Carl Weathers
Acting
Born January 14, 1948 · New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Died February 2, 2024
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.
Known for
Filmography
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
2022 · Self
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
2020 · Self (archive footage)
Toy Story 4
2019 · Combat Carl (voice)
From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues
2015 · Self
Think Like a Man Too
2014 · Mr. Davenport (uncredited)
Toy Story of Terror!
2013 · Combat Carl / Combat Carl Jr. (Voice)
American Warships
2012 · General McKraken
The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance
2011 · Self
The Comebacks
2007 · Freddie Wiseman/Narrator
The Sasquatch Gang
2006 · Dr. Artimus Snodgrass
Alien Siege
2005 · General Skyler
Balto III: Wings of Change
2004 · Kirby (voice)
Eight Crazy Nights
2002 · GNC Guy (voice)
Little Nicky
2000 · Chubbs (uncredited)
Assault on Death Mountain
1999 · Roy Brown
Assault on Devil's Island
1997 · Roy Brown
Happy Gilmore
1996 · Chubbs Peterson
OP Center
1995 · Gen. Mike Rodgers
Hurricane Smith
1992 · Billy 'Hurricane' Smith
Dangerous Passion
1990 · Kyle Western
Action Jackson
1988 · Sgt. Jericho 'Action' Jackson
Predator
1987 · Al Dillon
Rocky IV
1985 · Apollo Creed
Rocky III
1982 · Apollo Creed
Death Hunt
1981 · George Washington Lincoln 'Sundog' Brown
Rocky II
1979 · Apollo Creed
Force 10 from Navarone
1978 · Weaver
The Bermuda Depths
1978 · Eric
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977 · Military Policeman
Semi-Tough
1977 · Dreamer Tatum
Rocky
1976 · Apollo Creed
Friday Foster
1975 · Yarbro
Bucktown
1975 · Hambone
Magnum Force
1973 · Demonstrator