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
Rocky IV (1985)
as Apollo Creed
Rocky II (1979)
as Apollo Creed
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
as Military Policeman
Rocky III (1982)
as Apollo Creed
Happy Gilmore (1996)
as Chubbs Peterson
Little Nicky (2000)
as Chubbs (uncredited)
Magnum Force (1973)
as Demonstrator
Death Hunt (1981)
as George Washington Lincoln 'Sundog' Brown
Force 10 from Navarone (1978)
as Weaver
Think Like a Man Too (2014)
as Mr. Davenport (uncredited)
Action Jackson (1988)
as Sgt. Jericho 'Action' Jackson
Balto III: Wings of Change (2004)
as Kirby (voice)
Eight Crazy Nights (2002)
as GNC Guy (voice)
Dangerous Passion (1990)
as Kyle Western
The Comebacks (2007)
as Freddie Wiseman/Narrator
The Defiant Ones (1986)
as Cullen Monroe
Assault on Devil's Island (1997)
as Roy Brown
The Bermuda Depths (1978)
as Eric
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
American Warships (2012)
as General McKraken
Star vs. the Forces of Evil: The Battle for Mewni (2017)
as Omnitraxus Prime (voice)
The Sasquatch Gang (2006)
as Dr. Artimus Snodgrass
Iron and Beyond (2002)
as Self - Co-star: Predator
Friday Foster (1975)
as Yarbro
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer (2022)
as Self
Assault on Death Mountain (1999)
as Roy Brown
The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance (2011)
as Self
Hurricane Smith (1992)
as Billy 'Hurricane' Smith
Rocky Special: Burning Youth (1990)
as Apollo Creed (archive footage)
The Four Deuces (1975)
as Taxi cab driver
Predator: The Unseen Arnold (—)
as Self
Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years (1990)
as Self
Bucktown (1975)
as Hambone
OP Center (1995)
as Gen. Mike Rodgers
Predator: The Life Inside (2001)
as Self
Semi-Tough (1977)
as Dreamer Tatum
Predator: Old Painless (2001)
as Self
From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues (2015)
as Self
The Hostage Heart (1977)
as Bateman Hooks
Omar Sy, c'est ta chance (2018)
as Self
Alien Siege (2005)
as General Skyler
Tribute To Burgess Meredith (2006)
as Self (voice)
The Opponents (2006)
as Self / Apollo Creed
In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice (1994)
as Hampton Forbes
If It Bleeds We Can Kill It: The Making of 'Predator' (2000)
as Self
Predator: Classified Action (2001)
as Self
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs (2017)
as Self
In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life (1994)
as Chief Hampton Forbes
In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl? (1994)
as Hampton Forbes
In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound (1995)
as Hampton Forbes
In the Heat of the Night: Grow Old Along with Me (1995)
as Hampton Forbes
Fortune Dane (1986)
as Fortune Dane
Toy Story of Terror! (2013)
as Combat Carl / Combat Carl Jr. (Voice)
Braker (1985)
as Lieutenant Harry Braker