Carl Weathers

Acting · Born 1948-01-14 in 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

• Predator as Al Dillon
• Rocky as Apollo Creed
• Rocky II as Apollo Creed
• Rocky IV as Apollo Creed
• Close Encounters of the Third Kind as Military Policeman
• Toy Story of Terror! as Combat Carl / Combat Carl Jr. (Voice)
• Magnum Force as Demonstrator
• Toy Story 4 as Combat Carl (voice)
• Rocky III as Apollo Creed
• Action Jackson as Sgt. Jericho 'Action' Jackson

TV

• Kung Fu as Bad Sam
• ER as Louie Taylor
• Arrested Development as Carl Weathers
• Tour of Duty as Col. Carl Brewster
• Psych as Boone
• Star vs. the Forces of Evil as Omnitraxus Prime (voice)
• Chicago Fire as Mark Jefferies
• The Shield as Joe Clark
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as SA Mark Jefferies
• Chicago P.D. as Mark Jefferies