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