Carl Weathers

Personal Info

Birthday

January 14, 1948

Day of Death

2024-02-02

(76 years old)

Place of Birth

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Also Known As

کارل ویترز

Carl Weathers

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.

Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Chicago Fire

Chicago P.D.

Regular Show

Psych

Happy Gilmore

The Mandalorian

The Shield

Filmography

2024
Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2022
Werner Herzog - Radikaler Träumer
as Self
2021
The Making of 'Rocky vs. Drago'
as Apollo Creed (archive footage)
2020
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Toy Story 4
as Combat Carl (voice)
2018
Omar Sy, c'est ta chance
as Self
2017
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
as Self
2015
From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues
as Self
2014
Think Like a Man Too
as Mr. Davenport (uncredited)
2013
Toy Story of Terror!
as Combat Carl / Combat Carl Jr. (Voice)
2012
American Warships
as General McKraken
2011
The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance
as Self
2007
The Comebacks
as Freddie Wiseman/Narrator
2006
The Opponents
as Self / Apollo Creed
The Sasquatch Gang
as Dr. Artimus Snodgrass
Tribute To Burgess Meredith
as Self (voice)
2005
Alien Siege
as General Skyler
2004
Balto III: Wings of Change
as Kirby (voice)
2002
Eight Crazy Nights
as GNC Guy (voice)
Iron and Beyond
as Self - Co-star: Predator
2000
Little Nicky
as Chubbs (uncredited)
1999
Assault on Death Mountain
as Roy Brown
1997
Assault on Devil's Island
as Roy Brown
1996
Happy Gilmore
as Chubbs
1995
In the Heat of the Night: Grow Old Along with Me
as Hampton Forbes
In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound
as Hampton Forbes
1994
In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl?
as Hampton Forbes
In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice
as Hampton Forbes
In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life
as Chief Hampton Forbes
1992
Hurricane Smith
as Billy 'Hurricane' Smith
1990
Dangerous Passion
as Kyle Western
1988
Action Jackson
as Sgt. Jericho 'Action' Jackson
1987
Predator
as Al Dillon
1986
The Defiant Ones
as Cullen Monroe
1985
Rocky IV
as Apollo Creed
Braker
as Lieutenant Harry Braker
1982
Rocky III
as Apollo Creed
1981
Death Hunt
as George Washington Lincoln 'Sundog' Brown
1979
Rocky II
as Apollo Creed
1978
Force 10 from Navarone
as Weaver
The Bermuda Depths
as Eric
1977
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
as Military Policeman
Semi-Tough
as Dreamer Tatum
The Hostage Heart
as Bateman Hooks
1976
Rocky
as Apollo Creed
1975
Friday Foster
as Yarbro
The Four Deuces
as Taxi cab driver
Bucktown
as Hambone
1973
Magnum Force
as Demonstrator