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.

Filmography

• Mr. McMahon — “Rowdy” Roddy Piper (Archive Footage)
• WWE Rivals — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• Biography: WWE Legends — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• 2018Randy Savage Unreleased: The Unseen Matches of The Macho Man
• 2017WWE Unreleased: 1986-1995
• 2016Our Nation's Pride: The Best of Canadian Superstars — Rowdy Roddy Piper
• 2016The Bet — Mr. Jablonski
• 2016The Chair — Murphy
• 2016The Masked Saint — Nicky Stone
• 2016WWE: The U.S. Championship: A Legacy of Greatness — Rowdy Roddy Piper (archive footage)
• 2015Adventures of a Pizza Guy — Marek Slavomir
• 2015Lights Out — Detective Callahan
• 2015Portal to Hell!!! — Jack
• 2015The Green Fairy — Oscar Wilde
• 2015The Old Boys — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• 2015The Reconciler — Russ
• WWE Table For 3 — Roddy Piper
• 2014Don't Look Back — Eddie Starks
• 2014Other Plans — Dean Evans
• 2014Pro Wrestlers vs Zombies — Rowdy Roddy Piper
• WWE Rivalries
• 2014WWE Tribute to the Troops 2014
• Wrestlemania Rewind — Roddy Piper
• 2012Clear Lake — Wayne
• 2012WWE RAW 1000
• 2012WWE: The Best of SmackDown - 10th Anniversary, 1999-2009 — Roddy Piper (archive footage)
• 2011Alien Opponent — Father Mulluzzo
• Breaking In — Mr. Weller
• 2011Fancypants — Smiley
• 2011Green Lantern: Emerald Knights — Bolphunga (voice)
• 2011JCW Legends and Icons — Roddy Piper
• 2010Billy Owens and the Secret of the Runes — William Thurgood
• 2010The Portal — Homeless George
• 2010WWE: Legends of Wrestling - Roddy Piper and Terry Funk
• 2010WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• 2009WWE WrestleMania XXV — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• 2008A Gothic Tale — Narrator
• 2008The Mystical Adventures of Billy Owens — William Thurgood, Associate Producer
• 2008WWE Cyber Sunday 2008 — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper (Appearance)
• 2008WWE Royal Rumble 2008 — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• 2007Blind Eye — Fred Mears
• 2007Ghosts of Goldfield — Jackson Smith
• 2007Life In The Fast Lane
• 2007Street Team Massacre — Roddy
• 2007Super Sweet 16: The Movie — Mitch Connors
• 2006Domestic Import — Bronco Bill
• 2006Honor — LT Tyrell
• 2006Legion : The Final Exorcism — Lucas McMurter
• 2006Shut Up and Shoot! — Yokum The Bartender
• 2006Sin-Jin Smyth — Trent Polly
• 2006WWE Cyber Sunday 2006 — Roddy Piper
• 2006WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology — 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper
• Celebrity Wrestling
• It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia — Da' Maniac
• 2005TNA Final Resolution 2005 — Roddy Piper (Special Guest Referee)
• 2005The Lost Episodes of the XWF
• 2005Three Wise Guys — Pastor Roberts
• 2005WWE: Wrestlemania Recall — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• TNA iMPACT!
• Cold Case — Sweet' Sil Tavern (2010)
• The Mullets
• 2003WWE Backlash 2003 — Roddy Piper
• 2003WWE Judgment Day 2003 — Roddy Piper
• 2003WWE Wrestlemania XIX — Rowdy Roddy Piper
• 2002Ultimate Fights from the Movies — Nada (They Live) (archive footage)
• 2000Jack of Hearts — Detective Deeks
• 2000WCW SuperBrawl 2000 — Roddy Piper (Referee)
• 1999Last to Surrender — Nick Ford
• 1999WCW Bash at the Beach 1999 — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• 1999WCW Slamboree 1999 — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• 1999WCW Starrcade 1999 — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper (Referee)
• 1999WCW SuperBrawl IX — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• 1999WCW The Great American Bash 1999 — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• WWE Friday Night SmackDown — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• 1998Hard Time — Randy
• 1998Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows — Rowdy Roddy Piper (archive footage)
• Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends
• 1998The Shepherd — Miles
• 1998WCW Fall Brawl 1998 — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• 1998WCW Slamboree 1998 — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• 1998WCW Spring Stampede 1998 — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• 1998WCW The Great American Bash 1998 — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• WCW Thunder
• 1997Dead Tides — Mick Leddy
• 1997First Encounter — Lieutenant Edward Ganz
• 1997The Bad Pack — Dash Simms
• 1997WCW Bash at the Beach 1997 — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• 1997WCW Halloween Havoc 1997 — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• 1997WCW Slamboree 1997 — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• 1997WCW SuperBrawl VII — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• 1997WCW The Great American Bash 1997 — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• 1997WCW Uncensored 1997 — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• 1997WWF Summer Flashback!
• 1996Marked Man — Frank Gibson
• 1996Sci-fighters — Det. Cameron Grayson
• 1996Terminal Rush — Bartel
• 1996WCW Halloween Havoc 1996 — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper (Appearance)
• 1996WCW Starrcade 1996 — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• 1996WWE In Your House 6: Rage in the Cage — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper (WWE President)
• 1996WWE WrestleMania XII — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• 1995Jungleground — Lt. Jacob 'Jake' Cornell
• 1995No Contest — Ice
• The Outer Limits — Marlon
• 1995Tough and Deadly — Elmo Freech
• WCW Monday Nitro
• 1995WWE WrestleMania XI — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper (Referee)
• 1994Back in Action — Frank Rossi
• 1994Bret "Hit Man" Hart — Roddy Piper
• 1994German Fan Favorites — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• 1994Immortal Combat — John Keller
• 1994The History Of WrestleMania
• 1994WWE King of the Ring 1994 — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• 1994WWE WrestleMania X — Roddy Piper (Referee)
• Raw — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, Rowdy Roddy Piper
• Walker, Texas Ranger — Cody 'The Crusader' Conway
• 19923rd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• Highlander: The Series — Anthony Galen
• 1992WWE Crunch Classic — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• 1992WWE March to WrestleMania VIII — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• 1992WWE Royal Rumble 1992 — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• 1992WWE SummerSlam 1992 — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper (Appearance)
• 1992WWE World Tour 1992 — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• 1992WWE WrestleMania VIII — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• 1992WWE Wrestling's Hottest Matches — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• 19912nd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• 1991Tagteam — Rick McDonald
• 1991WWE Battle Royal at the Albert Hall — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• 1991WWE Funniest Moments — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• 1991WWE Greatest Hits — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• 1991WWE SuperTape: Volume 4 — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• 1991WWE Survivor Series 1991 — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• 1991WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1991 — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• 1991WWE World Tour 1991 — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• 1991WWE WrestleMania VII — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper (Ringside)
• 1990Hulkamania Forever — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• 1990The Love Boat: A Valentine Voyage — Maurice Steiger
• 1990WWE Royal Rumble 1990 — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• 1990WWE SuperTape: Volume 2 — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• 1990WWE Survivor Series 1990 — Roddy Piper
• 1990WWE WrestleFest '90 — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• 1990WWE WrestleMania VI — 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper
• 1990Wrestling Superheroes — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• 1989Buy & Cell — Cowboy
• 1989The Brains Behind the Brawn — Roddy Piper
• The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! — Roddy Piper
• 1989WWE Survivor Series 1989 — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• 1989WWE WrestleMania V — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper (Host)
• 1988Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake — Roddy Piper
• 1988Hell Comes to Frogtown — Sam Hell
• 1988Hulkamania 3 — Roddy Piper
• 1988They Live — John Nada
• 1987Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• 1987The Best of the WWF: volume 10 — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• 1987The Best of the WWF: volume 11 — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• The Highwayman — Preacher
• 1987WWE WrestleMania III — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• 1987Wrestling's Most Embarrassing Moments — Roddy Piper
• 1986Body Slam — Quick Rick Roberts
• 1986Inside the Steel Cage — Roddy Piper
• 1986Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat — Roddy Piper
• 1986The Best of the WWF: volume 7 — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• 1986The Life and Times of Captain Lou Albano — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• 1986Villains of the Squared Circle — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• 1986WWE Grudge Match — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• WWF Superstars — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• WWF Wrestling Challenge — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• 1986WrestleMania II — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• 1986Wrestling's Living Legend Bruno Sammartino
• 1985Best of the WWF Volume 1 — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• 1985Best of the WWF Volume 3 — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• 1985Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper (archive footage)
• 1985Most Unusual Matches — Roddy Piper
• 1985PNW 60th Anniversary Wrestling Extravaganza
• 1985Rowdy Roddy Piper's Greatest Hits — Roddy Piper
• 1985The Best of the WWF: volume 4 — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• 1985The Wrestling Classic — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• WWE Saturday Night's Main Event — “Rowdy” Roddy Piper, "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, "Rowdy" Roddy Piper (Commentary)
• 1985WWE War to Settle the Score — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• 1985WrestleMania — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• 1985Wrestling's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest! — Roddy Piper
• Tuesday Night Titans — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, "Rowdy" Roddy Piper (Archive footage)
• 1984WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: July '84 — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• 1983NWA Starrcade 1983 — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• 1983NWA The Final Conflict — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• 1983NWA The Race to Starrcade — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling — Roddy Piper, "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• 1978The One and Only — Leatherneck Joe Brady (uncredited)
• WWF All-Star Wrestling — Roddy Piper
• WWE Old School — "Rowdy" Roddy Piper

Appearances as themselves (46)

• 2023Superfan: The Story of Vladimir — Self (Archival Footage)
• 2022Biography: Wrestlemania I — Self (archival footage)
• 2020The Firefly Funhouse Match — Himself (archive footage)
• 2019Cyndi Lauper: Japanese Singles Collection - Greatest Hits — Self (archive footage)
• 2018Andre the Giant — Self (archive footage)
• 2017The Price of Fame — Self
• 2015It's Good To Be The King: The Jerry Lawler Story — Himself
• 2014I Am Santa Claus — Himself
• WWE Legends' House — Himself
• 2014WWE United We Slam: The Best of The Great American Bash — Himself
• 2014WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1 — Himself
• 2014WWE: Macho Man - The Randy Savage Story — Himself
• Cyndi Lauper: Still So Unusual — Self
• 2013PWG Sells Out: Volume 3 — Himself
• 2013The Very Best of Monday Nitro: Volume 2 — Self
• 2013WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden — Himself
• 2012WWE: Starrcade - The Essential Collection — Himself
• 2011PWG: Kurt Russellreunion 2 - The Reunioning — Himself
• 2011Pizza Man — Self
• 2011The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.1 — Himself
• 2011Timeline The History of WWE – 1984 – As Told By Roddy Piper — Himself
• Storage Wars — Himself
• 2009A Family Underground — Self
• 2009Bloodstained Memoirs — Himself
• Celebrity Ghost Stories — Self
• 2009WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event — Himself
• 2008Nature Boy Ric Flair - The Definitive Collection — Himself
• Inside MMA — Self - Guest
• 2006Born to Controversy: The Roddy Piper Story — Self
• 2006Legends Never Die — Himself
• 2006TNA: The 50 Greatest Moments — Self
• 2006The Damn! Show — Self
• 2005The Greatest Wrestling Stars of the '80s — Self
• WWE Hall of Fame — Self
• 2005WWE Hall of Fame 2005 — Himself
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest
• The Man Show — Self
• MADtv — Self
• 1995The Misery Brothers — Himself
• 1994The Life And Times of Paul Boesch — Himself
• 1992Fighting Fit with Rowdy Roddy Piper — Self
• 1988The Making of 'They Live' — Self
• 1985All-Star Rock 'N' Wrestling Saturday Spectacular — Self
• 1985Wrestling's Bloopers, Bleeps, & Bodyslams — Self
• Saturday Night Live — Self (uncredited)
• The Damn! Show : Vol. 3 — Self