Carl Weathers
Known for Acting
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
Project Hail Mary
2026
as Apollo Creed (archive footage) (uncredited)
Predator
1987
as Al Dillon
Toy Story 4
2019
as Combat Carl (voice)
Rocky
1976
as Apollo Creed
Force 10 from Navarone
1978
as Weaver
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977
as Military Policeman
Happy Gilmore
1996
as Chubbs
Rocky IV
1985
as Apollo Creed
Rocky III
1982
as Apollo Creed
Rocky II
1979
as Apollo Creed
Little Nicky
2000
as Chubbs (uncredited)
Magnum Force
1973
as Demonstrator
Think Like a Man Too
2014
as Mr. Davenport (uncredited)
The Comebacks
2007
as Freddie Wiseman/Narrator
Eight Crazy Nights
2002
as GNC Guy (voice)
Balto III: Wings of Change
2004
as Kirby (voice)
The Sasquatch Gang
2006
as Dr. Artimus Snodgrass
Action Jackson
1988
as Sgt. Jericho 'Action' Jackson
Semi-Tough
1977
as Dreamer Tatum
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
2022
as Self