Carl Weathers

Actor

Born: January 14, 1948 (76 years old)

Died: February 2, 2024

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.

Filmography (71)

• Rocky (1976, ★ 7.8)
• Regular Show (2010, ★ 8.6)
• Predator (1987, ★ 7.5)
• Rocky II (1979, ★ 7.3)
• Rocky III (1982, ★ 6.9)
• Rocky IV (1985, ★ 7.1)
• Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977, ★ 7.3)
• 40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic (2020, ★ 7.5)
• Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer (2022, ★ 7.9)
• Death Hunt (1981, ★ 6.6)
• Happy Gilmore (1996, ★ 6.7)
• From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues (2015, ★ 7)
• Toy Story of Terror! (2013, ★ 7.2)
• Magnum Force (1973, ★ 7.1)
• Balto III: Wings of Change (2004, ★ 6.7)
• John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs (2017, ★ 6.7)
• Toy Story 4 (2019, ★ 7.5)
• Good Times (1974, ★ 8)
• Kung Fu (1972, ★ 7.7)
• Starsky & Hutch (1975, ★ 7.2)
• Arrested Development (2003, ★ 7.9)
• ER (1994, ★ 7.8)
• Tour of Duty (1987, ★ 8.1)
• Star vs. the Forces of Evil (2015, ★ 8.4)
• Chicago Fire (2012, ★ 8.4)
• The Shield (2002, ★ 8.2)
• Chicago P.D. (2014, ★ 8.4)
• The Mandalorian (2019, ★ 8.4)
• Chicago Med (2015, ★ 8.3)
• S.W.A.T. (1975, ★ 7)