Carl Weathers
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.
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- Born:
- Jan 14, 1948 In New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 94
- First Appeared:
- In the series The Mike Douglas Show 1961-12-11
- Latest Project:
- Movie Happy Gilmore 2 2025-07-25
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Happy Gilmore 2 | Chubbs (archive footage) | 2025-07-25 |
| Movie | Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2024-04-23 |
| Movie | Sly | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2023-09-16 |
| Movie | Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer | Self | 2022-10-27 |
| Movie | The Making of 'Rocky vs. Drago' | Apollo Creed (archive footage) | 2021-10-30 |
| Movie | 40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic | Self (archive footage) | 2020-06-09 |
| Series | Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian | Self - Greef Karga | 2020-05-04 |
| Movie | Toy Story 4 | Combat Carl (voice) | 2019-06-19 |
| Series | The Mandalorian | Greef Karga | 2019-11-12 |
| Movie | Omar Sy, c'est ta chance | Self | 2018-11-21 |
| Series | Magnum P.I. | Dan Sawyer | 2018-09-24 |
| Movie | Creed II | Apollo Creed (archive footage) | 2018-11-21 |
| Series | Chicago Justice | Mark Jefferies | 2017-03-01 |
| Movie | John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs | Self | 2017-08-01 |
| Series | Colony | Beau | 2016-01-14 |
| Series | Star vs. the Forces of Evil | Omnitraxus Prime (voice) | 2015-01-18 |
| Movie | From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues | Self | 2015-11-18 |
| Movie | Creed | Apollo Creed (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2015-11-25 |
| Series | Chicago P.D. | Mark Jefferies | 2014-01-08 |
| Movie | Think Like a Man Too | Mr. Davenport (uncredited) | 2014-06-20 |
| Movie | Toy Story of Terror! | Combat Carl / Combat Carl Jr. (Voice) | 2013-10-16 |
| Movie | American Warships | General McKraken | 2012-05-15 |
| Series | Chicago Fire | Mark Jefferies | 2012-10-10 |
| Movie | The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance | Self | 2011-12-27 |
| Series | Regular Show | God of Basketball voice) | 2010-09-06 |
| Series | Brothers | 'Coach' Trainor | 2009-09-25 |
| Series | Phoo Action | Chief Benjamin Benson | 2008-02-12 |
| Movie | The Comebacks | Freddie Wiseman/Narrator | 2007-10-19 |
| Movie | The Sasquatch Gang | Dr. Artimus Snodgrass | 2006-03-08 |
| Movie | Tribute To Burgess Meredith | Self (voice) | 2006-01-01 |
| Movie | In the Ring | Himself | 2006-12-05 |
| Series | Psych | Boone | 2006-07-07 |
| Movie | The Opponents | Self / Apollo Creed | 2006-12-05 |
| Movie | Alien Siege | General Skyler | 2005-01-01 |
| Movie | Balto III: Wings of Change | Kirby (voice) | 2004-04-14 |
| Series | Arrested Development | Carl Weathers | 2003-11-02 |
| Series | The Shield | Joe Clark | 2002-03-12 |
| Movie | Iron and Beyond | Self - Co-star: Predator | 2002-11-15 |
| Movie | Eight Crazy Nights | GNC Guy (voice) | 2002-11-27 |
| Movie | Little Nicky | Chubbs (uncredited) | 2000-11-10 |
| Movie | Assault on Death Mountain | Roy Brown | 1999-04-04 |
| Series | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | SA Mark Jefferies | 1999-09-20 |
| Movie | Assault on Devil's Island | Roy Brown | 1997-10-28 |
| Movie | Happy Gilmore | Chubbs | 1996-02-16 |
| Series | E! True Hollywood Story | Unknown | 1996-08-21 |
| Series | OP Center | Gen. Mike Rodgers | 1995-02-26 |
| Movie | In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound | Hampton Forbes | 1995-02-17 |
| Movie | OP Center | Gen. Mike Rodgers | 1995-02-26 |
| Movie | In the Heat of the Night: Grow Old Along with Me | Hampton Forbes | 1995-05-16 |
| Series | ER | Louie Taylor | 1994-09-19 |
| Movie | In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life | Chief Hampton Forbes | 1994-05-11 |
| Movie | In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl? | Hampton Forbes | 1994-12-09 |
| Movie | In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice | Hampton Forbes | 1994-10-21 |
| Movie | Hurricane Smith | Billy 'Hurricane' Smith | 1992-01-31 |
| Series | Street Justice | Adam Beaudreaux | 1991-09-29 |
| Movie | Dangerous Passion | Kyle Western | 1990-02-28 |
| Movie | Rocky V | Apollo Creed (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1990-11-16 |
| Movie | Action Jackson | Sgt. Jericho 'Action' Jackson | 1988-02-12 |
| Series | In the Heat of the Night | Hampton Forbes | 1988-03-06 |
| Movie | Predator | Al Dillon | 1987-06-12 |
| Series | Tour of Duty | Col. Carl Brewster | 1987-09-24 |
| Movie | Fortune Dane | Fortune Dane | 1986-02-15 |
| Movie | The Defiant Ones | Cullen Monroe | 1986-01-05 |
| Series | Fortune Dane | Fortune Dane | 1986-02-15 |
| Movie | Braker | Lieutenant Harry Braker | 1985-04-28 |
| Movie | Rocky IV | Apollo Creed | 1985-11-21 |
| Movie | Rocky III | Apollo Creed | 1982-05-28 |
| Movie | Death Hunt | George Washington Lincoln 'Sundog' Brown | 1981-04-15 |
| Movie | Rocky II | Apollo Creed | 1979-06-15 |
| Movie | The Bermuda Depths | Eric | 1978-01-27 |
| Movie | Force 10 from Navarone | Weaver | 1978-08-16 |
| Movie | The Hostage Heart | Bateman Hooks | 1977-09-09 |
| Movie | Semi-Tough | Dreamer Tatum | 1977-11-18 |
| Movie | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | Military Policeman | 1977-12-14 |
| Series | Delvecchio | Sgt. Bell | 1976-09-09 |
| Movie | Rocky | Apollo Creed | 1976-11-20 |
| Movie | The Four Deuces | Taxi cab driver | 1975-07-03 |
| Series | Bronk | Unknown | 1975-04-17 |
| Series | S.W.A.T. | Unknown | 1975-02-24 |
| Movie | Bucktown | Hambone | 1975-07-02 |
| Series | Switch | Lt. Gifford | 1975-09-09 |
| Series | Saturday Night Live | Self - Cameo (uncredited) | 1975-10-11 |
| Movie | Friday Foster | Yarbro | 1975-12-25 |
| Series | Starsky & Hutch | Mitzi Graham | 1975-09-10 |
| Series | The Six Million Dollar Man | Stolar | 1974-01-18 |
| Series | Good Times | Unknown | 1974-02-08 |
| Series | Barnaby Jones | Jack Hopper | 1973-01-28 |
| Movie | Magnum Force | Demonstrator | 1973-12-13 |
| Series | The Streets of San Francisco | Officer Hague | 1972-09-23 |
| Series | Kung Fu | Bad Sam | 1972-10-14 |
| Series | Cannon | Unknown | 1971-09-14 |
| Series | McCloud | Unknown | 1970-02-17 |
| Series | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | 1962-10-01 |
| Series | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | 1961-12-11 |