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Piper featured in the wrestling documentary Bloodstained Memoirs. Piper was a guest on a 1985 Saturday Night Live episode, tormenting hosts Hulk Hogan and Mr. T, and has appeared as a special guest on MADtv along with Bret Hart. In 1991, the pilot episode for "Tag Team", a television program about two ex-professional wrestlers turned police officers, starred Piper and Jesse "The Body" Ventura. Piper appeared as a wrestler loosely based on himself in an episode called "Crusader" from Walker, Texas Ranger where his name was Cody "The Crusader" Conway. Piper appeared as a prison antagonist in an episode of The Outer Limits TV series. Piper was the host of ITV's Celebrity Wrestling in the UK. Piper appeared as a character named Commander Cash on RoboCop: The Series. Piper appeared as a choice in the "Wheel of Destiny" segment of The Man Show. Piper also starred in the 1988 John Carpenter cult classic, They Live. Piper played a drifter turned saviour of the human race after discovering a pair of sunglasses that allow him to see the world's elite for what they truly are, money hungry aliens with a new-world-order-like agenda. That same year, he starred in the cult classic Hell Comes to Frogtown. He also starred in an episode in the second season of the Highlander TV series, and appeared in the It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia episode "The Gang Wrestles For the Troops" as "The Maniac", a parody of Mickey Rourke's role in the film The Wrestler.
In 2007, Piper became the second pro-wrestler, the other being Sgt. Slaughter, to have their likeness crafted in a G.I. Joe figure. According to his filecard, he is a trainer for Destro's Iron Grenadiers.
In April 2005, Piper co-presented Celebrity Wrestling in the United Kingdom on ITV1. This Saturday evening reality show saw celebrities learn wrestling and compete in challenge matches. After a few weeks the program was to be canceled, due to a huge drop in TV ratings but instead was moved to Sunday mornings to finish its final episodes.
He appeared as Mr. Thurgood in the movies The Mystical Adventures of Billy Owens in 2008, as well as Billy Owens and the Secret of the Runes in 2010.
In the 1980s, Piper also appeared in singer Cyndi Lauper's music video for the song "The Goonies 'R' Good Enough." He also appeared as a guest VJ on MTV in 1988.
Wizard's list of the 100 Greatest Villains of All Time ranked Roddy Piper as #35.
On October 29, 2009, Piper appeared as pro-wrestler named "Da' Maniac" on season 5 episode 7 ("The Gang Wrestles for the Troops") of the sitcom It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, parodying Mickey Rourke's role in The Wrestler.
In UGK'S "International Players Anthem" DJ Paul pokes fun at Andre 3000 asking him why is he dressed as Roddy Piper.
On March 14, 2010, Piper appeared in an episode in CBS's 'Cold Case' playing a wrestler named Sweet Sil. The episode was titled 'One Fall'. The team reopens the case of a dock worker who was moonlighting as an indy-circuit wrestler until he was shot dead in 1986.
In September 2010, Piper appeared in a FunnyorDie.com video, fighting against childhood obesity in a PSA parody. The clip included him using wrestling moves on children eating junk food and the parents who feed junk food to their kids.
In 2010 Piper was expected to appear in a reality series from Red Line Films the producers of Dhani Tackles the Glode and the Ocho de Cinco Reality Series
In December 2011, Piper appeared in several segments of the Air Farce's "Not the New Year's Eve Special", which aired on January 1, 2012, on the CBC Television Network in Canada.
It has been confirmed that Piper will appear on WWE Network's WWE Legends' House which is currently in production.
In 2012, Piper joined the ToadhopNetwork doing a weekly Thursday night podcast, "Rod Pod". Piper does a live video stream at http://www.toadhopnetwork.com at 8pm on Thursdays.
In 2012, Piper appeared on a Season 4 episode of Celebrity Ghost Stories where he conveyed a story of being visited by the ghost of Adrian Adonis.
In October 2012, Piper announced on his Twitter page that he was working as part of an upcoming wrestling game on Facebook called Warlordz of Wrestling.
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