Carl Weathers
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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
Credits
Toy Story 4 (2019)
as Combat Carl (voice)
Predator (1987)
as Al Dillon
Rocky (1976)
as Apollo Creed
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
as Military Policeman
Rocky IV (1985)
as Apollo Creed
Happy Gilmore (1996)
as Chubbs
Rocky II (1979)
as Apollo Creed
Rocky III (1982)
as Apollo Creed
Untold Mr. T: I Pity the Fool (2026)
as Self (archive footage)
Magnum Force (1973)
as Demonstrator
Little Nicky (2000)
as Chubbs (uncredited)
Think Like a Man Too (2014)
as Mr. Davenport (uncredited)
Balto III: Wings of Change (2004)
as Kirby (voice)
Force 10 from Navarone (1978)
as Weaver
Eight Crazy Nights (2002)
as GNC Guy (voice)
Action Jackson (1988)
as Sgt. Jericho 'Action' Jackson
The Comebacks (2007)
as Freddie Wiseman/Narrator
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer (2022)
as Self
Death Hunt (1981)
as George Washington Lincoln 'Sundog' Brown
Star vs. the Forces of Evil: The Battle for Mewni (2017)
as Omnitraxus Prime (voice)
Dangerous Passion (1990)
as Kyle Western
Friday Foster (1975)
as Yarbro
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs (2017)
as Self
Semi-Tough (1977)
as Dreamer Tatum
Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years (1990)
as Self
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
Assault on Devil's Island (1997)
as Roy Brown
The Sasquatch Gang (2006)
as Dr. Artimus Snodgrass
Assault on Death Mountain (1999)
as Roy Brown
American Warships (2012)
as General McKraken
In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life (1994)
as Chief Hampton Forbes
Omar Sy, c'est ta chance (2018)
as Self
From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues (2015)
as Self
In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice (1994)
as Hampton Forbes
The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance (2011)
as Self
The Four Deuces (1975)
as Taxi cab driver
Iron and Beyond (2002)
as Self - Co-star: Predator
In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl? (1994)
as Hampton Forbes
In the Heat of the Night: Grow Old Along with Me (1995)
as Hampton Forbes
If It Bleeds We Can Kill It: The Making of 'Predator' (2000)
as Self
Hurricane Smith (1992)
as Billy 'Hurricane' Smith
The Defiant Ones (1986)
as Cullen Monroe
The Bermuda Depths (1978)
as Eric
OP Center (1995)
as Gen. Mike Rodgers
In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound (1995)
as Hampton Forbes
Alien Siege (2005)
as General Skyler
Predator: The Unseen Arnold (—)
as Self
Tribute To Burgess Meredith (2006)
as Self (voice)
Predator: The Life Inside (2001)
as Self
Bucktown (1975)
as Hambone
Fortune Dane (1986)
as Fortune Dane
The Hostage Heart (1977)
as Bateman Hooks
Braker (1985)
as Lieutenant Harry Braker
The Opponents (2006)
as Self / Apollo Creed
Predator: Classified Action (2001)
as Self
Predator: Old Painless (2001)
as Self
Toy Story of Terror! (2013)
as Combat Carl / Combat Carl Jr. (Voice)