
Carl Weathers
Acting
1948-01-14 - Present
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.
Credits

PredatorasAl Dillon

Toy Story 4asCombat Carl (voice)

RockyasApollo Creed

Rocky IVasApollo Creed

Happy GilmoreasChubbs

Close Encounters of the Third KindasMilitary Policeman

Rocky IIIasApollo Creed

Little NickyasChubbs (uncredited)

Rocky IIasApollo Creed

Think Like a Man TooasMr. Davenport (uncredited)

Magnum ForceasDemonstrator

SlyasSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)

Force 10 from NavaroneasWeaver

Death HuntasGeorge Washington Lincoln 'Sundog' Brown

Action JacksonasSgt. Jericho 'Action' Jackson

Eight Crazy NightsasGNC Guy (voice)

Balto III: Wings of ChangeasKirby (voice)

American WarshipsasGeneral McKraken

The ComebacksasFreddie Wiseman/Narrator

BucktownasHambone

Hurricane SmithasBilly 'Hurricane' Smith

From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy ContinuesasSelf

40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a ClassicasSelf (archive footage)

The Sasquatch GangasDr. Artimus Snodgrass

Semi-ToughasDreamer Tatum

Assault on Devil's IslandasRoy Brown

Werner Herzog - Radikaler TräumerasSelf

Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, IconsasSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Defiant OnesasCullen Monroe

Friday FosterasYarbro

John G. Avildsen: King of the UnderdogsasSelf

In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of JusticeasHampton Forbes

Assault on Death MountainasRoy Brown

The Making of 'Rocky vs. Drago'asApollo Creed (archive footage)

In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl?asHampton Forbes

The Bermuda DepthsasEric

Alien SiegeasGeneral Skyler

The Rocky Saga: Going the DistanceasSelf

The Hostage HeartasBateman Hooks

In the Heat of the Night: By Duty BoundasHampton Forbes

In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your LifeasChief Hampton Forbes

Iron and BeyondasSelf - Co-star: Predator

Dangerous PassionasKyle Western

OP CenterasGen. Mike Rodgers

BrakerasLieutenant Harry Braker

The OpponentsasSelf / Apollo Creed

The Four DeucesasTaxi cab driver

In the Heat of the Night: Grow Old Along with MeasHampton Forbes

Omar Sy, c'est ta chanceasSelf

Fortune DaneasFortune Dane
Tribute To Burgess MeredithasSelf (voice)

Toy Story of Terror!asCombat Carl / Combat Carl Jr. (Voice)