Roddy Piper
Acting
Born 1954-04-17
Died 2015-07-31
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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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.
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Raw
Saturday Night Live
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Cold Case
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
WWF Superstars
WWF All-Star Wrestling
Highlander: The Series
The Outer Limits
WWF Wrestling Challenge
Walker, Texas Ranger
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event
Storage Wars
Celebrity Ghost Stories
They Live
Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling
Wrestlemania Rewind
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
The Man Show
WWE Rivals
TNA iMPACT!
WWE Old School
Tuesday Night Titans
Biography: WWE Legends
Mr. McMahon
Breaking In
WCW Monday Nitro
Inside MMA
WWE Hall of Fame
WWE Rivalries
Green Lantern: Emerald Knights
WWE: Macho Man - The Randy Savage Story
WWE Table For 3
The Highwayman
WWE WrestleMania X
WCW Thunder
Andre the Giant
Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends
The Mullets
NWA The Final Conflict
Hell Comes to Frogtown
Marked Man
MADtv
The One and Only
TNA Final Resolution 2005
Tough and Deadly
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
Super Sweet 16: The Movie
WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time
The Bad Pack
Body Slam
Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows
Buy & Cell
WWE WrestleMania XI
The Masked Saint
Pizza Man
The Greatest Wrestling Stars of the '80s
WWE WrestleMania XXV
WCW Starrcade 1999
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