Wrestling icon “Rowdy” Roddy Piper, one of America’s favorite ring villains, has died at the age of 61.

Piper — famed for his “feud’’ with Hulk Hogan — suffered cardiac arrest in his sleep at his home in Hollywood Thursday night, TMZ ­reported.

The wrestling Hall of Famer — whose real name was Roderick George Toombs — was diagnosed with Hodgkins lymphoma in 2006, but said last November that he was cancer-free.

Piper’s son, Colt Toombs, posted to Twitter: “My father @R_Roddy_Piper was a great man and my best friend I will miss him forever and will always try to be the man he raised me to be.”

Piper was a native of Canada, but played up his Scottish descent in brandishing his wrestling persona. He entered the ring wearing a kilt while blaring bagpipes.

The colorful wrestler also had his own interview segment, “Piper’s Pit,” during telecasts in the 1980s and ’90s in which he regularly insulted his wrestler guests and pulled sneak attacks on them.

Piper was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2005. He was named one of the WWE’s top 50 villains, as well.

Hulk Hogan told TMZ he is devastated over Piper’s passing, saying, “I will forever miss him.”

“He was my best friend. He is a legend,” Hogan said. “God’s gain is our loss. May his family in this time of need find peace.”

Piper and Hogan “fought’’ each other in numerous matches over the years in what would become classics among fans, including a tag-team match in the main event in Wrestlemania I in 1985.

Other WWE stars quickly shared their condolences via social media.

The Iron Sheik, who was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame with Piper in 2005, tweeted, “Roddy Piper. I love you forever. God bless you Bubba.” Mixed martial-arts champion Ronda Rousey — who took her nickname “Rowdy” from Piper — will dedicate her Saturday fight in Brazil to the wrestling icon, she said on Instagram.

Piper also had a memorable career as a cult actor, starring in John Carpenter’s 1988 film “They Live” and “Hell Comes to Frogtown.” In recent years, he made cameo appearances on the comedy “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.”

In “They Live,” Piper delivered the memorable line: “I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass — and I’m all out of bubblegum.”

“He was a great wrestler. He was an underrated actor and just a marvelous entertainer and I feel like I’ve just lost one of my close friends,” Carpenter said Friday.