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