Carl Weathers

Known for: Acting
Born: January 14, 1948, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Died: February 2, 2024
Movies: 56

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.

Upcoming Carl Weathers Movies

Predator: The Unseen Arnold

Release date TBA

Best-Known Movies

7.5

Toy Story 4

2019

7.6

Predator

1987

7.8

Rocky

1976

7.1

Rocky IV

1985

7.3

Rocky II

1979

7.4

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

1977

6.9

Rocky III

1982

6.7

Happy Gilmore

1996

5.8

Little Nicky

2000

7.1

Magnum Force

1973

Filmography

2026	Untold Mr. T: I Pity the Fool	Self (archive footage)
2022	Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer	Self
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
2017	Star vs. the Forces of Evil: The Battle for Mewni	Omnitraxus Prime (voice)
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
2001	Predator: Classified Action	Self
2001	Predator: Old Painless	Self
2001	Predator: The Life Inside	Self
2000	If It Bleeds We Can Kill It: The Making of 'Predator'	Self
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	Hampton Forbes
1995	OP Center	Gen. Mike Rodgers
1995	In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound	Hampton Forbes
1994	In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl?	Hampton Forbes
1994	In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice	Hampton Forbes
1994	In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life	Chief Hampton Forbes
1992	Hurricane Smith	Billy 'Hurricane' Smith
1990	Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years	Self
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

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