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