Carl Weathers
Actor
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
Predator
as Al Dillon 1987
Rocky
as Apollo Creed 1976
Rocky IV
as Apollo Creed 1985
Rocky II
as Apollo Creed 1979
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
as Military Policeman 1977
Rocky III
as Apollo Creed 1982
Happy Gilmore
as Chubbs 1996
Little Nicky
as Chubbs (uncredited) 2000
Magnum Force
as Demonstrator 1973
Toy Story of Terror!
as Combat Carl / Combat Carl Jr. (Voice) 2013
Think Like a Man Too
as Mr. Davenport (uncredited) 2014
Eight Crazy Nights
as GNC Guy (voice) 2002
Balto III: Wings of Change
as Kirby (voice) 2004
Force 10 from Navarone
as Weaver 1978
Action Jackson
as Sgt. Jericho 'Action' Jackson 1988
Death Hunt
as George Washington Lincoln 'Sundog' Brown 1981