Carl Weathers
Birthday
1948/01/14
Day of death
2024/02/02 (76 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Also know as
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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.
Acting
(1987) Predator
as Al Dillon
(1976) Rocky
as Apollo Creed
(1979) Rocky II
as Apollo Creed
(1982) Rocky III
as Apollo Creed
(1985) Rocky IV
as Apollo Creed
(1977) Close Encounters of the Third Kind
as Military Policeman
(1988) Action Jackson
as Sgt. Jericho 'Action' Jackson
(2007) The Comebacks
as Freddie Wiseman/Narrator
(1977) Semi-Tough
as Dreamer Tatum
(2005) Alien Siege
as General Skyler
(2014) Think Like a Man Too
as Mr. Davenport (uncredited)
(1981) Death Hunt
as George Washington Lincoln 'Sundog' Brown
(2021) The Making of 'Rocky vs. Drago'
as Apollo Creed (archive footage)
(1996) Happy Gilmore
as Chubbs
(1995) OP Center
as Gen. Mike Rodgers
(1999) Assault on Death Mountain
as Roy Brown
(1978) Force 10 from Navarone
as Weaver
(2011) The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance
as Self
(2002) Iron and Beyond
as Self - Co-star: Predator
(1997) Assault on Devil's Island
as Roy Brown
(1975) Friday Foster
as Yarbro
(1978) The Bermuda Depths
as Eric
(2012) American Warships
as General McKraken
(1975) Bucktown
as Hambone
(1977) The Hostage Heart
as Bateman Hooks
(1992) Hurricane Smith
as Billy 'Hurricane' Smith
(2020) 40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
as Self (archive footage)
(2015) From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues
as Self
(2013) Toy Story of Terror!
as Combat Carl / Combat Carl Jr. (Voice)
(2018) Omar Sy, c'est ta chance
as Self
(1973) Magnum Force
as Demonstrator
(1986) The Defiant Ones
as Cullen Monroe
(2004) Balto III: Wings of Change
as Kirby (voice)
(2023) Sly
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1994) In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice
as Chief Hampton Forbes
(1994) In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl?
as Chief Hampton Forbes
(1994) In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life
as Chief Hampton Forbes
(2022) Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
as Self
(1995) In the Heat of the Night: Grow Old Along with Me
as Chief Hampton Forbes
(2002) Eight Crazy Nights
as GNC Guy (voice)
(1986) Fortune Dane
as Fortune Dane
(2017) John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
as Self
(2024) Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2006) Tribute To Burgess Meredith
as Self (voice)
(1990) Dangerous Passion
as Kyle Western
(2000) Little Nicky
as Chubbs (uncredited)
(2019) Toy Story 4
as Combat Carl (voice)
(2006) The Opponents
as Self / Apollo Creed
(2006) The Sasquatch Gang
as Dr. Artimus Snodgrass
(1985) Braker
as Lieutenant Harry Braker
(1995) In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound
as Chief Hampton Forbes
(1975) The Four Deuces
as Taxi cab driver
(1974) Good Times
as ---
(1972) Kung Fu
as Bad Sam
(1975) Starsky & Hutch
as Mitzi Graham
(1996) E! True Hollywood Story
as ---
(1971) Cannon
as ---
(2008) Phoo Action
as Chief Benjamin Benson
(1994) ER
as Louie Taylor
(2003) Arrested Development
as Carl Weathers
(1987) Tour of Duty
as Col. Carl Brewster
(1975) S.W.A.T.
as ---
(1970) McCloud
as ---
(1986) Fortune Dane
as Fortune Dane
(2009) Brothers
as 'Coach' Trainor
(1991) Street Justice
as Adam Beaudreaux
(1975) Bronk
as ---
(1975) Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
(2006) Psych
as Boone
(2015) Star vs. the Forces of Evil
as Omnitraxus Prime (voice)
(2017) Chicago Justice
as Mark Jefferies
(1995) OP Center
as Gen. Mike Rodgers
(1974) The Six Million Dollar Man
as Stolar
(2012) Chicago Fire
as Mark Jefferies
(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
(2002) The Shield
as Joe Clark
(1999) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as SA Mark Jefferies
(2014) Chicago P.D.
as Mark Jefferies
(2018) Magnum P.I.
as Dan Sawyer
(1972) The Streets of San Francisco
as Officer Hague
(1976) Delvecchio
as Sgt. Bell
(1973) Barnaby Jones
as Jack Hopper
(1975) Switch
as Lt. Gifford
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
(2016) Colony
as Beau
(2010) Regular Show
as God of Basketball voice)
(1975) Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
(1988) In the Heat of the Night
as Hampton Forbes
(2020) Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
as Self - Greef Karga
(2019) The Mandalorian
as Greef Karga