Carl Weathers
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 14, 1948
- Died
- February 2, 2024 (aged 76)
- Birthplace
- New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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
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Filmography
Predator: The Unseen Arnold
Movie · as Self
Rocky IV: Rocky vs Drago – The Ultimate Director’s Cut
Movie · as Apollo Creed
Untold Mr. T: I Pity the Fool
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
Movie · as Self
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
TV · as Self - Greef Karga · 7 eps
Toy Story 4
Movie · as Combat Carl (voice)
The Mandalorian
TV · as Greef Karga · 10 eps
Omar Sy, c'est ta chance
Movie · as Self
Magnum P.I.
TV · as Dan Sawyer · 1 ep
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
Movie · as Self
Star vs. the Forces of Evil: The Battle for Mewni
Movie · as Omnitraxus Prime (voice)
Chicago Justice
TV · as Mark Jefferies · 13 eps
Colony
TV · as Beau · 7 eps
From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues
Movie · as Self
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
TV · as Omnitraxus Prime (voice) · 8 eps
Think Like a Man Too
Movie · as Mr. Davenport (uncredited)
Chicago P.D.
TV · as Mark Jefferies · 1 ep
Toy Story of Terror!
Movie · as Combat Carl / Combat Carl Jr. (Voice)
American Warships
Movie · as General McKraken
Chicago Fire
TV · as Mark Jefferies · 1 ep
The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance
Movie · as Self
Regular Show
TV · as God of Basketball (voice) · 2 eps
Brothers
TV · as 'Coach' Trainor · 13 eps
Phoo Action
TV · as Chief Benjamin Benson · 1 ep
The Comebacks
Movie · as Freddie Wiseman/Narrator
Tribute To Burgess Meredith
Movie · as Self (voice)
The Opponents
Movie · as Self / Apollo Creed
The Sasquatch Gang
Movie · as Dr. Artimus Snodgrass
In the Ring: The Making of Rocky
Movie
Psych
TV · as Boone · 1 ep
Alien Siege
Movie · as General Skyler
Balto III: Wings of Change
Movie · as Kirby (voice)
Arrested Development
TV · as Carl Weathers · 4 eps
Iron and Beyond
Movie · as Self - Co-star: Predator
Eight Crazy Nights
Movie · as GNC Guy (voice)
The Shield
TV · as Joe Clark · 2 eps
Predator: Classified Action
Movie · as Self
Predator: Old Painless
Movie · as Self
Predator: The Life Inside
Movie · as Self
Little Nicky
Movie · as Chubbs (uncredited)
If It Bleeds We Can Kill It: The Making of 'Predator'
Movie · as Self
Assault on Death Mountain
Movie · as Roy Brown
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV · as SA Mark Jefferies · 1 ep
Assault on Devil's Island
Movie · as Roy Brown
Happy Gilmore
Movie · as Chubbs
E! True Hollywood Story
TV · 1 ep
OP Center
Movie · as Gen. Mike Rodgers
In the Heat of the Night: Grow Old Along with Me
Movie · as Hampton Forbes
In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound
Movie · as Hampton Forbes
OP Center
TV · as Gen. Mike Rodgers · 2 eps
In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice
Movie · as Hampton Forbes
In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl?
Movie · as Hampton Forbes
In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life
Movie · as Chief Hampton Forbes
ER
TV · as Louie Taylor · 1 ep
Hurricane Smith
Movie · as Billy 'Hurricane' Smith
Street Justice
TV · as Adam Beaudreaux · 44 eps
Dangerous Passion
Movie · as Kyle Western
Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years
Movie · as Self
Action Jackson
Movie · as Sgt. Jericho 'Action' Jackson
In the Heat of the Night
TV · as Hampton Forbes · 28 eps
Predator
Movie · as Al Dillon
Tour of Duty
TV · as Col. Carl Brewster · 9 eps
The Defiant Ones
Movie · as Cullen Monroe
Fortune Dane
Movie · as Fortune Dane
Fortune Dane
TV · as Fortune Dane · 6 eps
Rocky IV
Movie · as Apollo Creed
Braker
Movie · as Lieutenant Harry Braker
Rocky III
Movie · as Apollo Creed
Death Hunt
Movie · as George Washington Lincoln 'Sundog' Brown
Rocky II
Movie · as Apollo Creed
Force 10 from Navarone
Movie · as Weaver
The Bermuda Depths
Movie · as Eric
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Movie · as Military Policeman
Semi-Tough
Movie · as Dreamer Tatum
The Hostage Heart
Movie · as Bateman Hooks
Rocky
Movie · as Apollo
Delvecchio
TV · as Sgt. Bell · 1 ep
Friday Foster
Movie · as Yarbro
Bucktown
Movie · as Hambone
The Four Deuces
Movie · as Taxi cab driver
Starsky & Hutch
TV · as Mitzi Graham · 1 ep
S.W.A.T.
TV · 1 ep
Bronk
TV · 1 ep
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Host, Self (uncredited) · 1 ep
Switch
TV · as Lt. Gifford · 1 ep
Good Times
TV · 1 ep
The Six Million Dollar Man
TV · as Stolar · 1 ep
Magnum Force
Movie · as Demonstrator
Barnaby Jones
TV · as Jack Hopper · 1 ep
Kung Fu
TV · as Bad Sam · 1 ep
The Streets of San Francisco
TV · as Officer Hague · 1 ep
Cannon
TV · 1 ep
McCloud
TV · as Delaney · 1 ep
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self · 5 eps