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Rodrick Heffley is the older brother of Greg and Manny Heffley, the son of Frank and Susan Heffley, and the drummer, founder and leader of the rock band Löded Diper. He is the oldest son of the Heffley family.

Rodrick is not depicted to own any exceptional talents, and he is portrayed to be passionate in a few interests, distinctly heavy metal music, as it occupies most of his spare time and frequently drafts him away from his schoolwork. Rodrick would much preferably sleep than engage in anything productive, an attribute that is visually prominent throughout the series. He loves to sleep a lot, once sleeping for 36 hours straight (he also slept during the removal of his bed), and whenever Frank compels him to wake him up, Rodrick always tries to find a way to override it. As an avid fanatic of heavy metal music, Rodrick is the co-founder (along with Ward) and lead drummer of his band Löded Diper. The band's lead singer, Bill, is a 35-year-old unemployed man who lives with his grandmother. This, incorporated with Rodrick's fixation with heavy rock music, makes his parents fear that he will head down a similar path to Bill in the future due to his laziness.

Rodrick is extremely lazy and careless, especially when it comes to school, which elucidates where Greg learns it from. He almost never gets a grade above C-, except for his book reports (where his dad does most of the work due to Rodrick's supposed inability to type). Greg believes that Rodrick is lazy and unintelligent in all other areas, but there are indications that show that Rodrick isn't as dumb as everyone perceives likely meaning his unintelligence likely comes from his laziness (aka lack of motivation/or refusal to learn) and possible dyslexia as he has an inability to spell (though he could have refused to learn how to spell). For one, he is able to con people to reward him greater by setting the bar real low that he can end up surprising anyone by doing the most minuscule thing; for example, Frank asking Rodrick to get his filthy underwear off the table. Furthermore, he manages to get away with not doing chores and homework by irritating his parents to the point where they oblige to his desires and lies that he has to go to the bathroom to avoid doing the chores. While Rodrick still clearly isn't the smartest in the family academic wise, he is still presented to be a bit bright and is just not applying it in the school department since he would rather get good grades by cheating than actually doing the work much like Greg does at times. In Hard Luck, it is stated that Rodrick's first quarter didn't go well, insinuating that his father might have stopped assisting him.

While Rodrick is a bit bright, he still struggles in other realms. These include spelling; in Dog Days when they brought Sweetie, Frank obliged Rodrick to buy a dog bowl however he ended up misspelling it as "Sweaty," and common sense; In The Long Haul, he mistakes a safe for a microwave and that bacon comes from pigs in the same way that eggs come from chickens.

Rodrick's somewhat antagonistic role throughout the series is partly stemmed from a case of an unreliable narrator, as Greg has a less-than-ideal relationship with his older brother per their sibling rivalry and thus Greg depicts Rodrick in a highly antagonistic point-of-view. If one looks at Rodrick's behavior in a more neutral point-of-view, it can be seen that while Rodrick still isn't the most well-behaved teenager (as he is still somewhat mean and very lazy), he is not as bad as Greg depicts him to be, as the books are in Greg's perspective. In fact, Rodrick is actually one of the more well-behaved teenagers in the series. While Rodrick pulls pranks and cons his parents, it's mostly harmless (i.e. putting fake vomit on someone's car and getting his parents to reward him greater) and are not outright vandalism or harassment like most of the other teenagers pull in the series (i.e. egging, toilet-papering someone's house, and harassing little kids on Halloween). In some ways, Rodrick can actually be a better person than Greg and perhaps better than his parents and his youngest brother. In particular, Greg uses and manipulates his friends like Rowley and Chirag (and even people he doesn't know well) often, while Rodrick is never seen doing so with his friends and partakes in normal activities with them (like watching TV and practicing with their band). In the animated Diary of a Wimpy Kid movie, he said he did his best work on the science project when he didn't and lied that he did to Greg after Greg helped him with it so he can pass the class and get a good grade on it.

18 years old

male

Face shape: He has a relatively long, narrow face with a slightly angular jaw and a youthful appearance. Skin: His complexion is fair and relatively pale. Eyes: His eyes appear dark, sitting beneath his heavy, messy fringe. He often gives people a half-lidded, bored-looking stare. Wears guyliner Eyebrows: His eyebrows are dark and moderately thick, sometimes making his expressions look more sarcastic or annoyed. Nose: He has a fairly straight nose that fits proportionally with his other facial features. Mouth: His mouth is relatively thin, and he frequently wears a neutral, unimpressed expression or a crooked smirk. Expression: Rodrick usually looks bored, irritated, smug, or mildly amused. He rarely seems particularly enthusiastic about anything Greg says.

Color: Very dark brown, appearing almost black in some lighting. Length: Medium-length, extending down toward his ears and the back of his neck. Texture: Straight to slightly tousled, with a somewhat thick appearance. Fringe: Long bangs fall forward across his forehead, partially obscuring his eyebrows and sometimes hanging close to his eyes. Styling: His hair is deliberately messy-looking rather than neatly combed. It has an uneven, shaggy silhouette, with strands falling in different directions.

Build: He has a relatively slim, average-to-lanky teenage build. Height: He appears taller than Greg, reinforcing his role as the older brother. Posture: He often slouches, stands casually, or leans against things rather than maintaining an upright posture. Body language: His movements and posture tend to communicate laziness, confidence, and a lack of interest in whatever is happening around him

His science project and his grades for his SAT exams have never been revealed. In the online version, however, Rodrick got no ribbons for his science project. He once slept for 36 hours and didn't notice until he saw that Monday Night Football wasn't on, because it was Tuesday. Ironically, most real people can't do this. He also had a bad habit of falling asleep in the hot tub and once Susan forgot to wake him up, resulting in his skin looking like a prune for two weeks during which his high school did their yearbook photos. His room is located in the basement of the house. In the film, however, it was relocated to the attic as the house the producers used to film all the Heffley household scenes had no basement. Most of the characters in the book only show their eyebrows when they are mad. Fitting with his antagonistic behavior, he always looks mad due to him having eyebrows all the time. It's hinted in the online book that he has never had a legitimate girlfriend, since Greg has never seen him with a girl

Clothing and fashion

Rodrick's wardrobe reflects his interest in rock music.

Typical clothing includes:

Dark-colored graphic T-shirts. Black or dark gray tops. Casual hoodies and long-sleeved shirts. Jeans and other everyday trousers. Simple sneakers.