Carl Weathers

1948-01-14 – 2024-02-02 (age 76) New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

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Biography

Carl Weathers (January 14, 1948 – February 2, 2024) was an American actor, director, as well as former professional football player in the United States and Canada. He was best known for playing Apollo Creed in the Rocky series of films. He also played Dillon in the first Predator movie, Chubbs Peterson in Happy Gilmore and Little Nicky, Magistrate Greef Karga in The Mandalorian, and played a fictionalized version of himself in the television series Arrested Development.

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Carl Weathers

Carl Weathers

Carl Weathers

Carl Weathers

Carl Weathers

Known For

Toy Story 4

Toy Story 4

2019

as Combat Carl (voice)

Rocky

Rocky

1976

as Apollo Creed

Predator

Predator

1987

as Al Dillon

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

1977

as Military Policeman

Rocky II

Rocky II

1979

as Apollo Creed

Happy Gilmore

Happy Gilmore

1996

as Chubbs

Magnum Force

Magnum Force

1973

as Demonstrator

Rocky III

Rocky III

1982

as Apollo Creed

Rocky IV

Rocky IV

1985

as Apollo Creed

Think Like a Man Too

Think Like a Man Too

2014

as Mr. Davenport (uncredited)

Little Nicky

Little Nicky

2000

as Chubbs (uncredited)

Death Hunt

Death Hunt

1981

as George Washington Lincoln 'Sundog' Brown

Balto III: Wings of Change

Balto III: Wings of Change

2004

as Kirby (voice)

Action Jackson

Action Jackson

1988

as Sgt. Jericho 'Action' Jackson

Untold Mr. T: I Pity the Fool

Untold Mr. T: I Pity the Fool

2026

as Self (archive footage)

Eight Crazy Nights

Eight Crazy Nights

2002

as GNC Guy (voice)

The Comebacks

The Comebacks

2007

as Freddie Wiseman/Narrator

Force 10 from Navarone

Force 10 from Navarone

1978

as Weaver

Semi-Tough

Semi-Tough

1977

as Dreamer Tatum

Assault on Death Mountain

Assault on Death Mountain

1999

as Roy Brown