Acting
Carl Weathers
EN, DE, FR cinema · 58 credits
Born
14 January 1948
Died
2 February 2024 (aged 76)
Birthplace
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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
Untold Mr. T: I Pity the Fool
as Self (archive footage)
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
as Self (archive footage)
Toy Story 4
as Combat Carl (voice)
Star vs. the Forces of Evil: The Battle for Mewni
as Omnitraxus Prime (voice)
Think Like a Man Too
as Mr. Davenport (uncredited)
Toy Story of Terror!
as Combat Carl / Combat Carl Jr. (Voice)
American Warships
as General McKraken
The Comebacks
as Freddie Wiseman/Narrator
The Opponents
as Self / Apollo Creed
The Sasquatch Gang
as Dr. Artimus Snodgrass
Alien Siege
as General Skyler
Balto III: Wings of Change
as Kirby (voice)
Iron and Beyond
as Self - Co-star: Predator
Eight Crazy Nights
as GNC Guy (voice)
Little Nicky
as Chubbs (uncredited)
Assault on Death Mountain
as Roy Brown
Assault on Devil's Island
as Roy Brown
Happy Gilmore
as Chubbs
OP Center
as Gen. Mike Rodgers
In the Heat of the Night: Grow Old Along with Me
as Hampton Forbes
In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound
1995
In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound
as Hampton Forbes
In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice
as Hampton Forbes
In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl?
as Hampton Forbes
In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life
as Chief Hampton Forbes
Hurricane Smith
as Billy 'Hurricane' Smith
Dangerous Passion
as Kyle Western
Action Jackson
as Sgt. Jericho 'Action' Jackson
Predator
as Al Dillon
The Defiant Ones
as Cullen Monroe
Fortune Dane
as Fortune Dane
Rocky IV
as Apollo Creed
Braker
as Lieutenant Harry Braker
Rocky III
as Apollo Creed
Death Hunt
as George Washington Lincoln 'Sundog' Brown
Rocky II
as Apollo Creed
Force 10 from Navarone
as Weaver
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
as Military Policeman
Semi-Tough
as Dreamer Tatum
The Hostage Heart
as Bateman Hooks
Rocky
as Apollo Creed
Friday Foster
as Yarbro
Bucktown
as Hambone
The Four Deuces
as Taxi cab driver
Magnum Force
as Demonstrator