day 2003
as Roddy Piper
- 2003 WWE Backlash 2003
as Roddy Piper
- 2003 WWE Wrestlemania XIX
as Rowdy Roddy Piper
- 2002 Ultimate Fights from the Movies
as Nada (They Live) (archive footage)
- 2000 Jack of Hearts
as Detective Deeks
- 2000 WCW SuperBrawl 2000
as Roddy Piper (Referee)
- 1999 WCW Starrcade 1999
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper (Referee)
- 1999 WCW Bash at the Beach 1999
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 1999 WCW The Great American Bash 1999
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 1999 WCW Slamboree 1999
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 1999 WCW SuperBrawl IX
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 1999 Last to Surrender
as Nick Ford
- 1998 Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows
as Rowdy Roddy Piper (archive footage)
- 1998 Hard Time
as Randy
- 1998 WCW Fall Brawl 1998
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 1998 The Shepherd
as Miles
- 1998 WCW The Great American Bash 1998
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 1998 WCW Slamboree 1998
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 1998 WCW Spring Stampede 1998
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 1998
- 1998 WCW Thunder · TV
- 1997 The Bad Pack
as Dash Simms
- 1997 WCW Halloween Havoc 1997
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 1997 Dead Tides
as Mick Leddy
- 1997
- 1997 WCW Bash at the Beach 1997
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 1997 WCW The Great American Bash 1997
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 1997 WCW Slamboree 1997
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 1997 WCW Uncensored 1997
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 1997 WCW SuperBrawl VII
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 1997 First Encounter
as Lieutenant Edward Ganz
- 1996 Sci-fighters
as Det. Cameron Grayson
- 1996 WCW Starrcade 1996
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 1996 WCW Halloween Havoc 1996
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper (Appearance)
- 1996 Terminal Rush
as Bartel
- 1996 Marked Man
as Frank Gibson
- 1996 WWE WrestleMania XII
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 1996 WWE In Your House 6: Rage in the Cage
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper (WWE President)
- 1995
- 1995 Jungleground
as Lt. Jacob 'Jake' Cornell
- 1995 WWE WrestleMania XI
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper (Referee)
- 1995
- 1995 No Contest
as Ice
- 1995 Tough and Deadly
as Elmo Freech
- 1994 German Fan Favorites
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 1994 Bret "Hit Man" Hart
as Roddy Piper
- 1994 Back in Action
as Frank Rossi
- 1994 WWE King of the Ring 1994
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 1994 Immortal Combat
as John Keller
- 1994 WWE WrestleMania X
as Roddy Piper (Referee)
- 1994
- 1993
- 1992 WWE Wrestling's Hottest Matches
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 1992
- 1992 WWE SummerSlam 1992
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper (Appearance)
- 1992 WWE World Tour 1992
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 1992 3rd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 1992 WWE Crunch Classic
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 1992 WWE WrestleMania VIII
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 1992 WWE March to WrestleMania VIII
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 1992 WWE Royal Rumble 1992
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 1991 WWE Survivor Series 1991
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 1991 WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1991
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 1991 WWE Battle Royal at the Albert Hall
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 1991 WWE World Tour 1991
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 1991 2nd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 1991 WWE SuperTape: Volume 4
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 1991 WWE Greatest Hits
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 1991 WWE WrestleMania VII
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper (Ringside)
- 1991 WWE Funniest Moments
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 1991 Tagteam
as Rick McDonald
- 1990 WWE Survivor Series 1990
as Roddy Piper
- 1990 Hulkamania Forever
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 1990 WWE SuperTape: Volume 2
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 1990 WWE WrestleFest '90
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 1990 WWE WrestleMania VI
as 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper
- 1990 Wrestling Superheroes
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 1990 The Love Boat: A Valentine Voyage
as Maurice Steiger
- 1990 WWE Royal Rumble 1990
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 1989 WWE Survivor Series 1989
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 1989
- 1989 WWE WrestleMania V
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper (Host)
- 1989 The Brains Behind the Brawn
as Roddy Piper
- 1989 Buy & Cell
as Cowboy
- 1988 They Live
as John Nada
- 1988 Hulkamania 3
as Roddy Piper
- 1988 Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake
as Roddy Piper
- 1988 Hell Comes to Frogtown
as Sam Hell
- 1987 Wrestling's Most Embarrassing Moments
as Roddy Piper
- 1987
- 1987 The Best of the WWF: volume 11
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 1987 WWE WrestleMania III
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 1987 The Best of the WWF: volume 10
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 1987 Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 1986 Inside the Steel Cage
as Roddy Piper
- 1986 Body Slam
as Quick Rick Roberts
- 1986
- 1986
- 1986
- 1986 Villains of the Squared Circle
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 1986 The Best of the WWF: volume 7
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 1986 Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat
as Roddy Piper
- 1986 WrestleMania II
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 1986 WWE Grudge Match
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 1986 The Life and Times of Captain Lou Albano
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 1985 The Wrestling Classic
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 1985 Rowdy Roddy Piper's Greatest Hits
as Roddy Piper
- 1985 The Best of the WWF: volume 4
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 1985
- 1985 WWE Saturday Night's Main Event · TV
as “Rowdy” Roddy Piper / "Rowdy" Roddy Piper / "Rowdy" Roddy Piper (Commentary) · 11 episodes
- 1985 WrestleMania
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 1985 Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper (archive footage)
- 1985 WWE War to Settle the Score
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 1985 Best of the WWF Volume 3
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 1985 Best of the WWF Volume 1
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 1985 Most Unusual Matches
as Roddy Piper
- 1985 Wrestling's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest!
as Roddy Piper
- 1984 WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: July '84
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 1983 NWA Starrcade 1983
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 1983 NWA The Race to Starrcade
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 1983 NWA The Final Conflict
as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- 1981
- 1978 The One and Only
as Leatherneck Joe Brady (uncredited)
- 1975
- 1973
Behind the camera (1)
- 2008 The Mystical Adventures of Billy Owens
Associate Producer
Talk shows and appearances (50)
- Upcoming
- 2023
- 2022
- 2022 WWE Rivals
2 episodes
- 2020
- 2019
- 2018
- 2017
- 2015
- 2014
- 2014
- 2014
- 2014 WWE Legends' House
10 episodes
- 2014
- 2013
- 2013
- 2013
- 2013 Cyndi Lauper: Still So Unusual
12 episodes
- 2012
- 2011
- 2011
- 2011
- 2011
- 2010 Storage Wars
1 episode
- 2009 Celebrity Ghost Stories
1 episode
- 2009
- 2009
- 2009
- 2008
- 2007 Inside MMA
1 episode
- 2006
- 2006
- 2006
- 2006
- 2005
- 2005 WWE Hall of Fame
1 episode
- 2005
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2 episodes
- 1999 The Man Show
1 episode
- 1999 WWE Friday Night SmackDown
8 episodes
- 1995 MADtv
1 episode
- 1995
- 1994
- 1993 Raw
16 episodes
- 1992
- 1988
- 1985
- 1985
- 1984 Tuesday Night Titans
21 episodes
- 1975 Saturday Night Live
1 episode