Carl Weathers
Acting • Born 1948-01-14 – Died 2024-02-02
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.
Filmography
90 credits
Predator
Movie • 1987
Al Dillon
Rocky
Movie • 1976
Apollo Creed
Rocky II
Movie • 1979
Apollo Creed
Rocky III
Movie • 1982
Apollo Creed
Rocky IV
Movie • 1985
Apollo Creed
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Movie • 1977
Military Policeman
Action Jackson
Movie • 1988
Sgt. Jericho 'Action' Jackson
The Comebacks
Movie • 2007
Freddie Wiseman/Narrator
Semi-Tough
Movie • 1977
Dreamer Tatum
Alien Siege
Movie • 2005
General Skyler
Think Like a Man Too
Movie • 2014
Mr. Davenport (uncredited)
Death Hunt
Movie • 1981
George Washington Lincoln 'Sundog' Brown
Happy Gilmore
Movie • 1996
Chubbs
OP Center
Movie • 1995
Gen. Mike Rodgers
Assault on Death Mountain
Movie • 1999
Roy Brown
Force 10 from Navarone
Movie • 1978
Weaver
The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance
Movie • 2011
Self
Iron and Beyond
Movie • 2002
Self - Co-star: Predator
Assault on Devil's Island
Movie • 1997
Roy Brown
Friday Foster
Movie • 1975
Yarbro
The Bermuda Depths
Movie • 1978
Eric
American Warships
Movie • 2012
General McKraken
Bucktown
Movie • 1975
Hambone
The Hostage Heart
Movie • 1977
Bateman Hooks
Hurricane Smith
Movie • 1992
Billy 'Hurricane' Smith
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
Movie • 2020
Self (archive footage)
From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues
Movie • 2015
Self
Toy Story of Terror!
Movie • 2013
Combat Carl / Combat Carl Jr. (Voice)
Omar Sy, c'est ta chance
Movie • 2018
Self
Magnum Force
Movie • 1973
Demonstrator
The Defiant Ones
Movie • 1986
Cullen Monroe
Balto III: Wings of Change
Movie • 2004
Kirby (voice)
In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice
Movie • 1994
Hampton Forbes
In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl?
Movie • 1994
Hampton Forbes
In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life
Movie • 1994
Chief Hampton Forbes
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
Movie • 2022
Self
In the Heat of the Night: Grow Old Along with Me
Movie • 1995
Hampton Forbes
Eight Crazy Nights
Movie • 2002
GNC Guy (voice)
Fortune Dane
Movie • 1986
Fortune Dane
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
Movie • 2017
Self
Tribute To Burgess Meredith
Movie • 2006
Self (voice)
Dangerous Passion
Movie • 1990
Kyle Western
Little Nicky
Movie • 2000
Chubbs (uncredited)
Toy Story 4
Movie • 2019
Combat Carl (voice)
The Opponents
Movie • 2006
Self / Apollo Creed
The Sasquatch Gang
Movie • 2006
Dr. Artimus Snodgrass
Braker
Movie • 1985
Lieutenant Harry Braker
In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound
Movie • 1995
Hampton Forbes
The Four Deuces
Movie • 1975
Taxi cab driver
If It Bleeds We Can Kill It: The Making of 'Predator'
Movie • 2000
Self
Star vs. the Forces of Evil: The Battle for Mewni
Movie • 2017
Omnitraxus Prime (voice)
Rocky Special: Burning Youth
Movie • 1990
Apollo Creed (archive footage)
Good Times
TV • 1974
Kung Fu
TV • 1972
Bad Sam
Starsky & Hutch
TV • 1975
Mitzi Graham
E! True Hollywood Story
TV • 1996
Cannon
TV • 1971
Phoo Action
TV • 2008
Chief Benjamin Benson
ER
TV • 1994
Louie Taylor
Arrested Development
TV • 2003
Carl Weathers
Tour of Duty
TV • 1987
Col. Carl Brewster
S.W.A.T.
TV • 1975
McCloud
TV • 1970
Fortune Dane
TV • 1986
Fortune Dane
Brothers
TV • 2009
'Coach' Trainor
Street Justice
TV • 1991
Adam Beaudreaux
Bronk
TV • 1975
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Host
Psych
TV • 2006
Boone
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
TV • 2015
Omnitraxus Prime (voice)
Chicago Justice
TV • 2017
Mark Jefferies
OP Center
TV • 1995
Gen. Mike Rodgers
The Six Million Dollar Man
TV • 1974
Stolar
Chicago Fire
TV • 2012
Mark Jefferies
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
The Shield
TV • 2002
Joe Clark
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
SA Mark Jefferies
Chicago P.D.
TV • 2014
Mark Jefferies
Magnum P.I.
TV • 2018
Dan Sawyer
Delvecchio
TV • 1976
Sgt. Bell
Switch
TV • 1975
Lt. Gifford
Barnaby Jones
TV • 1973
Jack Hopper
The Streets of San Francisco
TV • 1972
Officer Hague
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
Colony
TV • 2016
Beau
Regular Show
TV • 2010
God of Basketball voice)
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
In the Heat of the Night
TV • 1988
Hampton Forbes
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
TV • 2020
Self - Greef Karga
The Mandalorian
TV • 2019
Greef Karga