Personal Info
Known Credits
52
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1948-01-14 (77 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Also Known For
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
Acting
2024 --
Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons
| Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023 --
Sly
| Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2022 --
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
| Self
2021 --
The Making of 'Rocky vs. Drago'
| Apollo Creed (archive footage)
2020 --
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
| Self (archive footage)
2019 --
Toy Story 4
| Combat Carl (voice)
2018 --
Omar Sy, c'est ta chance
| Self
2017 --
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
| Self
2015 --
From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues
| Self
2014 --
Think Like a Man Too
| Mr. Davenport (uncredited)
2013 --
Toy Story of Terror!
| Combat Carl / Combat Carl Jr. (Voice)
2012 --
American Warships
| General McKraken
2011 --
The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance
| Self
2007 --
The Comebacks
| Freddie Wiseman/Narrator
2006 --
The Opponents
| Self / Apollo Creed
2006 --
The Sasquatch Gang
| Dr. Artimus Snodgrass
2006 --
Tribute To Burgess Meredith
| Self (voice)
2005 --
Alien Siege
| General Skyler
2004 --
Balto III: Wings of Change
| Kirby (voice)
2002 --
Eight Crazy Nights
| GNC Guy (voice)
2002 --
Iron and Beyond
| Self - Co-star: Predator
2000 --
Little Nicky
| Chubbs (uncredited)
1999 --
Assault on Death Mountain
| Roy Brown
1997 --
Assault on Devil's Island
| Roy Brown
1996 --
Happy Gilmore
| Chubbs
1995 --
In the Heat of the Night: Grow Old Along with Me
| Chief Hampton Forbes
1995 --
OP Center
| Gen. Mike Rodgers
1995 --
In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound
| Chief Hampton Forbes
1994 --
In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl?
| Chief Hampton Forbes
1994 --
In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice
| Chief Hampton Forbes
1994 --
In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life
| Chief Hampton Forbes
1992 --
Hurricane Smith
| Billy 'Hurricane' Smith
1990 --
Dangerous Passion
| Kyle Western
1988 --
Action Jackson
| Sgt. Jericho 'Action' Jackson
1987 --
Predator
| Al Dillon
1986 --
Fortune Dane
| Fortune Dane
1986 --
The Defiant Ones
| Cullen Monroe
1985 --
Rocky IV
| Apollo Creed
1985 --
Braker
| Lieutenant Harry Braker
1982 --
Rocky III
| Apollo Creed
1981 --
Death Hunt
| George Washington Lincoln 'Sundog' Brown
1979 --
Rocky II
| Apollo Creed
1978 --
Force 10 from Navarone
| Weaver
1978 --
The Bermuda Depths
| Eric
1977 --
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
| Military Policeman
1977 --
Semi-Tough
| Dreamer Tatum
1977 --
The Hostage Heart
| Bateman Hooks
1976 --
Rocky
| Apollo Creed
1975 --
Friday Foster
| Yarbro
1975 --
The Four Deuces
| Taxi cab driver
1975 --
Bucktown
| Hambone
1973 --
Magnum Force
| Demonstrator