Carl Weathers
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Carl Weathers (January 14, 1948 – February 1, 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.

Top 10 collaborators

Roles

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Toy Story 4 (2019)
Combat Carl (voice)
Creed II (2018)
Apollo Creed (archive footage) (uncredited)
Creed (2015)
Apollo Creed (archive footage) (uncredited)
Think Like a Man Too (2014)
Mr. Davenport (uncredited)
Toy Story of Terror! (2013)
Combat Carl / Combat Carl Jr. (Voice)
American Warships (2012)
General McKraken
The Comebacks (2007)
Freddie Wiseman/Narrator
The Sasquatch Gang (2006)
Dr. Artimus Snodgrass
Alien Siege (2005)
General Skyler
Balto III: Wings of Change (2004)
Kirby (voice)
Eight Crazy Nights (2002)
GNC Guy (voice)
Little Nicky (2000)
Chubbs (uncredited)
Assault on Death Mountain (1999)
Roy Brown
Assault on Devil's Island (1997)
Roy Brown
Happy Gilmore (1996)
Chubbs
In the Heat of the Night: Grow Old Along with Me (1995)
Sheriff William O. 'Bill' Gillespie
OP Center (1995)
Gen. Mike Rodgers
In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound (1995)
Chief Hampton Forbes
In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl? (1994)
Chief Hampton Forbes
In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice (1994)
Chief Hampton Forbes
In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life (1994)
Chief Hampton Forbes
Hurricane Smith (1992)
Billy 'Hurricane' Smith
Rocky V (1990)
Apollo Creed (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dangerous Passion (1990)
Kyle Western
Action Jackson (1988)
Sgt. Jericho 'Action' Jackson
Predator (1987)
Al Dillon
Fortune Dane (1986)
Fortune Dane
The Defiant Ones (1986)
Cullen Monroe
Rocky IV (1985)
Apollo Creed
Braker (1985)
Lieutenant Harry Braker
Rocky III (1982)
Apollo Creed
Death Hunt (1981)
George Washington Lincoln 'Sundog' Brown
Rocky II (1979)
Apollo Creed
Force 10 from Navarone (1978)
Weaver
The Bermuda Depths (1978)
Eric
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Military Policeman
Semi-Tough (1977)
Dreamer Tatum
The Hostage Heart (1977)
Bateman Hooks
The Four Deuces (1976)
Taxi cab driver
Rocky (1976)
Apollo Creed
Friday Foster (1975)
Yarbro
Bucktown (1975)
Hambone
Magnum Force (1973)
Demonstrator

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