Carl Weathers
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1948-01-14 – 2024-02-02
Place of birth: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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.
Known for
Predator
1987Al Dillon
Rocky
1976Apollo Creed
Rocky II
1979Apollo Creed
Rocky III
1982Apollo Creed
Rocky IV
1985Apollo Creed
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977Military Policeman
Action Jackson
1988Sgt. Jericho 'Action' Jackson
The Comebacks
2007Freddie Wiseman/Narrator
Semi-Tough
1977Dreamer Tatum
Alien Siege
2005General Skyler
Think Like a Man Too
2014Mr. Davenport (uncredited)
Death Hunt
1981George Washington Lincoln 'Sundog' Brown
Happy Gilmore
1996Chubbs
OP Center
1995Gen. Mike Rodgers
Assault on Death Mountain
1999Roy Brown
Force 10 from Navarone
1978Weaver
The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance
2011Self
Iron and Beyond
2002Self - Co-star: Predator
Assault on Devil's Island
1997Roy Brown