Rodrick Heffley

Rodrick Heffley is Greg and Manny's older brother, the main antagonist of the second book and a bully throughout the series. He's a junior in high school. There isn't much of a relationship between him and Manny, but him and Greg seem to have huge sibling rivalry going on. From Greg's point of view, Rodrick is always picking on Greg. However, as Rodrick can be a jerk to Greg at times, sometimes, but rarely, are his actions justified. Rodrick has a band called Löded Diper, which is a metal band whose lead singer is a man named Bill Walter, who is a 35 year old high school drop out, is unemployed, and still lives with his parents. In Rodrick Rules, Rodrick enters his band into a talent show, but a kindergartner named Harry Gilbertson gets the reward of "Best Musical Act" even though his act was simply skating around a radio playing "Yankee Doodle Dandy." His humor consists of seeing people get hurt. He seems to be very fond of horror movies, absolutely loves music (especially heavy metal), and also has a best friend named Ward. Rodrick did terribly back in elementary and middle school. The only reason why Rodrick is doing slightly better at high school is because he cheats by having his dad do all the work for him. Rodrick is extremely lazy when it comes to school, and that explains where Greg gets his laziness from. Rodrick would much rather sleep then pay attention to real life and everybody knows he loves to sleep. He is played by Devon Bostick in the movie. He is also based on Scott Kinney, a musician and Jeff Kinney's older brother.