Carl Weathers
Known for ActingBorn 1948-01-14 — died 2024-02-02New 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
Toy Story 4
2019 · as Combat Carl (voice)
Predator
1987 · as Al Dillon
Rocky
1976 · as Apollo Creed
Rocky IV
1985 · as Apollo Creed
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977 · as Military Policeman
Rocky III
1982 · as Apollo Creed
Rocky II
1979 · as Apollo Creed
Happy Gilmore
1996 · as Chubbs Peterson
Magnum Force
1973 · as Demonstrator
Action Jackson
1988 · as Sgt. Jericho 'Action' Jackson
Little Nicky
2000 · as Chubbs (uncredited)
Think Like a Man Too
2014 · as Mr. Davenport (uncredited)
Eight Crazy Nights
2002 · as GNC Guy (voice)
Death Hunt
1981 · as George Washington Lincoln 'Sundog' Brown
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
2022 · as Self
Force 10 from Navarone
1978 · as Weaver
The Comebacks
2007 · as Freddie Wiseman/Narrator
Balto III: Wings of Change
2004 · as Kirby (voice)